Wow you're having a great couple weeks! Blowing right by me now. Great run Sunday but then way too warm. Sugar like 1.2 even after the weekend freeze.
Keep up the good work!
Wow you're having a great couple weeks! Blowing right by me now. Great run Sunday but then way too warm. Sugar like 1.2 even after the weekend freeze.
Keep up the good work!
Tim Whitens
Willow Creek Farm
Fulton, NY
3000 on vacuum, 3hp 3ph Busch pump, 2567 Gast
30X8 Leader oil-fired evap. w/ steamaway
Airablo 1000 RO
6 Alpacas
Another couple barrels filled last two days. Good freeze this morning and sap started again this afternoon. Cleaned all the woods tanks and releasers also today. Probably going to drain and clean the evaporator and start over this weekend.
Are you still going?. Expecting snow here
I had a good freeze last night, low was 18F but at 39F about 1:00 pm I had zero sap.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Still going. Hard freeze last night and decent sap flow today. Up to a foot of snow tomorrow.
HIGHLAND
Still going at Mud Road Sugar House in Ephratah,sap is a cloudy but expected that to happen once the snowpack left ,was making dark and yesterday went to x-tra dark,cleaning out everything to start over with everything fresh and clean,sugar is low but turn the dial to take out more water in the R.O.
Pulled in 2,000 gals sap yesterday. Finished another barrel of very dark. Sap cleared last night, so I may drain the rig and start over.
I've started to clean up, but the trees are starting to run clear again. But many of my trees have leaves breaking out. If this crazy weather had happened a week sooner, I'm pretty sure that would have held off for another week or so. We have had freezes every night this week. I could test a sample, but I'm pretty sure I'm done. I'm at last year's total, but wanted to push higher this year.
EDIT: Really not leaves, but the flowers on the red maples. Don't know if that makes a huge difference though.
Last edited by Ghs57; 03-26-2020 at 06:40 PM.
Gary / Zena Crossroads / 42˚ 00' 24" N / Hobby in Early '70s, Addiction since 2014
175+ taps on 3/16 (60 of which are on two Lunchbox Vac/Releasers)
12x34 timber framed sap house w/attached 10x34 shed roof for storage
2 x 6 Smoky Lake hybrid pan on Corsair arch with AUF/steam hood/preheater/concentric exhaust
7.0 KW Sun Power PV System, Smokey Lake Filter Press/Steam Bottler, Modified NGMP RO - 2 4x40 posts 200 gph
Pulled in over 3,000 gals this morning. Zap bac spouts are great. Only my 3/16” tubing bush with no vacuum pump has slowed. Not due to no sapflow but I believe the tubing is plugged with gunk. Went up yesterday and pulled the last tap and let the lines empty, hope that helps.
Van, do you change the Tees and any connectors every year on your 3/16? I found that to make a big difference.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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