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This is it, get the taps in s.e. Pa, we put About 200 taps in here in Slatington between 1-2 pm, 1 gal milk jugs each had about 1/4 to 1/2 gal by sun set last night. suppose to hit 60 possibly 1 day...

Yup agree with ya'll. taps gonna go all in here tomorrow. Finished everything else today and we are ready for sap.

Looks like this whole week coming should hopefully get things flowin..with at...

Hey Brandon, finally gonna get back to it this year,
however I see you have been doing some boiling already, Up here nothing is running with the 24"+ of snow. This year is strange and nothing we've...

Put 1 tap in about a week ago, that tap is hardly dripping, with over 24+" inches of snow on the ground and then next week going back down in temps(not above freezing), looks like it won't happen til...

Hey Kyle, you should be ok with this cold snap we just came out of, your tap holes probably froze in hard which shoul run now that it warmed up since thoughs -0 temps. Soon we'll be in it big time....

Soon here in Slatington pa, all though ground is frozen hard under snow, probably be another two weeks before going all 250+ taps in. Did put one test tap in today to monitor. Nothing flowing worth...

buds are all popped here.. we have been out of the tree's almost 2 weeks now..

see you all next year.

hope everybody had or is having a good year.. ;)

I thought i had 160 taps in, but...

New video by Josh Butz (www.forhuntersbyhunters.com)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff1CKhtJvDA&feature=player_embedded


also the times news article on our Lil operation here..with the...

big time dumping tomorrow, jugs are filling up with rain water. 4+ inches of rain do here.. now we got mud..

Did a news paper interview/article the other day with the times news, they will be putting mapletraders link in the paper along with my article. I told them i learned almost everything here on this...

Hi Dennis, not much sugar sand here, Lil bit of foam here and there but nothing in excess, few drops of canola oil each and every firing and a quick scoop out of the thick foam and alls good to go
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3/5/2011 note to myself..
Picked up another 70 gals of sap between fri night and yesterday night(sat)..will boil it monday morning along with anything i get today..

tree's shut down over...

yup heard ya on the no re tap... for me it depends on the tree vs size and if the tree is considered a cull or not. some times i have culls that i know are coming down sooner or later as they just...

feels so good to have the fresh golden stuff again..

made about 3 gals 0f some light stuff ..freinds were very happy as well when i stopped by there homes to drop some off..
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Brian are you re tapping those tree's for a better source of gold on them?

Ive been getting my small quantities of the Pennsylvania Sugar Hill Bottles from these folks , very nice to deal with and ship things fast..plus they take pay pal,,,of course there not in pa or...

Ok thanks fellas, some great advice on finishing up the season.

hope everybody has a great season ahead.

picked up another 55 gals yesterday and another 50 gals today.
they are still running as of 730pm as i just got done collecting tonight..

another boil tomorrow..this will be my 5th time...

OK figured id get a jump on this question as to how one goes about wrapping up a season with a drop flue. i know we just got started but id like to know if anyone can give me suggestion before we...

picked up 45 gals of sap yesterday (2-23), so to date from tapping got a total of 155 gals of sap on these very few runs we had and weak runs they were.

big rain storms are supposedly coming...

Yup thanks for the info, looks good and if it works well to thats what counts.. i like how you adapted the PVC to the bungs

I wondered if you could use a plastic welder to weld the buckets into...

Woodbutcher, luv the pics.. nice trailer and collection barrel set up. is that 1" plumbing on your barrels?

Gator does work well, once we broke trails in 12" of snow with the tractor the gator does work fine in it, last week most of the snow was gone until the other day we got another 6.5" to 7". Gator...

food grade sealant/caulk in different colors available here

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Fellas our tree's quit already, still some snow on the ground but they just quit, need some cold temps again.