all of our tubing is gravity, most of it has a pretty good slope, so some natural vacuum occurs.
we put our collection barrels out yesterday afternoon, and collected this afternoon. we got 90 gallons of sap!!! i think we have about 150 (or so, no official count yet) taps on our tubing, so not a bad run for the first day!!
Our 20th year making syrup!
WF Mason 2x6 arch, leader WSE drop flue pans
2013- 172 on gravity, 17 on buckets
2014-200 on tubing, 17 on buckets.
2015-? (still adding more)
maple syrup makes me happy
Not bad? That's awesome! You'll be boiling before the weekend!
I'll try to swing down there soon.
Sean
Woodville Maples
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Around 300 taps on tubing, 25+ on buckets if I put them out
Mix of natural and mechanical vac, S3 Controller from Mountain Maple
2x6 W.F. Mason with Phaneuf pans
Deer Run 250 RO
Ford F350
6+ hives of bees (if they make it through the winters)
Keeping the day job until I can start living the dream.
boiled Thu night and Fri night, had our first draw-off, 1.5 gals of grade A Fancy!! also collected 170 gals of sap in 36 hours. i have to get in the woods and count out taps, but we should be right around 200 again this year.
i sure hope the rest of the season is like this!
Our 20th year making syrup!
WF Mason 2x6 arch, leader WSE drop flue pans
2013- 172 on gravity, 17 on buckets
2014-200 on tubing, 17 on buckets.
2015-? (still adding more)
maple syrup makes me happy
foursap, i am in north smithfield rhode island and want to move on to gravity tubing this year. i have plans to go to bascombe wednesday to get supplies and tap right away. would you mind if i stop in and see your setup. i have tapped for 5 years now and the buckets are getting too time consuming. it would be nice to see a setup similar to what i am looking to do. we make for family and friends so no competition worries. thanks dave
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