You can blame the south wind and the east wind on those days if you have nothing on vacumn,that's what happened
You can blame the south wind and the east wind on those days if you have nothing on vacumn,that's what happened
It's 24 here at 5:30am this morning! Hoping for that last big push of sap! Bring it!!!
Leader WSE 2x6 w/hoods
12"x20" Mason Finisher
250 taps.. Majority on tubing
14'x20' sugarshack
Kubota RTV900XT
Home built Auto Drawoff
Leader MicRO 2 RO
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Boiled off 200 plus today and made 5 gallons and a quart of dark amber , sap was running good hopefully enough to boil off tomorrow .I emptied the tank with the Guzzler first thing this morning and its back to 40 gallons in just 4 hours, that thing saved my season this year ,most of the sap I had was from that. 20 gallons so far ,way off the 50 of last year ,Im hoping for a couple more days before the season ends, it seems strange to be boiling april 10th,good luck all ,Al
2011 2x6 leader and 125 taps and 30 buckets
2012 another 200 taps on line and an addition to the sugar house
2013 hoping to hit 400 taps on line and 25 buckets and adding a sap Guzzler
2014 Brand new D&G 3x10 traditional evaporator and going to 450
2015 D&G 3x10 and kicking the door on 500 on line
My wife Marci who puts up with me buying "Maple Stuff"
1 65 yr old father inlaw who is priceless
And the good Lord above Amen
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Pulled my taps this weekend. Had 60 gallons, but the finished syrup is really dark. Finished the year with 5.5 gallons of syrup, from 35 taps, 200 gallons of sap. Hope to expand a little next year, get up to 50 taps.
2018 tried some tubing on 10 trees into 35 gal tank, 70 taps on buckets, 10 gallons finished
2017 built a 14x20 sugar shack from Jamaica Cottage Shop, 70 taps on buckets, 13 gallons finished
2016 replacing steam pans with 2x3 divided pan with 7 gal preheat pan works great, 60 taps on buckets, 13 gallons finished
2015 Home built oil tank evaporator,3 steam pans, 20ft copper preheater coil, 30 taps, 7 gallons finished