I got 3200 gallons yesterday. The woods did not completely freeze up last night. A trickle of sap ran on the south/east side. Should have a good day today. Sap still testing just 1.1 gpt. I’m up to 65,000 gallons on 3400 taps. Hoping for more.
Spud
I got 3200 gallons yesterday. The woods did not completely freeze up last night. A trickle of sap ran on the south/east side. Should have a good day today. Sap still testing just 1.1 gpt. I’m up to 65,000 gallons on 3400 taps. Hoping for more.
Spud
had our longest boil of the year yesterday. a good 9 hours. had sap from friday/ saturday's run to boil. that combined with a very strong run yesterday kept us busy all day. nitre is becoming a real PITA. sap testing 1.8%. the 10 day looks real good. We're getting a new GSP puppy Friday. sure hope he likes the sugar house, cuz it looks like he's going to be spending some time in there with me over the weekend!
Awfully thankful for an understanding wife!
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Good luck to all!
Didn’t get any sap today. When I got home I had no vacuum at my releaser. The pump was still on but was acting like the moisture trap had set off. But the trap was not set off from what I could tell. I turned the pump off, disconnected at the slip connect, reconnected, turned it back on and got instant vacuum. In two hours since getting vacuum back I got about .25gpt.
825 Taps
2 HP CDL Rotary Vane Vacuum Pump
2000 Gallon Poly Tank
H2O Electric Releaser
2023- 825 taps 17325 gallons of sap
2022- 800 taps 12375 gallons of sap
2021- 350 taps 3815 gallons of sap
Sorry you lost vacuum for part of the day. It’s good you got some sap though. Sap slowed down for me yesterday. I got about 1500 gallons in all. Woke up this morning to 24 degrees. Should have a very good run today and then all night. Weather man is saying I could get up to 14 inches of snow tomorrow. This will recharge the trees and give us another week or better. Good luck everyone.
Spud
In case anyone missed the big story yesterday...
https://www.uvm.edu/news/story/uvm-t...-syrup-reserve
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Good one...Originally Posted by DrTimPerkins
About 300 taps
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That’s funny Dr. Tim. You had me believing until I got to the fighter jets for our maple security.
Sap ran pretty good today. I have 1800 gallons in the tank right now and it’s running at 90 gph. I should have about 2800 by morning. That a little under a gallon per tap. I’m hoping the big storm helps us to have another week of sap flow. Time will tell.
Spud
Spud,
I’m so glad you moved back, your daily updates keeps me logging in and checking how you’re doing, 65000 gallons from 3400 taps. Keep on rolling hope you post your final numbers in two weeks!
Mark220maple
1100 taps on low vaccum, 900 on gravity.
900 plus taps leased and on high vacuum
35 cfm Indiana Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump
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Thanks 220 Maple. Sap ran a trickle last night and woke up to 2100 gallons in the tank. Supposed to get 8-18 inches of snow later today and tonight. I’m hoping this recharges the trees and we go another week or better. Sap now testing at 1%. Sap is a little cloudy but very good.
Spud
Sap really slowed down today. May wind up with 1500 gallons by morning. It’s raining now and the snow is on its way. We could be done by weekend. Today’s sap test .9%.
Spud
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