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Sayner - Star Lake area......Collected 75 gallons + or - the ice we discarded from 80 taps on Friday the 25th. Boiled on Saturday netting 1.5 gallons of Amber. It was our 1st boil on our new W. F....

140 - 160 is in my opinion hot enough for the evaporator. I have 20 x 30 flat pan now with a preheater coil on the smoke stack and I am getting around 150 - 155 and not loosing the boil.
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I will be receiving my Mason 2x4 XL this week. After reading this thread it confirms that I made the right choice. Yes, Bill is great to deal with. I ordered mine on 4/20/21 and worth the wait. I...

Hello Berkshires, I am curious what temp your pre heater sap is before going in the evap pan ? I will be receiving my W.F. Mason 2x4 XL this week for next season.

Was able to check the results since we tapped 2/29. My best guess is 60 gal of frozen sap. We will probable thaw in the turkey fryer , RO it and boil all next weekend. Yes next week weather up...

We have not checked since we tapped on 2/29. Will be checking this weekend to see what has been collected. At least frozen does not go bad !

Based on last weekend in the woods tapping, i would say around 20". Then add what fell today.

Put in around 60 taps or so last weekend 2/29 & 3/1 in the Sayner-Star Lake area. About 10 or so trees dripping in the late afternoon sun when tapped. I too took 10 minutes to get up after a wipe...

Make sure you compare/check the accuracy of the temp probe you have with another temp probe you view as accurate. I found that the cheap ones for the grill are not accurate. We had a good run...

How many trees to you have tapped at that location TwoSaps 2 ? I would say at least a Quart . As far as the season goes, last week i thought it would be over this week. The forecast after...

I agree sugar content higher. First batch last week dark. The batch yesterday was considerably lighter though on the dark side. Good thing we packed down the snow by all the trees with snowmobile...

Put 40 taps in on Saturday with tubing to pails. Snowshoes a must.

Collected only 20 gallons since 4-14. Nested the 20 in the shade in a snowbank to hold it for the final boil next week. Hoping for a better collection this upcoming week.

My heart goes out to you jvolkman ! I almost had that happen 2 weeks ago. That is a bad thing to have happen. I hope you save the pan and good luck with whats left of the season.

We collected another 40-45 gallons since Saturday the 24th. (from 60 taps) Good thing for the 2 days of temps on Wednesday & Thursday. Total collected so far for the year about 90 gallons. Boiled...

We collected in our opinion, 70 gallons liquid equivalent, frozen solid sap, from 60 trees on Saturday. We tapped on March 3rd and this was our first collection. Most trees the rest of the weekend...

We have 60 trees tapped. Tapped all on March 3rd. Eight of the 60 in more sunny spots had 1.5 to 2.5 gallons in the pail. Some of the rest had about an inch in the bottom. Going to boil this...

I have an bath heat/fan exhaust blower on a speed control blowing in the draft door of a homemade barrel stove 20 x 30 pan. Works great.

Tapped 60 trees in the Star Lake area over the weekend. All were dripping even on Sunday with out sun. Yes, snowshoes and snowmobile required. Good work out.

Speaking of Rubbermaid Brute containers. They are made out of "LLDPE" Linear Low Density Polyethlene. From what i have read so far it is an acceptable food grade product. I am wanting to collect...