I agree, I think I'm jumping to feet in. Planning 8-10 more taps tonight and the rest tomorrow.
I agree, I think I'm jumping to feet in. Planning 8-10 more taps tonight and the rest tomorrow.
I put in 7 this morning down in Norwalk and I filled a 5 gallon container to the cap from 9:30- 5pm. They were flowing like crazy. This was a test.
I'm still a little hesitent to tap the balance. The majority of my "sugarbush" is in Ansonia 30+ (woo woo)
12 taps for 2009.
30+ for 2010.
30+ for 2011.
2012- Still holding around 30+ with no help in sight.
2013-Still a loner but what a Fantastic yielding year
2014- Forever a loner
2017-Still here, after trying to kick the habit.
Down to 15-20 taps with the intent to save my marriage.
Sap Haulers- Kids NADA, I tried but I'm on my own.
Buckets and Sap Saks, 4 steam pans, Block Evaporator, and single burner propane for finishing.
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Go for it, cuz.
2 1/2 X 8 Leader revolution pans on an inferno arch with steamaway. 1500 taps, 600 gph Springtech RO, 3 vacuum systems (3/4 hp. Airablo, 2 hp. Tuthill oilring pump and a 2 hp. Busch claw pump)
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It'll usually start right back up. Sometimes you may have to pull the tap out, clean it out a bit and put it back in. Sometimes the freeze forces the tap out and it's loose or on the ground. Rarely do you have to re-tap but if you feel you must, just go to the other side. It'll heal.
Tony. The old addage (as told to me by a VT Farmer) was "Tap your trees on Valentine's Day then take your sweetheart out to dinner cuz you won't be seeing her for another 6 weeks." But alas, Climate Change has affected us all and yes, in Southern CT we are often able to tap by the first or second week of Feb. Then we get a little freeze and sit around waiting for more sap to boil then we finish up. Usually by 2nd week of March. We have 30 buckets and make 7-10 gallons a year depending on the runs and the weather and the sugar concentration. Just have fun or you will wish you'd never learned how.
I put out 16 buckets here in Durham around noon today and had 10 gallons by 6. Some were full others just a little.
2024 55 3/16 gravity, 19 5/16 gravity, 40 buckets and bags, RO Bucket rb15 kit, 5ft Phaneuf drop flue evaporator, Mason AUF arch.
2023 35 3/16 gravity, 30 5/16 gravity 53 buckets and bags, RO Bucket rb15 kit, 5ft Phaneuf drop flue evaporator.
Mason AUF arch
2022 35 3/16 gravity, 28 5/16 gravity, 50 buckets and bags, New RO Bucket rb15 kit.
2021 11 on 5/16 gravity, 30 on 3/16 gravity, 69 on buckets and bags. All sugar maples. Mostly large old trees.
Where in Durham I am in Killingworth.
Nathan
@Killingworthmaple. Off 77 South of town.
2024 55 3/16 gravity, 19 5/16 gravity, 40 buckets and bags, RO Bucket rb15 kit, 5ft Phaneuf drop flue evaporator, Mason AUF arch.
2023 35 3/16 gravity, 30 5/16 gravity 53 buckets and bags, RO Bucket rb15 kit, 5ft Phaneuf drop flue evaporator.
Mason AUF arch
2022 35 3/16 gravity, 28 5/16 gravity, 50 buckets and bags, New RO Bucket rb15 kit.
2021 11 on 5/16 gravity, 30 on 3/16 gravity, 69 on buckets and bags. All sugar maples. Mostly large old trees.
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