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Finished my last boil over the weekend. Got 4 boils this season compared to the 3 I typically get. Tapped 50 trees in 50 metal buckets (I like the look of the traditional buckets hanging off the...

Alden, NY - I had 75gal sap from 50 taps on metal buckets Monday morning (tapped Sunday afternoon). Did not empty buckets Tuesday
…there was about 1-3 inches in the buckets with an estimated total...

I tapped about 60 trees on 2/16 and collected 60 gallons on 2/17 (before the weather turned). Hope to get another 120 gallons early this week so I can boil on 2/24.

Temps have not gotten out of the 20’s here just East of Buffalo despite the sun and blue-bird sky! Mid-60’s forecasted for the weekend so I’m hoping to get a great run. I typically boil three times...

Thanks for looking! My first two boils only yielded a couple gallons each due to low sap yields and I cut a corner and didn’t filter the syrup through a thick felt/type come filter (it takes a very...

Hi 82cabby! My good friend lives on Behm.
My wife and I just finished bottling 3.8 gallons. I’m shocked at how light the syrup was! Lighter then my first boil last week. Not much sap running...

Hey there 82cabby! My good friend lives on Behm.
My wife and I just finished bottling 3.8 gallons. I’m shocked at how light the syrup was! Not much sap running today. Drops down to a low 21...

Thank you very much for the explanations! The vacuum makes sense, I was just concerned I was dead-heading the flow. All the tubing that goes from the tree tap directly to the buckets are open...all...

Thanks for your responses. To answer some questions above, taps/tubing/connectors are 5/16. The taps are about 4 to 30 ft above the buckets on the side of a steep hill. I removed tubing from a tap...

Thanks for looking! I have some trees with two taps that connect to tubing which empties into a reservoir at the bottom of a steep hill (a couple other trees are also connected into the downhill...

I have a constant drip coming from the threads around my valve for emptying my pan. I tried to tighten it but it still leaks. Are there any high-heat resistant type of “plumbers” tape/putty...

One again, I greatly appreciated the help!! Regarding a hood for my pan...I need to look into that as I’m not exactly sure what you mean (benefits).

Understood regarding keeping concentrate...

Thanks for the replies! I burnt my pan once when the level dropped and it worries me to have the volume below 2" but I'll try to keep the levels lower than I did in previous years. My fire gets...

I have been collecting and boiling sap from about 70 maple trees in the woods about ¼ mile from my house for several years and have reached a “ceiling” in my boiling efficiency. I was hoping I could...

Thanks!! Good advice!

Thank you very much for your reply! I'll heed your advise, tame my anxiousness and wait until I see a more favorable forecast before I tap.

Regarding splitting of tap holes...thanks again for...

Here in western NY, forecasted temps over the next 10 days are in the mid to upper 20's during the day and low to mid teens in the evening. I expect that temps will be increasing in a couple weeks...

Thank for the responses so far...I wish I was smarter in this area!

Per wmick suggestion, I would wire the pump to the "out" side of the "Buck Converter" and then wire some alligator to the "in"...

Thanks in advance for reading!

I just bought a RB10 (backyard-size RO unit) from ROBucket.com and need to use a battery to power the unit as my sugar shack is set up 1/4 mile in the woods with no...

We completed our first boil of the season last evening (2/21/18), and the finish boil this morning (2/22/18). Started the fire at 7:15AM and put the first 10 gallons in my pan (24" by 42") at...

No sap yesterday (2/16/18) and with the temps in the teens last night and a high of 34 today, may need to push my first boil off to Monday at the earliest.

I tapped 60 trees on 2/13/18...traditional buckets/taps. Bucket bottoms were barely covered on 2/14/18...didn’t collect. Collected late this afternoon (2/15/18) and yielded 53 gallons of sap. I...

Hi Chuck-

I tried sending you a PM but your mailbox is full. I wanted to see if you would be interested in extending the offer you made to Conococheague regarding your boiling pans. I'm not...

Wow! Thank you everyone for your responses!!! I think I have all the ammo need to pull the trigger and get my new pan fabricated. I'll keep you informed!

Take care,
Dino

Thank you psparr! Good confirmation for me! I'm changing my design to 24" by 36" (pretty close to my original of 32" by 22")... what do you think of height...8" or 10"?

I'll ask to have it...