Steam in Salisbury

[saphead]

Hey Parker how do like trying to feed that hungry wood burner?I fired for 10 hrs. straight today with only a couple of breaks while someone else fired for a round or two,can't remember how many times I reset the 5 min. timer, but keeping a steady boil was worth the trouble,we made 160 gals. of light.Drank a whole lot of water too... ok a couple of brews later in the day.Happy boilin'

[Parker]

Washed the pans in the AM befor I started with the fresh sap,,after we collected everything we had 2800 gallons at 2.3%,,made 32 gallons of fancy in 10 hours, still have quite a bit of sap from yesterday to boil,,did not run as much yesterday,,but got to be over 1500? to collect,,see there is frost on the ground this AM so good run today???,,,,,Yeah it takes ALOT of 4' wood to go 10-11 hours,,very busy firing and drawing,,,,a steamaway would have its advantages,,,,been drinking 1 gallon of water a day,,too tired to drink to many beers (wich is not like me at all 8O ),,GOOD LUCK

[powerdub]

I saw Marty today and put the bug in his ear about the visit to your place. I hope the mountain idles back soon enough to get him a day off on the weekend. I gotta see your set up.

[John Burton]

oh drink water... I guess too much jack daniels too littlle high quality h20 too many cramps weve gathered 700 gal in two and a half days boiling almost non stop to keep up loving every minute. sure am glad to have that filter press now . dont even want to think about the old way any more best 1000 I ever spent

[Parker]

Started with over 2000 gallons of sap at 11am,,finished in the sugarhouse at 11:30pm,,got everything except for the 16 gallons on the canner in jugs,I have lost count of what we have made but must be around 150 gallons,gonna need more jugs after today I think,,off to collect

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Good clear sapping is better drinking than anything else!

[Parker]

Finished starting the vacume pumps and collecting by noon,,started boiling at 1pm had 1700 gallons of 2.3%,,made 35 gallons by 10:30,,have 15 gallons left in the small canner and only 2 ,5 gallon jugs left to put it in,, 8O have a few old barrels but want to wait till the bitter end to use them,,shut off the pumps at 11pm,,not hardley anything ran yesterday,,Yes Brandon,,I do love to drink the sap,,but water works better for me for some reason,,,when are you comming up for the day to run the evaporator?? GOOD LUCK

[Parker]

After I collected everything yesterday I was surprised to see I had 1100 gallons of sap,,fired up at 2 finished by 7:30,,made 20 gallons of dark amber,,last night when I shut off the pumps I really did not have much in the tanks,,,I will collect today and try to wash the tanks as I empty them,,,hope for a run today as it is frosty out now,,forcast looks bad for sugaring,,,,,,,,still would like to make another 300 gallons,,,,,,COME ON ALBERTA CLIPPER,,LETS SEE THAT DEEP FREEZE,,

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

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[Parker]

By the time we had everything collected we had 1200 gallons,,made 27 gallons of some real nice dark amber,,wood pile not looking as big as it might,,,,,,,,we need some COLD weather,,good luck