A few days of little sap but today its back to flowing again! the weekend looks promising!
A few days of little sap but today its back to flowing again! the weekend looks promising!
11x29 sugarhouse
2x8 airtight arch homemade with waterloo flue pan, welded syrup pan and parallel flow preheater hood
250gph cdl ro
1100+ taps for 2014, approx 1000 of them vac
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crowh...5582993?ref=hl
What a year for us! patience and persistence pays off!
41.457 x -72.907 148 elevation
2x4 wood fired evaporator with the "Hercules Blower"
hybrid pan and backflip preheater by Smoky Lake
103 taps. 44 on gravity
All sugar Maples
7" filter press
10 x 12 sugar shack
two very helpful kids
a wife that thinks I'm nuts
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It has been a good year I held off until February 16th to tap so missed the first good run. But I have made almost 17 gallons of light and medium syrup from 75 taps. Going to hold out until Thursday. I have Friday off next week for the holiday and will pull everything and clean up then. I have enough bottles for 22 gallons may be a far stretch but they may all get filled this year. Good luck to everyone still going.
2' x 3' backyard evaporator with homemade steam hood
38.5 gallons produced in 2022
120 taps all on 3/16" tubing
4" x 40" homemade RO built for 2023
https://sites.google.com/view/mattat...aplesyrup/home
Finally slowing down in Stamford. One of the best seasons. I thinknthisnwill be my final weekend... Until next season.
Former Life: 300+ taps (125 gravity, 200 buckets), 96 gallons of syrup in 2015
24x16 public sugarhouse
2x6 wood fire evaporator (back pan Waterloo Small & Leader 2x2 front pan)
Current Life: Backyarder with Mason 2x3XL. New sugar house coming soon…
still going strong in Northfield! And Granby too thats where another guy is that is bringing me sap off about 130 taps
11x29 sugarhouse
2x8 airtight arch homemade with waterloo flue pan, welded syrup pan and parallel flow preheater hood
250gph cdl ro
1100+ taps for 2014, approx 1000 of them vac
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crowh...5582993?ref=hl
This was the best of my 5 seasons as a 1 man operation turning sap into syrup. With the nearing an the end I pulled my taps and clean my equipment, my finally tally was 10+ gallons of light - medium amber and today my last boil I finally made 1 gallon of dark grade B.
Lessons learned for 2013 - I need a bigger evaporator and a small RO machine if I am to get to my next goal of 15 gallons for 2014
19-21 Back to tapping
17-18: not able to tap
14-16 present: Portable Oil Tank evaporator 40+ taps
09-14: Stove to Barrel - 20 taps
The weather channel says 26 monday night and 27 tue and weds night! glad i didnt start to pull the taps yet!
11x29 sugarhouse
2x8 airtight arch homemade with waterloo flue pan, welded syrup pan and parallel flow preheater hood
250gph cdl ro
1100+ taps for 2014, approx 1000 of them vac
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crowh...5582993?ref=hl
Great year all around. Finished 24 gallons all light and medium and Crystal clear off 75 taps. Pulled them on Friday and how nice it was using sap bags with PVC holders. Bags went into the trash and holders went into the dish washer. Only had to wash 4 barrels and 10 buckets. Hope everyone has a great off season and I look forward to chatting with everyone next season.
2' x 3' backyard evaporator with homemade steam hood
38.5 gallons produced in 2022
120 taps all on 3/16" tubing
4" x 40" homemade RO built for 2023
https://sites.google.com/view/mattat...aplesyrup/home
Also finished today and pulled all the taps out, finishing with my best season so far. Now just looking forward to next year and aiming BIG with the goals set high, p.s. if anybody has an evaporator capable of boiling 120 gph+ I would be interested. Just throwing that out there. Good season! Hope everyone had a great season!
2,000+ taps and growing
3'x12' Vortex, MAX flue, and steamaway
24'x48' timber frame sugarhouse
I knew it must be running somewhere south of me. It would be great sap weather if it was 5 degrees warmer.
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.
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