Salisbury Sugarworks 2011
Well, Ray and I started tapping today, got 300 in,2800? to go, despite the cold some of the smaller trees were running,,,gonna try to get tapped in this week...got 2 of my tanks repaired and ready,,picked up a 10" press and another double releaser...R.O. not plumbed or wired,,might be boiling raw sap to start...time will tell...very excited about this season.....May the sweet godess bless us all.....
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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amen to that...
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
Welcome Back!!!
Parker,
Glad to hear from you and it sounds like its going to be a good season. Seems like everyone has some major enthusiasm (myself included).
Keep talking to the sweet godess for all of us, we need sweetening!!!!
Doug
"Sap Suckers Sugar Shack"
2009 20 taps, buckets & plastic jugs, evap on fireplace in yard, finish on stove, total yield of 1-3/4 gallons
2010 14 taps, plastic jugs, homemade 55 gal barrel evap, finish on stove, total 1 gallon
2011 55 taps, (42 on buckets, 13 on tubing-gravity), homemade 55 gal barrel arch with 24" x 32" flat pan, finish on stove, total 12 gallons
2012 90 taps (all on tubing), homemade 55 gal barrel arch with 24" x 32" flat pan, temporary "sugar shack"
parker i think every day about how bad i want it. tapped 750 today which gets me to 6000, made a drum of syrup yesterday, and was 30 below with wind chill last nite freezing sugar house right up.had to turn heat on to thaw out the place. did not think the wind was going to get that cold.hope to have the rest tapped by end of week. looking like going into sugar weather next week.
10,000 taps and adding on vac.4 liquid ring pumps, lapierre 5x14 thunderbolt, 1800 R/O
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750 in a day is making it happen Jeff, you have to be beat!!! Had to do Hockey with the daughters yesterday. All maple rest of the week.....long list of to-do's...but much further ahead than in years past..tapping southern orchards first..Sanborns, hoit rd,,then rte.11 and last Hill...we have alot of work to do in Hill...Doug-stop by!
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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Parker, sounds good. I will be cleaning tomorrow and taping Thursday. Best of luck this season. I will swing by some time on the way home from picking up my girls.
Tucker in Webster NH
150+/- on 3/16
2x6 Leader drop flue
Custom Hood and Preheater
Looking forward to it tucker,,got around 750 tapped,,total,,gonna finish tapping sanborns then go to hoit and rte.11, hill (needs fixing) last, and tap fast as we can,fix vac. leaks when its above freezing, staying on top of snow with the tubbs ,,tapping is kinda nice,, borrowed 2 good size hitichi drills just in case some help shows up...Have fun!
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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Sanborns and Hoit rd tapped. Hoit road is my oldest set up..many broken t's and damage..gonna set up vac at hoit and sanborns tommrow and check fix leaks while it is warm,,,then back to tapping when it gets colder,,that way mabey we will stay on to of the snow and get some sap...about 1200 in,,2200? to go
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg
Get to it Parker. Season's about here. I want to see Marvin cherry red, billows of steam from my house, and full barrels lined up in your SH. Good luck this season.
Josh
2009 - 370 on vac. & 16 buckets
2010 - 377 on vac.
2011 - 590 on vac.
2012 - 620 on high vac., 170 buckets, 110 on gravity tubing
2013 - 830 mine + 800-1000 others
2014 - 870 mine + 800-1000 others
2017 - 920 mine + 500-700 others
2018 - 902 mine + 500-700 others
2019 - 902 mine + 700 others
2020 - 902 mine + ???? others
Atlas Copco Pump
2.5'x8' 802maple Special with Dallaire pans
H2O Innovation 600gph RO
Spring Harvest Website
It was colder than expected yesterday morning so Steve and I went tapping on rte.11....we got 828 taps in,,should not take too long to finish today....Ray is comming over this A.M. and we are gonna get pumps out,,tanks moved...gonna get vac. tightened up befor we go to hill and tap...
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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