Several 10 day forecasts are conflicting. Not sure if we'll get much above freezing soon. Any one tapping this weekend in Northern Ohio?
Northern Ohio
Several 10 day forecasts are conflicting. Not sure if we'll get much above freezing soon. Any one tapping this weekend in Northern Ohio?
12X16 Sugarhouse and 16x24 attached woodshed
1000 taps
120 3/16 tubing
And still some buckets
Becker U5.70 Rotary vane
Leader 2X8 Reverse oil fired, Revolution Pans & Steam a way
Lapierre Turbo 2000 600 GPH RO
Leader Clear frame filter press
John Deere Gator 6X4
Indy 500 and a very large sled.
Kubota M8200
tapping starting monday if the weather holds true,going to wash tanks and evaporator on sunday and get the vac set back up.
610 taps on vac system,200 buckets 3x12 small bros raised flue
custom built aof gassification arch called the "cyclone"
1984 zetor 6045 4x4 tractor
cub cadet 4x4 utv
lots of old mm tractors
8640 john deere tractor (serious sap hauler)
Tapping this weekend too no matter what,evap's clean and tanks too ready to make some syrup!!!
3X8 oil fired evaporater with steam hood and preheater
300 on vacuum with a homemade releaser
Homemade RO
1945 John Deere B
tapping
thinking about tapping this weekend also. extended forcast looking good, but we all know how reliable that is.
80 taps
2x4 homemade flatpan evaporator
Last edited by jluckay; 02-08-2011 at 12:32 PM.
welcome to the site luckay.
ya , im gonna hold off this weekend.
until we get at least 3-4 days in a row with above freezing and below 30 at night, ill hold off . it says sunday and monday but then back to cold.
then again , you know how these moron weather guys are . . .
look at those two "storm of the centuries" we had within the last month and it ended up being a 4" dusting . . .
Jeremy
Black Squirrel Lodge Family Sugarbush
Chardon, Ohio
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Woodbutcher is the smartest human being alive.........I wont be Tapping on this weekend! It will hurt to get started!
Last edited by DRod2; 02-11-2011 at 04:35 AM.
good study to read . it was done by the university of vermont and they tapped trees at different times of the year . ... interesting results.
... but to each his own ... http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc/tapping.pdf
Jeremy
Black Squirrel Lodge Family Sugarbush
Chardon, Ohio
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1HP Gear Pump Style Cream Machine Build
getting things ready this weekend. this deep snow in lake and geaga county is hinding my mobility in the woods. any thoughts on waiting till after this possible short warm up, like till next weekend?
Matthew Cross
Madison, Ohio
400 taps on vacuum with surge sp-22
200 buckets
30 x 10 leader max
w/ enhanced steam away and Pre-heater
If you wait, you may miss a whole week of good sap flow. Pretty ideal temps where I am at, and I know a few people up your way that were out tapping yesterday. the following week looks to cool down again as of right now.
im holding off until wednesday , as then well have at least 3-4 days in a row of solid above freezing temps and some rain to wash away the snow from the tree bases. if you cant tap by wednesday's sap rush , ide tap today ...
like monster said , your gonna miss a huge run of sugar from midweek on .
Jeremy
Black Squirrel Lodge Family Sugarbush
Chardon, Ohio
MY MAPLE PAGE
Builds:
16x16 Sugarhouse build
100GPH Portable RO Build
12x16 Sugarhouse Build
1HP Gear Pump Style Cream Machine Build
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