We need some good freeze ups it has hit 30 degrees a couple nights but only for a matter of an hour or two.... Sap flow has been tapering off since Tuesday as has the sugar, we've produced half of our last year's total of 822(1000 more taps and more vac) all light Amber except our last Barrel was dark amber. Mostly south facing slopes and 15% reds mixed in- we generally don't see much fancy if any.
18x30 sugarshack
5100 taps high vac
3x10 inferno with steampan
7'' wes fab filter press
10'' cdl air filter press
D&G 3 post reverse osmosis w/recirculation
You're over 100 gallons of syrup from 750 taps General? Wow, that sounds like the start of a great season.Originally Posted by GeneralStark
I'm feeling good about it. I'm at about 30% of what I made last year. Hopefully we can all go until April!
About 750 taps on High Vac.
2.5 x 8 Intens-O-Fire
Airtech 3 hp LR Pump
Springtech Elite 500 RO
14 x 24 Timber Frame SugarHouse
16 x 22 Sap Shed w/ 1500 gal. + 700 gal. tanks
www.littlehogbackfarm.com
Agreed -- we're at 30% too, which seems great at this point in time. Glad to have a bit of cold weather to get some rest and let the crew have a day or two off though. Still fairly early.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
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30% here as well I don't see any big freeze ups or heat waves coming so should be productive at least through middle of March Hope there isn't to much wind damage after this storm gets out of here howling pretty good right now
10,600 taps on vacuum
5x16 CDL Master / with steam pan
3600 GPH CDL RO
it's kind of neat looking at the line of the storm. pretty much from Johnson, north, (east anyways) we haven't gotten anything. no wind, barely any precipitation... below Johnson it's pretty nasty!
Awfully thankful for an understanding wife!
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.”
- Vincent “Vince” Lombardi
Good luck to all!
Checking what VT sugar makers are doing
I didnt get enough to boil & the temps got too warm. So I waited a few days and then pumped the tank out onto the ground. It was starting to spoil.
Im going to walk my lines this weekend. I dont think I am getting as much sap flow as I should. But My sugarbush unfortunately needs afternoon sun which could be the culprit.
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Last edited by EBG18T; 03-02-2018 at 04:39 PM.
10’x16’ Sugarhouse
18x60 CDL Drop flue Evaporator
100 Taps on gravity
Sap is running 425 GPH here today. I was not exspecting that. Sap now testing 2.0%.
Spud
Sap is running 500GPH at 7:25pm. It's only 33 degrees outside. Wow.
Spud
Sap started to run about 11:30 this morning and over the next 8 hours, the 2,348 taps ran 1.14 GPT. I just got back from hauling 2,130 gal back to the sugar house just to make sure there was enough room (hopefully) in the 3,894 gal tank to hold the rest of the run overnight. Looks like a long day tomorrow.
Joe
2004- 470 taps on gravity and buckets
2006- 590 taps on gravity and buckets 300 gph RO
2009- 845 taps on vacuum no buckets, 600 gph RO
2010- 925 taps on vacuum new 2 stage vacuum pump
2014- 3045 taps on vacuum, new 1200 gph RO
2015- 3104 taps on vacuum
2017- 3213 taps on vacuum
3' x 10' oil fired evaporator with steamaway
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