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goldnut, my Farm is on the south edge of Erie County, Rt226 runs along my property, I’m 6 or 7 miles west of Albion. If you’re ever up this way we’d be happy to meet you.

With a 2X6 rig motowbrowne is right on! We have a 2x6 and this year tapped 350, there were some days we ran our evaporator 12-14 hours straight, me and my sweet wife took shifts! We are blessed,...

We finished our season yesterday, 50 gallons of the lightest syrup we’ve ever made. It has been a good year for us, now it’s time to clean everything up and begin planning for next year. Hope you...

What your seeing is normal for a silver, and your sap will be good until those "buds" start to swell, at that point if boiled the syrup will be very strong usually too strong.


DASH

Yes! Your Gator will do much better in the mud mainly because it is lighter with floatation tires. We used one for years, now we have a Kubota RTV. Be careful how much weight you put in it, sap...

I have a tree like the one you describe in my woods, it gives very little sap I don't even tap it anymore. I hope you have better luck.

DASH

My wife and I purchased the family farm and doing so we determined we couldn't afford to let any acreage lay unproductive. We talked about selling our timber but I love the woods and had a tough...

A trick that works quite well is to put your sap in 5 gal pails with lids, leave them outside so they freeze then pull the ice out and boil. That's natures RO, it works real well.

Thanks HowardR! this information is just what I've been looking for and you have laid it out perfectly.

Thanks to you and Bowhunter I'm going to try my hand at building one!

Natural gas is a good way to go, I have used it now for 3 years. There are a couple of things to consider, 1 what are your BTU needs? And 2 how deep are your pockets? I'm guessing you'll need...

WOW, nice! what you have described is the outcome I'm looking for. I'll be looking into the same type of burner for my rig!

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Thanks for the reply Mellondome, do you have any idea what btu's you will be putting out? I just want to have the heat right.


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Dale

I use a 2x6 evaporator. There is a natural gas well on our property with plenty of pressure to use as our heat source for our evaporator.

I'm sure there are others out there who are blessed...

I'm With you heus, trees in the woods are just waking up. We haven't had enough warm weather or sun to start the buds swelling, i think we have some time yet.
We waited, now it's time to...

Yes I know Malon, he's my neighbor and a good friend. He did most of the work on my pans and did great job.

I May take you up on the offer, would like to see how you do sugaring and I'm...

I'm in the same boat, lot's of taps in trees - nothing coming out!

So we wait

Chris, how did the "Taste and Tour" go for you? We wanted to get over and see your operation but...

We tapped over the weekend, all on gravity and so far not much is happening! Seems like the trees want to let go of there precious sap - just not ready yet!

Once the run starts I'm thinking we...

We have put in a few taps, just a start. Very slow going!
It's all good until you get off the snowmobile and try to walk to the tree!

We'll get it done, we always do!

That's a GREAT idea! I just read about the trial and sounds like now would be a perfect time to try it.

This small field has been hay for the last few years and is a pain to get equipment to,...

Thanks! I'll be making a call

I also have questions. We have about 4 acres of land that we want to plant maple trees on, we understand these will most likely be trappable by those who come after us but will complement nicely the...

Well, It's nice to hear that I am not the only one having a poor year. Ground is still frozen, cold weather, and very little sunshine does not help. Got us a new 2x6...

Checked our trees yesterday, no sign of swelling yet. We are not far from frozen lake Erie and that may just keep things cold enough to delay budding a little longer. Won't delay it very long,...

As a young one I helped my uncle make maple syrup... Then this year my wife said "lets try our hand at making maple syrup" And so once again years later i'm at it again and enjoying it! my sweetie...