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I'm going to "giver a go" again this year. I've got my trails all set and I'm getting the evaporator set to go. Just finished a warm spell that planted the seed. How is everyone else up here in the...

OK I'm all set. I finished up two days ago. Tomorrow I'll haul over water and I'll be ready. Warm weather is predicted all week so the snow will go down and hopefully be running by the end of the...

Yes it's getting to be that time. I hope to start tapping soon as well. 400 taps/pails

It's Thursday and I'm still holding out for a couple of days. Last nite 28 it's 4 in the pm now sun trying to poke out. Temp all day at 32 degree mark. Tomorrow will tell. Anyone else out there...

Snowing like the dickens right now. I'll be clearing snow tomorrow so I plan on starting to tap on Tues. GOOD LUCK to all and keep everyone posted if you can!!!!!

Snowing like the dickens now so I plan to start putting out pails on Tues Morning. I've got everything ready other wise.
GOOD LUCK to all. Keep everyone posted if you can

Like Jeff I'll wait to after the Birke

3500 taps will keep you busy

Dave tapping must be what's keeping us going. Three years ago my wife and I did it all alone. I'll probably stop doing it when I can't handle pails, I just don't think I could stand looking at them...

I'm going to start a new thread this year. Right now it's -1 outside but it's got me getting ready. I'll be picking up my supplies next week and then things start moving, slowly but moving. I'm...

Well I guess I'll just leave things as they are. This is the great thing about this web site, if you have a question someone has an answer. Let's hope that the season starts soon.

I tapped my trees on the 1st and 2nd of March, today is the 6th of April. Season is off to a slow and strange start. I've never seen a season like this before. I'm wondering about holes closing up...

Strangest season I've seen. We've made 18 gals of syrup so far and we have run the RO once. With pails we were able to take out ice and have 4-5 % sugar. Some pails have a qt or more and the next...

Put out another 125 with 100 to go. We will wait till some of the snow goes down to get the rest out. The wife has the web site up and running, so if anyone wants to check out what we're up to check...

Put out another 75 taps & pails today(175 total so far). Ones that were out for 3 days ranged from 1 cup to 3/4ths of a pail 2.5 gal pails. We haven't checked sugar content but it doesn't matter...

I have out a total of 100 aluminum pails out so far. I checked out the ones that were out for 2 days and anywhere from a couple of table spoons to a quart in them. Even if I had out all 400 I would...

I've put out 75 taps today. On snow shoes, hard with 27" of snow on the ground. My 67 year old body is feeling it. My Allis Chalmers WD doesn't do very good at all, front axel pushing snow. The trees...

I have a '95 6x6 Polaris and it's great and keeps on keeping on. I pull a trailer with it with a 210 gal tank on it. No problem and if it wears out I'll replace it with another Polaris 6x6. Off...

As soon as a season is done, I get everything ready. Wood, bottles and all the little things. I don't want to be caught with my pants down.

We use a single axel homemade trailer. we pull it with either a Polaris 500 4 wheeler or a Polaris 6x6 425. The tank is a 210 gal but we try not to fill it over 3/4 full. Been doing it for 9+ years...

I've got a steel roof. If I had to do it over, I'd insulate it with Styrofoam. I have trusses and insulating it now would be a pain. Even with a free standing hood I get rain inside when the...

Wood fired, temp probe at eye level reading 1000F degrees . Feeding wood in 7-10 minutes. 45+ gals/hr. Mostly hard and red maple with some ash in there also.

Found a crack on the front of my evaporator (cast, fire box). It's horizontal between the hinges. Hair line crack but it's through. Is this anything to worry about? Kind of late to do anything about...

I tapped 125 on Sunday, going to put out that many today (Monday) maybe a few more. Oddest year I've done so far. I've been following everyone on here and I think it's a crap shoot. To this year we...

I put out 125 taps today. Still not sure about when to put out the rest. The 12 test pails I have out vary from 1/4- full to 3/4+ full. But that took 4days to reach that. I hate to miss much and we...