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Ok Chautauqua County here is the Big question. Should I tap this weekend or wait? I tapped last year on Feb 3rd and did not regret it. ????????????????????

Time to call it a season. All the lines have been flushed, tanks cleaned along with the evaporator pans. The next project is to clean the sugar house.

With the down time this week with the weather, it was a good time to clean the tanks out and clean the pans up after making 18 gallons so far. Getting ready for hopefully a good run over the next 3...

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I tapped this Sunday and have finished 13 gallons yesterday. I am sure glad I tapped early this year. I normally wait until at least the 17th of Feb. It ran really good Sunday, Monday and a little...

I tapped 300 on tubing on Sunday afternoon and just finished boiling 275 gallons tonight. Glad I tapped and got in on this run. Yahoo.

With the projected warm up coming this weekend, is anybody going to tap. I checked our 15 day forecast and looks like at least a 7 day stretch of sap running. Maybe I am just getting the itch.

Nice work, looks great. What do you figure you have invested in that unit?

I have to agree, still to early. The long range 15 day forecast is still to cold. But that can change as we all know. It is now a waiting game to pull the trigger.

With the up coming forecast, I called it a season today after the boil. :(. Time to clean the tanks, buckets and lines.

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Hay Waynehere, I sent you a private message in your in box. Take a look and let me know.

I found the tank on craigslist but he did not advertise a price. He is an older gentleman that had no idea on how to post pictures. I had to walk him through the process of taking a photo on his...

With this extremely cold weekend, I made a road trip to the Fingerlakes NY area this morning. I found a like new Sunset 545 gallon stainless steel milk tank with the working compressor and cooling...

FYI I had them same thing happen to me. Since then, I no longer use any type of thermometer. I stickly use the hydrometer. Good luck.

Half the taps went in today. WOW what alot of snow. Pretty bad when i had to dig the snow down to find the old tap holes!!!

At this stage of my life I take advantage of my 3 teenage boys. today I just sat in the cab of the heated tractor and listened to the stereo while the boys collected and pulled along as they were...

I put 100 buckets up on Monday and today collected 40 gallons. Not bad for the early run. Hope for some more on Friday and boil on Saturday!!!

Well, I had the itch and went all today and did all my tapping. Come on mother nature.

You can risk the chance of splitting the tree whenit is that cold.

Same here in Chautauqua county. Some of the schools have been off all week. I asked my kids to help me in the woods yesterday and they told me that if it was to cold for school then its to cold to be...

NO, NO, NO, dont get started you will be addicted to this fun!!!!! I started out several years ago with my three young boys doing the same thing you are doing and it has been the BEST family time...

I have used some pepsi kegs before after REALLY cleaning them up. They have a great cap that seals up also. I was able to get some awhile ago and gave a bunch away and I am kicking myself for that....

Silverleaf. With my 2x6 mason I have a 2x4 flue pan and a 2x2 syrup pan. At the end of the day boiling, I always leave my pans sweet. If I have a few days where the sap is not running, I will let the...

Silverleaf, thank you very much. I will get some and try it this year. Thanks again !!!!!