i need the weather to hold off for a couple more months to get arch built and ro built, hurry up Thad get that parts list together,
Randy, a nice day like today and you are at the house waiting for the stork to arrive? get out in those woods fix the tree damage
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Flat Lander Sugaring (who would think a guy from Az be making syrup)
125 on Sap Suckers
Close to 475 High Vac
400 gravity adding more
leader 2x6
home made preheater
hoods
1 7D749 for AOF
New FLS Tsunami Arch
4 membrane TR Industries RO 2HP 3 phase 601GPH 250 PSI
PID Display for Arch Temp.
Chumlee of the trader
Thad you had a bad year 2 years ago? Best season in years around my parts in 2011.Originally Posted by Thad Blaisdell
1000 taps on vac down to 100+ buckets 99% sugars
2x5 SL Hi-Output Raised Flue Corsair evaporator
SL Short bank press with CDL diaphragm pump
Leader Micro 1 RO for 2024
Constantly changing
2010:36 gal 2011:126 gal 2012:81 gal 2013:248 gal 2014: 329.5 gal 2015:305 gal 2016:316 gal 2017:258 gal 2018:147 gal 2019:91 gal 2020:30 gal 2021:30 gal 2023:50 gal Total since 2010: 2047.5 gal
Tapping the same trees my great, great and great grandfathers tapped.
I think he is talking about this coming year and last year
John
950 on vac
500 on gravity
2x6 leader maxflue oil fired evaporator
Lapierre 600 R/O
And adding as much as the wife will allow
(which is not much this year)
When you drove by and beeped your horn, i was out back of my house shooting my new weapon
. I bought a new Taurus 9mm. If i catch anyone in my sugarhouse stealing, there will be hollow points raining down on them.
4x14 Hurricane Force 5
Lapierre 1500 GPH R.O
7800 Taps on vac.
24x26 Sugarhouse
We are in Southern Ky.
Oh yes! This is how...My littlest one, sticks his tongue under the tap and slurps the little dribbles down...Then he gives us the sweetness status!
Wow, I didnt realize that you vac suckers tapped so early. That is good cause I can live thru you until around March 1 when I start tapping this year!
FIRST GENERATION SUGARMAKER
First boil 2/22/2012! Went Pefect!
3,500' of laterals
1,000' of mainline
2012 - 105 taps on gravity, 12 sap sacks.
2013 - 175 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks = 200 taps for 2013! Second year.
2014 - 250 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks
Tapped on February 16, 2014
2015 - adding vac sap puller no more gravity for me!
275 gallon holding tank for 2014
20'x30' Sugarhouse
It is great to have helpers like that isn't.
My daughter loves to search out pine cones to help in firing the evap. She seen once me use them to start up the evap so now she searches them out for me.
I haven't gotten her to help in sap collecting though.
1st Generation Hobby Maple Producer, you got to start somewhere.
222 Taps, all on Vacuum! No more buckets.
Lapierre 2'x5' raised flue w/Hood and Preheater
Surge SP11, Lapierre Hobby Releaser
Modified 5" Filter Press made by Daryl with a Gear Pump
Homemade 2 membrane RO
Kabota RTV Sap Hauler
Hardy's Maple Syrup on Facebook
I have about a dozen sacks around the sugar house that the kids are in charge of collecting. Of course they only collect on weekends cause won't do it in the dark! Haha
FIRST GENERATION SUGARMAKER
First boil 2/22/2012! Went Pefect!
3,500' of laterals
1,000' of mainline
2012 - 105 taps on gravity, 12 sap sacks.
2013 - 175 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks = 200 taps for 2013! Second year.
2014 - 250 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks
Tapped on February 16, 2014
2015 - adding vac sap puller no more gravity for me!
275 gallon holding tank for 2014
20'x30' Sugarhouse
Last year was my first year with tubing. I went behind the shack to see how the flow was. Only to find the line hanging over the side of the tank. Walked around the tank to find my son with the tube in his mouth drinking as fast as he could. Sap running from the sides of his mouth, soaked his clothes. I asked how it was he said "SWEET"! There is my sugar content. LOL he was only 6
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