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  1. #1
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    Default Who is still hanging on?

    I'm still plugged it here in the Littleton NH area. The big heat wave expected yesterday (northern NH) of 70 degrees never materialized. Only hit 54 and it was mostly cloudy. Looks like a few changes for dipping below freezing later in the week.

    I'm a 101 gallons and I'm close to my expected total of 110 gallons but I still have only 2 gallons of Dark Amber and No Grade B!
    2012: Probably 750 gravity taps and 50 buckets.

    600 gal stainless milk tank.
    2 - 100 gallon stock tanks
    one 30 gal barrel
    50 buckets

    3' x 10' Waterloo Raised Flue wood fired evaporator w/ open pans.

    12" x 20" Filter Canner

    Sawmill next to sugarhouse solves my sugarwood problem

    Gather with GMC 3500 2wd Pickup w/ 425 gallon Plastic Tank.

    Been tapping here in Lyman NH since 1989 but I've been sugaring since 8 years old in 1968.

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    I'm right there with you, still a trickle coming in so I have left the vacuum on. Boiled last night and made half dark amber and half medium amber! Going to at least gather enough to push the sweet out of the pans thurs. night...
    5600 taps on tubing w/ vacuum, 3.5 x12 Oil Fired with pre-heater, 2 Post RO
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    did hit 70 plus here yesterday, boiling again today but not alot of sap so today is my last day by the look of the weather. hot but a cool breeze
    10,000 taps and adding on vac.4 liquid ring pumps, lapierre 5x14 thunderbolt, 1800 R/O

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    Sap is running hard here..... only crazy part is the frogs are chirping in the pond. The end is near. Was still making fancy and medium yesterday.
    Thad

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    I have some trees on the north side of a woods that still want to run and I will take what they give me. But it really is time to quit. We had 70's on Monday here in Wisconsin too.
    First year 2009
    18 taps on 12 trees
    boiled in 3 gal. pot on electric stove in garage
    2010
    111 taps on 93 trees
    boiling in 200 gal. stainless tank, wood fire
    3 sided sugar shack

  6. #6
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    I thought I was done. It froze last night so I had dad go turn the vacuum on. Should be good for a couple days


    Im about out of firewood.
    3x12 drop flue.
    1000 taps on 24 inches of vacuum, and 200 buckets.
    Bought a used springtech 500 GPH RO
    Shooting for 29" of vacuum, less than 5 taps per line, and 2 quarts per tap.
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    I'm at 2,000 ft. in elevation and my trees located by a nearby river are still buried in snow...they are running strong. This weekend will probably be my last.

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    I'm barely hanging on here in NW WI. Haven't boiled since Saturaday, have the tanks clean and the pans clean, but I want one more run of it. Temps look good for late this week and weekend. I want to be able to say "back in '11 we made syrup all the way to May".

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    We are still hanging in our selfs, made 30 gallons of C grade yesterday, vacuum still on and sap is still running ,not very strong but running, We will probally make some more tomorrow. I will keep the vacuum on till it is not running any more.

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    We have a few freezing nights coming and if we get through the weekend without the trees changing much, next weeks temps look good for most of the week. We are at 2,000 ft. and there's good snow cover yet. Made ADark last night for the first time this season.
    1,200 taps on USFS land, 3x8 King w/Steamaway. Lapierre RO.

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