February journal
I'll start it!! I'm starting to get a little concerned with the amount of snow we have....Currently, we have 2' on the ground, with another 18" forecast. Anyone that knows me, knows that I wasn't built too far off the ground! With the possibility of up to 3" of snow on the ground and with 28" legs, you know I'm going to have some running gear draggin'!!!
2 1/2 x8 Lapierre Waterloo-Small (oil fired)
Leader Steamaway
1200 gph Lapierre RO
1800 taps
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Mike Christian
505 Main St. Orwell, Vt.
I think this will slow the progress in the woods a little, I think I hear my snow shoes calling!!
Blaisdell's Maple Farm
started on a 2x2 pan in 2000 and now
custom built oil fired 4x12 arch by me
Thor pans Desinged by Thad Blaisdell
4600 taps on a drop flue 8-4 split
What concerns me the most isthe 3/4" of ice they are predicting!
I am so glad I got bulk tank moved into place this past weekend. We have about 12" on the ground and they predicted we could get up to 18" of new snow from this storm. Looks like another year of tapping trees on snowshoes.
Jeff
470 taps
Torr Vac TV40D High Vac with Lapierre Horizontal releaser
Leader 2x6 Patriot raised flue
Leader 2x4 Steamaway
Wildfire arch
MES Dolly 300 3 post RO
DG 7" 5 bank filter press
and still lookin to get bigger
It is normal for us around here to have alot of snow in the woods when we start. We get through it, you guys will too. I also think it helps keep the season going a little longer as well. People around me seem to be done while Im still going strong when they have alot less snow than me.
2X6 deluxe Phanuef
Adding 200 more every year
27 years left of building a Hobby into a retirement time burner.
In recent memory, our worst years have been the ones with the most snow. Years when I could have tapped in running shoes have been our best. It's counter-intuitive and may vary from bush to bush but I'd rather not tap in shoeshoes if I don't have to!
4,600 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
Twitter & Instagram: @ennismaple
www.ennismaple.com
this is shaping up to be a lot like our 2008 season. Summer before was dry, fall was wet, winter snow was deep. Much like this year.
We made .32 per tap that season (with only 1/3 of our taps on vac)
This year we should have 2/3 of our taps on vac. So hope to do better than that...
if so, need to buy some more barrels
Eric Johnson
Tucker Mountain Maple Co-op
1400 taps in 2013
2.5 x 8 CDL pellet arch and Smokey Lake pans
Lapierre 600 RO
Member of Andover/Salisbury Maplehaulics anonymous
www.tuckermtn.com
pALS
Hopefully it doesn't end up like 2001 and nearly 7 feet of snow in the woods. Well Mike with the running gear dragging you won't be going to fast.
Success is not final,failure is not fatal.It is courage to continue that really counts
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
– Thomas Edison
Yeah I think I am right in the jackpot zone 20-25 inches (with a posibility of 30" in some places) after everything is said and done on Thursday! They are saying its gonna be all snow here no change over to ice and if it does it will be brief. We already have 2+ ft of snow pack. I am gonna be bending over to tap trees!!! I think I might have to dig out some mainline there is only about a foot togo in some places!!!
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'm going to need a ladder to pull taps in the spring
A new generation of sugarmaker
Making Syrup with friends on a 2x6 and too many taps
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