It looks like I'll be tapping Thursday or Friday here in Menomonie. Friday will be warm, as will Monday and Tuesday. Possibly 48 degrees on Tuesday. I have to fix a main line tomorrow. A large limb came down in the storm and snapped the tension cable joint. Other than that 2500 feet of branch lines survived the storm.
We will be collecting today for the 2nd time this week. We still have 60 more taps to put out. Hopefully we will do our first boil tonight with our new evaporator. Good luck to everyone in WI. The season has finally arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!
150 on 3/16 gravity 2018 and 120 sap sacks
14 x 20 sugar shack
2014 New custom 2x6 arch "The Firestorm" w/ preheater, AUF & AOF
Smokey Lake pans and water jacket bottler
2024 new 2x8 set of drop flue pans and hood from Smoky Lake. Lengthen our arch.
Just a hobby but seems like more work every
year
3 generations working together
Wife that guards our syrup
43.74° N
We will be tapping this weekend...even though now it looks like snow...just don't want to miss out on anything!! Looks like 50's one day next week.
maplematt
2012 - Looking for more maples and less box elders...
2011 - Combining efforts with dad to add 20 new taps.
2010 - First year...9 Boxelder taps with tubes into buckets.
40 gallon tilt braiser...compliments of work!
Saps running! I put out 40 sap sacks around 4 tonight. They have about a half gallon in them already.
Got 200 gal. today from 111 taps. We boiled for a couple hours tonight to test the new evaporator. We will put about 60 or 70 more taps out on Sat.
Last edited by WI Sugarpop; 03-02-2012 at 05:45 AM.
150 on 3/16 gravity 2018 and 120 sap sacks
14 x 20 sugar shack
2014 New custom 2x6 arch "The Firestorm" w/ preheater, AUF & AOF
Smokey Lake pans and water jacket bottler
2024 new 2x8 set of drop flue pans and hood from Smoky Lake. Lengthen our arch.
Just a hobby but seems like more work every
year
3 generations working together
Wife that guards our syrup
43.74° N
Will start tapping today, it'll be slow with about a foot of new heavy snow. Probably end up with about 200 taps.
Last edited by WildRiver; 03-02-2012 at 08:16 AM. Reason: Fire Wood Chopper?
We got about 100 more out so far today 200 more to got. Slow going since we are also collecting lots of sap from the 450 we put out weds.
custom made 2x7 intensofire
With SL pans
250 deer run
300 3/16 (new 2016)
500 sacks around the neighborhood
I tapped late yesterday and finished up this morning, 80 taps total this year.
The deep snow from Tuesday night really makes for tough going in the woods.
Scott Bingham
Smoky Lake 2x5 Corsair Arch and Hybrid Pro Pan
Smoky Lake 3 Bank Filter Press
Smoky Lake Steam Bottler
100+ Taps
Pug 4x4 Sap & Wood Hauler
sbingham - can you post over the weekend and let us know how they are running - thanks.
Hand tapped 10 trees late this afternoon - 7 were wet. It was 40 degrees and cloudy here in the western UP. Guess we're going to tap 80+ this weekend.
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