Originally Posted by
Bill'sSugarShack
Old saying used to be a quart per tap...on 30 taps that would be 7.5 gal..
Heck..I get 5 gal from my 15 taps..
It depends on the trees. With the roadside buckets on big healthy trees, I get more than twice the sap (and sweeter sap) than my woods trees.
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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