Steam in Salisbury

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Kevin,

It's obvious that you have way too much time on your hands this year! 8O You really need to get back into syruping next year! :wink:

[sweetwoodmaple]

That's what I thought you meant. ops:

[Maple Hill Sugarhouse]

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[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

But think of all the stress relief I have given you making your mind work! :wink:

[Parker]

The Shaws have a 3 point hitch, 4 foot wood splitter, hooked to a case 1896 (120HP) tractor,, works pretty well,,3-4 of us at it all day,,Had the wood cut ahead of time,, went to portsmouth yesterday,,everything south of me is BUDDED OUT!!!! **** 70 deg. weather,,28 deg. here now,,might run a little,,saw all the people that tap by me pulling taps yesterday on the way home,,Last night went to rte 11,,saw no buds there yet,,,on the way to alexandria this AM to pick up Ray I will start the pump in Hill and see what happens,,might start the others if it looks like it will run,,,Ill wash the tanks frist,,,,,,,"THE FUTCHER IS UNCERTIN AND THE END IS ALWAYS NEAR" 8O

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Parker,

I assumed 3 point hitch, but wanted to make sure. How many taps do you have this year??

[Parker]

I had around 2000,,,,about 1500 on vacume,,I have to say I am not happy with my total,,,,I would have liked to make a quart per tap,,especillay considering I was useing vacume and the spile extensions,,,,I cant see where the extensions helped at all,,the bushes dried up in the order they were tapped,,hoit road and putney hill look like they are done,(tapped feb. 22),,no run there yesterday,,I am going to wait on pulling the taps and bringing the pumps home till the end of the week but......Rte.11 ran about 175 gallons of rude looking cloudy sap yesterday,,as did Hill,,,Ray and I have the truck tanks,,evaporator, and tanks at the sugar house all cleaned,,,I wont get them dirty with sap agine unless we get a 1500 gallon run ((which is pretty unlikly at this point)),,I want to make at LEAST 500 gallons,,gonna start more thinning today or tommrow,,I definatly saw a diffrance on rte.11 where I thinned last year,,,

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Parker,

Interesting perspective on the extensions. I used some of the new stainless spouts this year on a few trees and saw no difference either. :?

[Russell Lampron]

Parker,

How many gallons of syrup did you make this year? I made 80 gallons which is more than I ever have but I have 200 more taps and those are on vacuum. If I figure how much syrup I would have made without the new taps I think it was a pretty bad year here.

Russ

[Parker]

So far I made 298 gallons,,I have talked to a lot of people that made just the same as they made last year,,noon weather report sounds pretty good,,I am going to play it by ear,,see if I get a charge of sap tommrow