Most of my buckets are behind my house in the woods. I just pulled them tho after 5 weeks. I was getting tired of using so much propane, time for an upgrade for next year! I may just stop in and see your set-up, I'm new to all of this so I love learning new tricks.
Started in 2013 with 15 taps on buckets and a turkey frier.
Now 2020, 250 taps, 3/16's with vac. 10x14 sugarhouse. 2x6 Leader raised flue. Homemade 50 gal per hour RO.
Munson's Maple’s
Wow, lots of folks from the Raymond area on here. I love it. I have about 90 taps off of Langford Rd, toward the Candia line. Good luck to you all!
we are located on 121 in Atkinson. Hoping for another run or 2, made 18 gallons so far. Our 2x4 evaporator just cant keep up with our 120 taps!
stop by if you see the roof open here most nights.
I've collected fair amounts over here, but no big runs yet. Tell me that we're not at the end.... :*(
2024 - 16 taps - buckets on our best producing trees, still boiling on a block arch with slight modifications/refinements over the years.
2021 - 25 taps - all buckets
2013-2020 - 30/41 taps: discovering which trees were the best producers
2012 - First year - 21 taps in our backyard - block arch evaporator with 3 steam table pans!
It happens to me too. It seems more common to find yellow sap in a few buckets after a rain. I will usually dump it.Originally Posted by BlueberryHill
2012: Probably 750 gravity taps and 50 buckets.
600 gal stainless milk tank.
2 - 100 gallon stock tanks
one 30 gal barrel
50 buckets
3' x 10' Waterloo Raised Flue wood fired evaporator w/ open pans.
12" x 20" Filter Canner
Sawmill next to sugarhouse solves my sugarwood problem
Gather with GMC 3500 2wd Pickup w/ 425 gallon Plastic Tank.
Been tapping here in Lyman NH since 1989 but I've been sugaring since 8 years old in 1968.
My 6 year old son (my sap buddy!) is also in the Deerfield kindergarten, he mentioned the same thing that some of his class mates were talking about syrup. Between Deerfield and Raymond there seems to be a good amount of us tapping trees and boiling sap.
My daughter is in Mrs Powers class, so that make at least 6 kindergarteners that I know of that have parents who tap.
As for how long in Deerfield for time left. I can't believe this extended forecast, can ask for a better stretch of weather. Now I just have to get over this sunburn and more importantly get my voice back, lots of maple weekend visitors in Barrington today.
30x40 Sugarhouse
975 taps here at home. Still have 3-400 to add in.
3x10 Cabin by the Creek evap with "steamaway"
CDL 600 RO
ebayed Sogevac S65
HAHA, I got a bit of a sunburn too yesterday...sat out in the sun just about all day watching the boil. I'm just a hobby operation, 15 taps all buckets but we ended up with 42 ounces of syrup by last night, not bad for how slow the sap run was all week. I'm thinking next weekend should be a record breaker after looking at the weather...we'll see!
Noob question. Looks like tomorrow is gonna be good too, but Wed and Thu its looking like 30 for the low and 47 for the high. My question... is 30 low enough to keep it going. Just trying to plan out which day would be the best for me to take off of work to boil. I have limited sap storage. Do I need to plan for 4 more days of it running like this? I hope so!
More taps than the year before. Bigger shack than the year before. Leader Patriot 2x6 w/hood. 3-post Dolly, but still too much sap and not enough wood or time.
www.wickedsappy.com
Im expecting it to run all week long...I think you should too. :-)
2022 4x40" RO, Welch 1397 Vac Pump, 3 Guzzler Pumps, Lapierre Releaser, 1100 taps
2021 Twin Baby Boys, Close to 650 taps
2020 Upgraded RO to 2 post and 7GBS Pump. 265 taps
2019 Smoky Lake 2x6 raised flue, Autodraw system, Maple Jet Filter Press, a beautiful new bride to be my sugaring partner :-)
2017 Expanded Sugar Shack, new 2x6 with float box, NEXTgen Maple RO, 250+ taps, still on sap sacks
2016 Sugar Shack, 2x6 evaporator, 160 taps, all on Sap Sacks
2014 110 taps
2013 35 taps
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