Still waiting for a good run in the Upper Peninsula
Boiled last night for the first time this season. My taps are producing nothing to 2 quarts a day, only 1 tree is close to a gallon. Yesterday all I collected was 40 gallons off around 150 taps. Anybody else in the UP having such a slow start as me? We still have over 3ft of snow in the woods. Hopefully this week is better, my wife is losing patience.
Hi RegorO:
I need to Google your location, but I think I am a bit north of you with the same stats, no overflowing buckets here, but getting enough to have boils to get a gallon or so each time.
Wonder if this is all we are going to get.
Good luck.
Terry
2011- 35 taps, ,,,milk juggs and buckets-propane turkey fryer !!
2012 -75 taps,,,,, 40 on tubing into buckets, and 35 buckets - 3nd hand Homemade arch, brutal.
2013- Just over 115 taps and still adding more.
2014, new SS flat pan and new arch built, guessing 75-100 taps this year.
2015, 50 taps on Shurflo pump.
2016- Getting a line across my creek this year.
2017-took a year off, Jamaica was fun !
2018- 45 trees tapped, keeping it fun !
LOL, just did a map search, man were close for sure.
I get it now why we have the same problem.
Hope it changes so we are complaining of too much sap.
Terry
2011- 35 taps, ,,,milk juggs and buckets-propane turkey fryer !!
2012 -75 taps,,,,, 40 on tubing into buckets, and 35 buckets - 3nd hand Homemade arch, brutal.
2013- Just over 115 taps and still adding more.
2014, new SS flat pan and new arch built, guessing 75-100 taps this year.
2015, 50 taps on Shurflo pump.
2016- Getting a line across my creek this year.
2017-took a year off, Jamaica was fun !
2018- 45 trees tapped, keeping it fun !
Don-you can come up and help me. Think of it as a trial run for that second season. Don't worry about your shoulder, my wood won't care if u split it with one hand.
2006 - 12 taps on open fire
2011 - 50 taps new 2 x 4 flat pan + warmer
2012 - 65 taps new 16 x 16 sugar shack
2013- 75 taps and no more, well maybe 85 now
2016-97 taps
1 Lab and my wife's Springer
We are in Mountain Wi and it is exactly the same here as your describing. The biggest collection out of 80 taps was 42 gals. The past two days we have had another round of snow, yesterday was sunny and 44 and they did not run hardly at all and now we have pouring rain and its 33. I think we had one night that did not drop below freezing and we think that shut them down for a day or two.
110 gallons off 75 taps today. got up to 40 ttoday. gonna be a long night.
2006 - 12 taps on open fire
2011 - 50 taps new 2 x 4 flat pan + warmer
2012 - 65 taps new 16 x 16 sugar shack
2013- 75 taps and no more, well maybe 85 now
2016-97 taps
1 Lab and my wife's Springer
22 last night and sunny and headed for 40 today. I'll go out on a limb and predict a good run today.
2006 - 12 taps on open fire
2011 - 50 taps new 2 x 4 flat pan + warmer
2012 - 65 taps new 16 x 16 sugar shack
2013- 75 taps and no more, well maybe 85 now
2016-97 taps
1 Lab and my wife's Springer
Collected 33 gal Mon., 24 yest. Finsished 4th boil last nite - 88 gal towards next. I try to boil as soon as circumstances permit, but a 24 hr rule isn't practicle with our set up. Got down to 30 last nite - will see what today brings. Good luck guys.
Oil tank evaporator w/fire brick and grate, 8 ft. stack
2 x 4 ss pan w/warmer
2011 90 taps
2012 65 taps
2013 76 taps w/milk jugs
2014 41 taps w/milk jugs
2017 67 taps w/various jugs
2018 75 taps wjugs
2023 39 taps wjugs
Polaris Ranger w/tracks
Finally got 5 gallons of syrup of the evaporator last night, happy, happy, happy. Yesterday I only got 40 gallons of sap off 170 taps again. 45 degrees out and perfect sap weather but my trees don't want to give it up. Still have over 3ft of snow but my trees are starting to bud.
Hey guys, wasn't sure to post here or start new thread? How's things going out there? Tapped 40 (+/-), sat. & sun. Some were running, others not yet. Fishman - you busy yet?
Oil tank evaporator w/fire brick and grate, 8 ft. stack
2 x 4 ss pan w/warmer
2011 90 taps
2012 65 taps
2013 76 taps w/milk jugs
2014 41 taps w/milk jugs
2017 67 taps w/various jugs
2018 75 taps wjugs
2023 39 taps wjugs
Polaris Ranger w/tracks
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