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I tapped on the 10 th of March. Really no flow the first 6 days. They have been getting better each day but only 1-2 full bags. The rest only 3-4” in them. I finally got my 80 gallon tank filled and...

Still boiling tonight. 70 gallons today I think the fat lady is going to sing tomorrow.😭😭😭😭😭

Same here. The last batch was the darkest I have ever made.

Late season has been 3% this year on sugars. 1-1/2% on boxy.

Pretty dismal year so far. Sugar buds aren't swelling yet and temps might be good for mid week. Fingers crossed!!! Boxy buds are swelling as are the hybrid maples. 50 gals last year, maybe 20 this...

I tried the ropegasket for wood stove doors. It will burn up quick

I have full brick in the fire box and rock wool insulation in the rest. It is outside when in use for the season and when I am done it goes in the shed. 1-1/2" angle,12 ga steel skin, 1/4" plate...

I have a friend that works at a gravel pit and he brought me a piece of stainless sand screen. Cut to size and used 2stainless bolts to secure and it has lasted 3 years so far. Rock wool 2 years,...

I see it in the boiling when someone else fires. The boil drops as soon as the door opens and takes awhile to come back. I always tell them to have the wood ready before they open the door.

Ok so I did the switch today. I used copper instead of stainless. If it works I will change it to stainless.

That is what I thought but i saw a picture of one and it had flues only in the middle.

Do flue pans have flues across the full width? Are there dividers in them or are they just a big open pan?:confused:

I look at the side of my pan and figure I will eventually have to filter it out. So I skim it off.

Yes, I can see that when I first start up. The first three channels are boiling well before the front one. It gets alittle hairy until I start to draw. I have to run about 1-1/4"or more to keep...

I have a 2'x4' sap pan and a 2'x2' syrup pan. Both are flat pans. Three channels in sap pan and four in the front pan. Sap pan they run lengthwise, syrup pan they run crosswise. The back pan hooks to...

How long do you expect to get out of your arch?

I have 70 taps out(yes I counted them instead of guessing). I thought that I would get more than the 35 gal but oh well. If I don't get another 35 tomorrow then I will just batch boil so I don't lose...

I put in 90 taps yesterday. Today some were 1/2 full,some1/4 full,some nothing. Temps don't look good now for a few days but we will see. I think the end of next week looks good.

Last year I was getting 4-4.5%. This year they are at 3%. The box elder was running at 2%.

I had 90 taps out and wound up with 2000 gallons sap and 45-50 gallons syrup(still haven't canned it all). It was a very sporadic start but I ended very well. I could have gone a couple days longer...

I used the same basic plan and it worked great. I used a 2-2 undivided pan for my sap pan and a 2-4 with two dividers for my front pan. I want o have a 2-2 pan made with three dividers in it and move...

I am going to add 50-60 more taps next year just for my boxelders. I don't get the aversion to them but that is your choice. The syrup they produce is as good or better than any maple out there....

I had about 15 leakers this year. I had 24 on sap sack holders and 20 on PVC holders. So about. A third were leakers. These bags came from Fleet Farm and come from Anderson Maple. I won't buy bags...

What is ropy syrup? I boiled 60gals and the smell was not maple. Sappy smelling. My neighbor said to finish boiling and he would take it. I said don't spend a lot of time with it after tasting it in...

Today I got 115 gals off 75 taps. Three trips with the wheeler with the 35 gal tank. On the third trip the previous sacks had 2" already. Big day tomorrow and nonstop boil Saturday. Finishing off 2...