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I guess we are going to call it a season...way to warm, trees are budding...
Made 5.5 gallons from our 16 buckets..
that's plenty to share with friends and family.

tapped Wednesday...
65 gallons collected 2% as of this afternoon off 15 buckets.
I am good with that for starters.

Gotta run to the cabin get a load of firewood due to change of location..
Added a 45 cup coffee urn this year to keep the finished/filtered syrup hot and for easier bottling...I hope...it heats...

Congrates Bassman on getting healthy. That"s a project all in itself.
I am starting to gear up, Had to move my whole but small operation to my brothers house this season,
My maple stuff is about...

Interesting thoughts on both sides of the aisle.
I have only been doing this a couple of years and I know there are other factors involved like wood moisture, suger already in the pan, ect.
This...

Is there any correlation to daytime humidity or night time humidity and evaporation rate?
Even though it is winter time there is still humidity outside, especially when the sun comes out and its...

Between Wednesday night and friday night collected 65 gallons from 25 tap.
Another 50 gallons by saturday morning. Made a little over 8 gallons this year for family and friends.
Even though the...

40 gallons last night from 25 taps after tossing the ice.
Was still running good a dinner time.
Not sure what I have this morning.

just a little update, I added another 4' of stack saturday, total about 7 feet straight up now.
it helped the back pan boil a little better, only about half of it.
It was easier to maintain overall...

Big snow coming this weekend!

Just the slide vent near the bottom and the door open a little, hence the drafting problem.
I will probably take the vent off and add a small blower next year, no time to
mess with that right now...

Just the slide vent need the bottom and the door open a little, hence the drafting problem.
I will probably take the vent off and add a small blower next year, no time to
mess with that right now...

Seems like almost the same set up pan wise, I have a preheater on the back shelf slow dripping into the pan to maintain level.
It is fitted only for 6" stack and no blower,,, YET!
This is a new...

Yep I have a grate in there. Pics were from while I was bricking it.
Cut up and re-welded an old iron railing I had laying around.
Grate sits about 4" up just above the vent.
Figured I need more...

I just don't understand why the pics come out sideways...sorry ya'll.

The back is ramped up. I have about 3" under the back part of the pan..
Guess I could move the canopy a little so I can go straight up. was just
trying to keep it out of the weather.
I run the...

yeah this year I am running under a canopy tent, my stack is 36" vertical, an elbow, then another 24" horizontal to get me out from under the tent.
hopefully building a shack this summer....
so the...

I made an oil tank evaporator this year. seems to work... I think my build was ok, (pics posted on my previous posts).
I do have a question for anybody else that might be using a similar cooker....

collected 120 gallons over 6 days from my 25 taps.
Our best first week run ever.
Made 2.25 gallons saturday.
Currently holding 108 gallons til tomorrow morning.
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Collected 11 gallons from yesturdays run..the tubes are currently full and frozen.

Checked 4 buckets near the house before work this morning..bout 1/2 full from last night...check the rest tonight...low 25 tonight..near 50 degrees Tuesday so flow should be good...

Just ran my line to check, got a little in each bucket, but the ground is still mostly frozen. Monday looks no good temp wise but Tuesday/Wednesday look great.
we are off and running. praying to the...

got 26 taps in today on 5/16 drops to buckets.
it was -6 degrees when the dogs woke me this morning
and 6 degrees around 10:30 when I tapped in so i dont expect flow sunday.
need a couple days for...

I think it is go time.........22816

still have a few days for the forecast to settle out,,,see what it looks like at the end of the week looking into next....
if it stays like it shows I might go all in sunday morning....
All in,...