first year doing syrup for me and im hooked, homemade 55 gal. drum evap. and tapped 20 trees on sunday got 25 gallons of sap so far, plan on boiling with the kids this weekend.
Tapped in sussex
first year doing syrup for me and im hooked, homemade 55 gal. drum evap. and tapped 20 trees on sunday got 25 gallons of sap so far, plan on boiling with the kids this weekend.
Welcome to SA! (Sugarers anonymous)
first year 2012 50 taps late season made 2 1/2 gals.
2013 2x6 homemade arch 180 taps. 20 Gals.
2014 40 on 3/16 gravity 160 on buckets.
http://omasranch.wix.com/omasmaple
Welcome to the trader!!! Lots of info on here. where in sussex are you? Sussex county or sussex the town. I originally from swartzwood/ stillwater!!! Grew up on swartzwood lake!!!. Actually I was down there over the holidays and made it to the Walpack Inn. bought 3 boxes of Bread Mix!!!
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!!!
red maple im from wantage just outside the town of sussex, i do alot of fishing on big swartzwood.
Last edited by sweetmoomoo; 02-13-2013 at 07:40 PM.
2013 1st year for me. 20 taps, 55 gallon oil drum evap. made 5 gal. of syrup
2014 275 oil drum evap. new 2x3 pan ,20+ taps. made 7 gal. of syrup
2015 new 10x16 sugar shack, 53 taps on buckets, 11.5 gal. of syrup
Good luck, love up in Sussex, do a lot of camping in Stokes SF. Love the coffee at Joes to go on RT206.
Another saphead in wantage! Awesome. I'm not set up yet. My shack is close to done and I have been working on my woods thinning things out then this summer moving my 2x6 down from the Catskills. I'm over by lake Windsor how about you?
jerzeemaple im over by the ny border off of rt. 284 lott rd.
2013 1st year for me. 20 taps, 55 gallon oil drum evap. made 5 gal. of syrup
2014 275 oil drum evap. new 2x3 pan ,20+ taps. made 7 gal. of syrup
2015 new 10x16 sugar shack, 53 taps on buckets, 11.5 gal. of syrup
I guess we made the big time now with the folder "Tapping NJ". Have to finish the new sugar shack before I can think about tapping.
Dave C.
2011 - 130 Taps
2017 - 300 Taps (all gravity)
2x8 Leader Revolution Evaporator
12x18 Sugarhouse
2021 - 350 taps
Leader Micro2 RO
Leader Clear Filter press
2023 - 390 Taps
I had to inquire WHY there was no New Jersey folder and then they made one for us this year!
2021 95 taps all on 3/16' natural gravity 2018 home built 4x40 RO 2017 1000 sap 15gal syrup 4 runs of 3/16 natural vac 1 of 5/16 2016 775gal of sap made 12gal syrup 2015 18.5 gal about 55 taps. Have the best wife! cub cadet volunteer 4x4 sap hauler
2.8 sugar content last week . Higher than all of last year . boiled about 160 gallons to almost 3 gallons of the lightest syrup yet. I m getting the hang of the evaporator . Good Luck to all. Its nice too know there are other nuts out there,
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2020-Leader Micro2 RO added, 210 taps
2019-165 taps ,24 gallons syrup made.
2017-crazy weather. 18 gallons
2010-1st year,30 taps on buckets ,concrete block and 4 stainless pans
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