Tapping the 2012 season

[KV Sappers]

Got thru all my sap today that I collected yesterday, took me 6 hrs. Not to bad. I was able to draw off about 1 1/2 gals.

The trees were running nicely. I have a small Bender releaser next to the sugarshack and I was timing it at about 3 mins per cycle! Filled up a barrel with able 40 gals.
I ran out of daylight to go check on the buckets, will do that in the morning.

KVSAPPER how are you making out over there? Did the trees run for you also today?

Dennis, I collected a little over 13 gal. yesterday and another 12 1/2 today. I boiled down today and ended up with another 1/2 gal.of syrup. I'm now at 1 gal. of syrup. Not bad for me being only 1 week into tapping. Weather is looking good later in the week. This 60+ temp. is crazy right now.

[Turtlecreek]

I got 15 tapped tonight after training at the fire house. I think I have somewhere around 30-40 buckets left. I tapped one around 4:00 tonight and it was almost a steady stream of sap tonight I checked it and it almost had 2 gallons of sap in it.

[umpwood1]

I tapped 30 trees yesterday..the sap is runnin' like the dickins. Collected about 40 gallons this morning. The weather here looks great for the rest of the week.
Woody

[molineutu]

Im with you upwood tapping Thursday

[waysidemaple]

Got 260 taps in today. Didn't get to turn the vac on because I had to come back to school but boy was it running!!! First thing friday morning I'll have the pump going and finish tapping Friday and Sat. First boil set for this Sat! The season is here for good I think 40 20s for the next 15 days at least!

Scott

[Turtlecreek]

Collected from those 15 taps I put in last night, and got about 30 or 40 gallons! Finished prepping 30 new buckets and discovered that I only have 24 more spiles, oops, guess I have to buy a few more of them just don't tell my wife!

[Dennis H.]

Finished and filtered more syrup. I am having a good start to the season.

The only thing that is worrying me is that the sap is already getting cloudy. I think it will clear up once the temps go back below freezing tomorrow night.
I'll have to wait and see.

It now sounds like sugar'in season is on in PA!
As PATheron says "You got to want it".

[Paddymountain]

I finally got some taps in this morning. tapped one at the shack yesterday and it's overrunning the bucket. I need one sensor yet for my vac setup and I can get it up and running.
I know I missed two good days, but I was out of the country til Sunday 3:30am. I thought I would at least have a week or two to get ready . Time to drink more coffee and get at it!

[molineutu]

Just got in from tapping. 38 on buckets, the main line will have to wait till saturday morining,darn work it just gets in the way sometimes. sap was running well and its just above freezing here.

[Gary R]

We're over 6 gal. of syrup. Boiled another 150 gal. last night. not much today, a little to cold. The sun will help the next few days. Still having vacuum pump issues. Limping along, but making syrup 1% sap is rough.