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I am with you all, I hope the sap season extends itself, and like West Sumner, 2 different areas helps immensely in lengthening the season. I bottled 10 gallons Sunday, with another 1.5 settling out,...

I was very surprised to be staring at 240 gallons of sap to boil this past weekend. 2.5% sugar, which isn't terrible for me because I have red maples mixed in. This week is likely no different,...

Season seems to be kicking into gear in all locations for me. Trying out the RO tomorrow to see how well it performs. Haven't had a large enough run to make it worth using it. The sap temps this week...

All Tapped in! With trees in the greater Portland area and in Oxford County at camp where the boil happens, it is done. I fought tooth and nail to get the sugar shack built. In October I had set the...

I tapped my southern Maine trees yesterday and today, and will be tapping Norway on Saturday. Might be a tad early for the buckets up North, but hoping that the weather stays right!

Great info carls47807, really appreciate the feedback. If I am trying to match my 15-20 gph rig, how could I successfully build a system that would process that even if it were at a lower concentrate...

Could someone explain to me what the concentrate rate would be coming out of a 2x1 parallel vs 3 series would be. I think according to research it would be 6% on the parallel version and 8% on the...

Boiled off about 100 gallons yesterday, and stashed another 100 for boiling on Saturday. Thanks to eustis22 for the tip of draining the pan, using vinegar & water and then putting it back in. Did...

Thanks eustis22, thats a good idea on top of draining it and boiling in vinegar, I do have some rough spots of burnt material because I sometimes get too crazy and it boils so hard it jumps out of...

In Norway I've been lucky to post big sap numbers, the woods I think are still too cold with snow still 6-12 inches in most places and they all sit in a low valley by the lake. I have been pulling...

Thanks Backwoods, that's good to hear about your previous seasons, I am also hoping that the snowpack in my tight woods holds me through for a couple of those 50 degree days. I am also unsure how...

Didn't collect as much as I thought we would this week. Processed a total of about 125 gallons so far and have drawn off a gallon. Pulling 18" of vaccum off the 3/16 line in one area and it still...

Wicked cool! I wish they would pave the road better, down by Twitchell it isn't exactly the friendliest of roads, feel like I need a new alignment each time!

I'm not that far up, if you are talking about the spring by Bryant Pond on the way to Bethel. I do however have a 3/16 line right next to the Jehovah's Witness Church on the ROW we own, right at the...

I have a 2x4 divided pan, so only sweetening the pan for now, I was not able to draw off with only that much sap.

Boiled down 65 gallons of sap this weekend for my first time ever boil...was quite nervous that it wouldn't go as expected, and surprisingly went off without a hitch.

Here are my lessons learned...

Evening All!

So, I tried the Koala 1200, and truly it was still underpowered but an improvement. As suggested by Dave (mapleflats) I upped the output pipe to 3" (blower outlet is a little under...

Oh I am sure it will, especially if I direct everything to AUF. New Blower came in today but is being held at UPS. We shall see how much force that has got going for it.

Jarred,

I have a few trees in Westbrook that I tapped Sunday, they started producing today, but they are yard trees with not a lot of snow around them and some have fairly direct sun. It isn't...

I agree to the extent that I have choked off some airflow, but was hoping a stronger pump might overcome it. I've ordered the Koala 1200 which should give me more air and pressure than the one I...

So are you suggesting that I only have a few nozzles instead of 12? I tried to follow the 6" guideline that was put out in the combustion article by the vermont extension, also trying to somewhat...

Good Morning Everyone,

I have had quite the stroke of luck over the past 4 months, I had originally gotten an knee surgery to repair my ACL from a skiing accident, then lo and behold just as I was...

I'm tapping Saturday, I thought it would hold out another week or two but lets get it!

Let me know if you see a more pronounced production rate with check valve taps v. regular ones, I would be interested in hearing! Hopefully your new evap comes soon especially since you sold your old...

Backwoods, Great to hear! The lack of snow has made it quite easy for everything. I am very much waiting for the deep freeze that I don't think we will get this year for ice fishing, so should make...