CDL 2x8
Around 4000 taps
Polaris ATVs, Ski Doo snowmobiles to get around
Atlas Copco pumps
Lapierre two post RO
http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...Sugar%20shack/
Organic does not mean simply that the product was done without using certain types of chemicals or substances. It also includes best practices for sustainability and land management.
In the case of NOFA, they are a membership organization. Typically members get a chance to vote on such changes (or at least voice their opinions) at the annual meeting.
I had heard that they were going to start enforcing the 9" minimum rule. Previously if you had trees that were less that that, but you intended to thin (cull) them in your next forest thinning, you could mark them as cull trees and tap them in the interim. Apparently they found that too difficult to enforce.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
video of our two releasers working with a moderate flow of sap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk-o...ature=youtu.be
3x10 Leader Inferno Arch
14,200 Taps
2 - 14 HP Indiana Vacuum pump
1800gph Lapierre RO
10" Lapierre filter press
2 - 25,000 tap Lapierre releasers
3 - SS 1500 gallon tanks
1 - SS 8,400 gallon tank
8x8 Argo ATV
50k John Deere generator
24'x32' sugarhouse
Let me try one more time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk-o...ature=youtu.be
3x10 Leader Inferno Arch
14,200 Taps
2 - 14 HP Indiana Vacuum pump
1800gph Lapierre RO
10" Lapierre filter press
2 - 25,000 tap Lapierre releasers
3 - SS 1500 gallon tanks
1 - SS 8,400 gallon tank
8x8 Argo ATV
50k John Deere generator
24'x32' sugarhouse
looks like it worked that time. thanks for sharing it,, nice sap run there fore sure.
vacuum
RO
filter press
auto draw
New leader oil fired
http://s712.photobucket.com/albums/ww123/jtrap/
Well dug this old thread out, seamed to be an appropriate time for it. What's going on in the vt woods? With an abundance of help Sunday I felt like we made head way in the woods. Finally thanks to good friends and family it's coming together. Still got to wire the sugarhouse and plumb the RO. Then clean tanks and finish up the last section of woods. I think it's shaping up to be a good year, Im planing on tapping end of this month.
When's everyone else thinking they will tap in?
PM
vacuum
RO
filter press
auto draw
New leader oil fired
http://s712.photobucket.com/albums/ww123/jtrap/
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vacuum
RO
filter press
auto draw
New leader oil fired
http://s712.photobucket.com/albums/ww123/jtrap/
I was able to tap 700 today. The snow was up to my knees (22-24 inches) and it was hard going. Things are going very good for me though and I hope to be all tapped in by the 15th of this month. Once I am all tapped in I am going to run another mainline on a lower section in hopes to getting about 200 more taps. The chains on my 4-wheeler have been a life saver for me this year. I think it's setting up to be a very good sugaring season.
Spud