6 buckets on this ole tree!! Any guess how old it is?
Ole Grand Dad
6 buckets on this ole tree!! Any guess how old it is?
150 year old is my guess
2012- Can't Remember 1st year...
2013- 41 taps made 13 Gallons of Syrup
2014- 20 taps made 5.5 Gallons of Syrup
2015- 43 Taps made 10 Gallons of Syrup
2016- 43 Taps...
Hard to tell, looks like at least 3 trees grew together. hard to tell how old it is, but I bet it puts out some good sap.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
I see eight buckets in the picture. . . . Are there two trees in the shot? What a beauty!
~ Karen ~
2012 - 10 taps, 1 turkey fryer - 169.5L sap 4.2 L syrup
2013 - 23 taps, 2 turkey fryers - 748.5 L sap 17.56 L syrup
2014 - 22 taps, 509 L sap 12.5 L syrup
2015 - 28 taps, 1093.75 L sap 25.1 L syrup
2016 - 25 taps, 1223.5 L sap 28.25 L syrup
2017 - 21 taps, 518.5 L sap 12.7 L syrup
2018 - 28 taps, 2 turkey fryers & Denali 3 burner propane stove - 798L sap 16.9 L syrup
2019 - 28 taps, 1409.5L sap 40.12L syrup
Sugar, Norway, Manitoba, Silver and Freeman Maples
Love it. I thought my 4 bucket tree out front was pretty good!
I would venture closer to 200 years,bet this tree runs good no matter what with the water next door.Our newest bush has alot of flat rock in it,dry summers(like last one) there's not much running when we had buckets there except for where a stream runs by the trees.
7th generation maple producer in sugarhouse built in 1892
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Yes there are 2 trees in the shot. This is along the Cold River.
I would have to say the tree must be close to 185 to 200years old.
Probably should not put more than 2 or 3 buckets on such a spectacular old tree. They grow VERY slowly. If you want to have fresh wood to tap every year you should limit the number of taps and move the tapping location every year. You'll get more sap per tap and you won't slowly girdle the tree.
Ian
New sugarhouse fall '06. 3x8 drop flue by Phaneuf. Kubota L2800. 260 buckets for 2012. 504 taps for 2013. 320 buckets, 207 on 5/16" and 200 on 3/16" gravity tubing for 2014. 2017: 280 buckets, 920 on 3/16" tubing, selling sap from 560 of that. Son Gavin is in 3rd successful year of selling maple equipment as MacK Maple Supply.
Its not my tree, I just drove by it and it looked interesting enough to take a shot of. There must be 1/4 mile of very nice trees along this stretch of river they all have buckets on them. Some of these trees are marked with orange paint. I hope they are not doomed.
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