every one ready for the snow storm they are talking about? guess this means snow shoes and tapping for all. FUN FUN FUN !!!!!!
every one ready for the snow storm they are talking about? guess this means snow shoes and tapping for all. FUN FUN FUN !!!!!!
4x12 wood fired
5500 taps on vac
ECONOX ro brand new 600/hr
4000 gal storage
I live 30mi south of GreenBay and this morning on my way to the Milwaukee airport it was a white out for about 40mi. then nothing. This was all lake affect snow so i'm not to worried. Flew into St Louis and its just rain here but sounds like ice later tonight. I fly home on Wed or I'm supposed to fly on Wed. I need to hang more tubing but with 3ft of snow on the ground its a major pain in the legs.
2010 - 15 Taps and an open fire made 2.5 gallons
2011 - New 14X10 sugar shack, 125 taps
homemade 2x4 oil drum evap with a Wegner Metal Works pan
three wonderful sap haulers (kids) and a wife that's very understanding
I already have to get around by snow shoe!!! there is I guess 2+ feet snow pack in the woods right now I don't know for sure I don't go with out snow shoes. I will have to bend over to tap some of the trees this year!!!
may your sap be at 3%
Brad
www.willowcreeksugarhouse.com
585 or so on Vacuum, about 35 on buckets/sap sacs
Atlas Copco GVS 25A Rotary Vane vacuum pump
MES horizontal electric releaser
2x6 ss phaneuf Drop flue, Leader woodsaver blower, homemade hood
300gph H2O RO
husquvarna 562 XP
Its Here!!! 2024 season is here get busy!!!
i heard 8" to 16" hear by me just started hanging new 3/4" in the woods in 8" of snow with the 4 wheeler . now looks like we'll have to use the snowmobiles to get in there.
4x14 leader oil fired max revolution with preheater
5800 taps all on vacuum
2400 gph spring tech RO
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10-14" forecasted here...already have 3-4' in the woods. I'm not scared..lol
2x6 raised flue at a buddies operation from '99-'04
2.5x8 Grimm Lighting at buddies '05-'06 900 taps
Amish built drop flue 2x6 at our own operation since 2007 ~200 taps
2011 - Bought buddies Grimm Lightning 2.5x8 raised flue, 407 taps out as of 2/10/11
Now up to 557 as of 2/27/11
1967 Tucker Sno-Cat 442-A
1976 Thiokol 2100B
I have to be off my rocker
I've been in the woods this past weekend and we had about 20" of snow here at my house at my other bush right around 2.5ft of snow in the woods but, its in the mountains. NOT GOOD cpmaple
100 buckets for 09
180 buckets for 2010
300 on gravity and 300 buckets for 2011
1000 total for 2012
250 taps on shurflow pumps
G.H.Grimm 3x10 raise flue auf
snowmobile and grizzly 660 four wheeler
8 beagles an 1 aussie shepherd for company
and last a wonderful companion that lets me do all the stuff i love (maple sugaring) and doesnt ask questions!!!!!!!!!!!
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Let it come.Not much for frost at my location so the 16" of powdered snow will not last long when season comes.I do not want to plow but wish my woods had another 2'.So maybe my wish will come true.Good luck to all.
3x12 D&G Champion, 1100 taps w/27" of vac.New in 2013 600gph RO. 10 buckets for the kids.
When do you guys up in NY start tapping?
3X8 oil fired evaporater with steam hood and preheater
300 on vacuum with a homemade releaser
Homemade RO
1945 John Deere B
i tap usually the 2nd or 3rd week in february, and as late as march depending on how i think it will run
7000 taps on vacuum, just trying to get a little better every year.
Generally I tap after March 1st. Base the timing after that on the extended forecasts. I'm getting to a size now that I have to begin much sooner to get it all done so I may begin the last week of Feb. This year.