Weather is calling for 40 degrees and rain next week (southern Maine). I'd hate to tap this soon and have my holes produce less during the main run. Last two winters have been so unpredictable. What is every one else thinking?
Another war spell coming!
Weather is calling for 40 degrees and rain next week (southern Maine). I'd hate to tap this soon and have my holes produce less during the main run. Last two winters have been so unpredictable. What is every one else thinking?
Hold hold hold
Leader 3x8 Patriot raised flue
800 taps on vacuum
100 buckets around the yard
A lot of help to make it fun
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Spud
I thought this thread would be about north korea!
custom made 2x7 intensofire
With SL pans
250 deer run
300 3/16 (new 2016)
500 sacks around the neighborhood
yeah but its just gonna be for 2 maybe 3 days and then its back down to highs on either side of 30* I'd wait just a little longer.
may your sap be at 3%
Brad
www.willowcreeksugarhouse.com
585 or so on Vacuum, about 35 on buckets/sap sacs
Atlas Copco GVS 25A Rotary Vane vacuum pump
MES horizontal electric releaser
2x6 ss phaneuf Drop flue, Leader woodsaver blower, homemade hood
300gph H2O RO
husquvarna 562 XP
Its Here!!! 2024 season is here get busy!!!
i holding out for better weather and anywase i am not ready i still got alot to do but i think i have about a month
to get everthing ready
2011 4 taps milk jugs boiled on stove made candy
2012 25 buckets boiling on a propane cooker in old shed
2013 10x12 sugar house built and 2x4 W.F Mason evap
52 taps on buckets and tubing as of march 6th still more taping to do
gather with 2011 polaris sportman atv and 55 gallon drum in garden wagon
3rd generation sugarer
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Not about north Korea. Whoops.
Last edited by aws; 01-26-2013 at 12:43 PM.
Don't know yet! Lets see what the weather man says on Tuesday. I stil have a lot of work before I ready to boil
with this cold spell we have had could take 2 days just to thaw out and the long range is for friday to turn cold again just not bitter cold.I say if you dont have many thousands of taps, hold off for 2-3 weeks.
A couple weeks ago for what they call the January thaw, I had 5 days straight daytime temps above freezing and no sap. I tapped two trees on the second day and nothing came. Watched the next three days and no sap at all in 5 days. We are now back to freezing temps day and night. The trees knew to hold off.
Just my two cents.
Terry
2011- 35 taps, ,,,milk juggs and buckets-propane turkey fryer !!
2012 -75 taps,,,,, 40 on tubing into buckets, and 35 buckets - 3nd hand Homemade arch, brutal.
2013- Just over 115 taps and still adding more.
2014, new SS flat pan and new arch built, guessing 75-100 taps this year.
2015, 50 taps on Shurflo pump.
2016- Getting a line across my creek this year.
2017-took a year off, Jamaica was fun !
2018- 45 trees tapped, keeping it fun !
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