Salisbury Sugarworks 2011

[Parker]

Yesterday I was pretty whiped out from breaking all those trails the day befor,,almost got the vac. on hoit rd set up..need a couple of peices,,,,repaired all the major problems I could find in the woods with no vacuum on (too cold)...started to shovel my head tanks and transfer tanks out agine (3rd time).....fellow with a backhoe is gonna plow out Hill today so we can get started up there.....
There is a porcupine living at sanborns,,I can see 3 nice big maples it has eaten most of the bark off the smaller limbs....

[Parker]

Met the fellow with the backhoe in hill @ 10,,by 10:45 he had it so stuck (4x4) that he was swearing-flipping out,,,said we had to call a wrecker and get it winched out,,,,I offered to get it out for him (took 5 min).....he said if I wanted I could finish plowing out the place as he remembered he had somewhere to be......snow is about 4 feet deep up there,,was nice having such a big machine to use,,by 2 had the place to my liking,,dug the sugarhouse road out (so we can get to the pump),,,dug the tank out,,Ray and Dan showed up @ 2 and we finished shoveling the tank out by hand the shoveled the sugarhouse roof off (befor the rain-emminant collapse),,,@ 4 big Russ showed up and the 4 of us loaded the tank into the back of my pickup,,(16 foot tank in the back of a dodge 1500 with 8' bed always looks cool-if you are like me ) got the tank dropped off at the tank repair mans shop..should be done monday...took all day but now we have plenty of room to work...will start tapping up there when it cools down agine....
Supposed to be in the 40's today and tommorw (with rain) Ray and I are gonna start the pumps and do leak patrol, try to get Sanborns and rte.11 tight,,mabey get some sap to boil...this afternoon me Ray and Russ are going up north to a nhmaple48's sugarhouseto help get some heavy tanks in place,,,,,FULL STEAM AHEAD!!!

[Backyard Sapper66]

Parker,
I can only imagine how you were laughing (at least inside that is) at the guy and how he wad flipping out. Man versus machine!!! I would have bought a ticket for that show if you were selling them. as far as the 16' tank in the 8' truck, all I can say is "YES"!!! Some kids just never grow up (and I'm glad you haven't). Hope you got some sap today to feed Marvin, he was looking pretty lonely the other day all by himself in his little sugar shack.
Doug

[Parker]

Got 153 taps in in Hill yesterday,,got some supplies we needed from nhmaple48 then went to sanborns for leak patrol,,,pulling 20" at the releaser,,,at the first lat.mainline 2500' away,,nothing,,AAAHHHH,,,thought I had my lines graded better than that,,,looked and looked for the sag and could not find it,,got to the releaser and the last 6 feet of the mainline going into releaser goes up hill,,,,,how did I not notice that?????DETAILS!!! well, that thawed out as we were regrading it,,then back up into the woods,,a whopping 4" of vac!!! Ray and I worked on that woods till a littel after dark,,got it up to 14"....was running slowly,,,left the pump there and at rte.11 running last night...could hear water dripping off my roof all night,,,gotta go and check the tanks then in the woods at sanborns @ first light,(ray says he is gonna beat me there,,cant let that happen!!),get that tight then to rte.11 and get that tight.....just listened to the forcast..might get something going here......GOGOGOGOGO!!!!!!

[tuckermtn]

I'm right behind ya Parker...go man go....

[Parker]

I can tell the season is here,,not much going right today,,,,got the vac to 22 " @ sanborns,,when I came out of the woods vac. pump going da,da,daaa, brap bpar,,,,one of the carb bolts broke off inside the head ,,,,had another moter I was going to run in hill,,,,@ sanborns now,(took 2 hours of no vac @ sanborns),,,ray and stevo got tanks in trucks and head tanks all set up-washed out,,,I went to rte.11 to get the vac there over 14" but when I saw 900 gal. in the tank decided I better be putting Marvin together-get ready to boil,,running hard,,1200 gallons trucked home and lots in the woods..hoit road vac. not running ,,hill not tapped,,,,I was wondering as I was putting the evaporator together tonight just how I expected the season to start,,,,not full throttell I guess,,,,ray still trucking,,says if he gets 2 more loads tanks wont run over tonight.....told you she was smiling

[Backyard Sapper66]

Parker,
I like the lyrics to your new country song!
Sorry to hear about the broken bolts on the motor but happy to hear things are gushing!
I bet Mighty Marvin is getting excited but probably not quite as much as you.
Go getum' bud!!
Doug

[TapME]

It's always a good sign when things go wrong that something bigger is around the corner Parker. going to get things all together here for the end of the week or sooner. go get-em

[Parker]

2400 gal of 1.3% sap,,started boiling @ 11:45 done @ 9 pm ,,,22gal,,,,,gotta get the RO going!! Auto draw was not working,,,standing there looking at that themometer is kinda a drag!! Off to Hill to tap

[Parker]

we got hill tapped, going to set up vac. there today,,hoit road, rte.11 and sanborns all pulling 22".not much sap yesterday,,just a littet to cold.just got in from checking pumps,,gonna get something to eat then go get a couple of loads to keep tanks from runnung over,,,not running to hard but that might change with warmer weather...should be boiling by noon...orderd membranes yesterday,,should be here tuesday...