I am holding off till the middle of Feb,even using check valves on vacumn ,last year tapped early in Feb[6th] had some good weather at end of march,flows weren't as good as the taps that we did the...
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I am holding off till the middle of Feb,even using check valves on vacumn ,last year tapped early in Feb[6th] had some good weather at end of march,flows weren't as good as the taps that we did the...
i use fercoat fittings and a food grade silicone rubbed on the bulk tank and clamp it on ,then you can use a valve or what ever you use on the other end,they work great,i have one on my bulk tank...
Good for you sapper
Sure does after 50 yrs
That's great
Had our best season in over 50 yrs of making maple syrup,704 gallons,1500 on vacumn and 1500 on natural gravity,usually average 500 gallons
We are off to a great start ,almost a month ahead of last year and we have made 145 gallons with 60 gallons all golden and the rest is high end amber 66-71 on light transmitten meter ,HAPPY SURGIN .
Weather sure is funny,we are way ahead of last yr,1st boil was march11-431 gal syrup- this year feb 13 made 145 gal already-hoping for a great season
Try addind another piese of smoke stack,stack should be twice lengh of pans
Well i usually tap around Presidents weekend ,but with this some what open winter,i will start tapping this coming Monday
You tell customers that they pay for shipping cost,that what i have done for 25 yrs ,never had one complain about paying,just complain like me about the cost ,crazy
YUP,winter is here,but iat leese it won,t last 15 weeks,only 5,hopefully, will wait for Presidents weekend as i normally do TO TAP,HAPPY SURG'IN EVERYONE
You stirring by hand or do you have a candy machine because if stirring by hand possiablity that you might be stirring it to fast cause i have a machine and never had any swirls in it,an occasional...
winter will come,but it will be short,we will tap as usual,presidents weekend
It sure was a nice week so far,getting a lot done ,especially all the wind damage ,a lot of stuff down on lines,luv working on bare ground and not even wearing gloves,good luck to all and hope we...
nutsy ,were you located,i am in ephratah on mud road,glad to take it off your hands even pay ya the going price if you can delivery
3350 in out of 3500,boiled last wed,22 gal
tapped last week,make about 30 gallons of syrup time i finsh what i drew of evaporator still got about 150 out of 3500 left to do,which will take a couple hrs to tap,surgar house and bush is in...
Cleaning your front pan is what you need to do,not back pan,i am fortunate to have a RO and every night drain front pan and put 3 in of permeate in front pan,let set overnight ,in morn it is...
450 of 3500 in today
450 of 3500 in today,unfortunately had to go to a wake this afternoon,back at it hard as everything we tapped was running
Unfortunately the wind snapped of a huge maple and it fell right down the mainline,relocated 300 ft of main line and redid all laterals,after 2 days working in woods,it's done,now time to start...
just Vernon Downs,it was execellent
Ido my own and played with very small batches and handed them out,took me a couple of times to do it,trial and error
In fulton county my bud swelled on last fri and sundays rain made them get bigger,done for season,son and myself can't stand the smell of boiling buddy sap,200 gallons less than last year,i called it...