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Put out 200 on 5/16 gravity line yesterday by Mora. Would say about 80% of them were running good. Good luck to everyone.

I don't have a way to check the sugar level but this has been one of our best years. So far we have made 18 gallons of syrup from 527 gallons of sap. That comes to 1 gallons of syrup for every 29.27...

I agree with John it is to early to pull the plug I collected 110 gallons from 80 taps today. Sap was still running good at 2:00 when I collected. Hang in there guys.

Picked up 40 gallons today in Cambridge

put out 100 bags this morning by Cambridge. Nephew just called this evening and said all the bags have about a gallon each in them.

We trimmed some maple trees in the twin cities today and sap was dripping at a steady rate. Never have tapped this early before but am wondering after looking at the accuweather extended forecast.
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Gissert any of the taps dripping yet?

Just finished up our last boil today. We have 12 gallons of real nice light syrup from the first few boils. The last boil from yesterday and today we got 5 gallons of real dark syrup. We are done...

boiled 50 gallons down last weekend.. got 1.25 gallons of finished syrup This week only have collected 25 gallons as of today. Hopefully this weekend it will let loose.

I had the duct fan mounted on a 4ft pipe and the heat still got to it.

Mike

Dave,

I tried this blower on my arch. It lasted about 10 minutes. The fan blade on the one I bought was plastic and it got warm enough to melt the fan off the motor shaft. hard to tell id this...

My 100 bags by Mora started today. About two inches in each bag.

Hungry Beaver you know any Holmbergs over in Staples? I have 130 taps out and very few of them dripping East Central MN.

Mike

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Put out a test bag yesterday in the Forest Lake area. Dry as a bone. Will use the test tap to see when to tap the rest of the trees.

I think also the pre epa saws were 2005 and older.

We run the Husgvarna saws here. We cut about 70 cords of wood a year. The difference between the saws is that the pre epa saws have an adjustable carburetor and an open muffler. The mufflers on...

The way the forcasts are looking to me it is going to be the end of March before tapping begins.

I have a stand similar to the PVC one. I built a styrofoam box for around mine. Once I pour the syrup into filter I set a cover on top of it and it filters good.

I guess I learned something new tonight. I did not think between bleach and boiling the plastic taps anything bad could survive. i will use the taps again this year if I can get to the trees to tap...

I have heard this mentioned before and don't quite understand the difference between new and used taps. If the used taps are staralized before use what is the difference between bacteria on new taps...

Mike,

Fleet Farm sells some round milk filters pretty cheap. That is what I use for prefilters. I use about three of them at a time and they work really well. I also use them when filtering the...

I gathered 10 gallons Friday between my Wyoming spot and Braham. The Wyoming spot is definitely out performing Braham

Made just 1-pint short of three gallons.

All the fleetfarms around me are selling bags they got from Anderson Maple.

I pulled 50 gallons out today in Wyoming. The trees up in Braham started this morning an the nephew said there is about 5 inches in each bag (100 bags) as of 6:00 tonight. I guess it has started...