Solid run the last 2 days will collect it all tonight, RO it down and boil it off. Combining forces with another local producer since we only put in around 250 taps each. Made about 10 gallons combined from the 1st little run and should make another 7-10 this evening.
Real tapping starts next week around the 19th or 20th if the long range holds.
Chris
18 X 20 sugar shack
1300 taps all on vac.
2 by 8 Lapierre all stanless evaporator
Steam Hood
Lapierre 250 Turbo R.O.
Polaris Ranger
30 years experience
Sap is hammering today on vac. Gonna be a nice boil tonight and a solid early start to 2020!!!!!!!
Chris
18 X 20 sugar shack
1300 taps all on vac.
2 by 8 Lapierre all stanless evaporator
Steam Hood
Lapierre 250 Turbo R.O.
Polaris Ranger
30 years experience
Tapped my main 3/16ths woods yesterday. After work today I tapped one more run at my neighbors, and chased a few vacuum leaks on what I tapped yesterday.
Noel Good
1998 to 2009: 15 taps on buckets, scavenged fire pit and pans
2010: New 2x4 SS flat pan w/preheater
2015: New to me Lapierre 18x60 raised flue, new shack, new everything!! 59 taps 23.75 gallons
2016: 85 taps 19 gallons
2017: Purchased 2.5 acres and tubed half with 3/16. 145 taps total 49.25 gallons
2018: 200 taps (162 on 3/16ths 38 on buckets) New NextGen RO 63 gallons
2019: 210 taps 73.5 gallons
2023: 210 taps 89.75 gallons
www.wnybass.com
I plan to tap this weekend and hope to get a solid run early next week.
Mudr, u on tubing? I’m still on buckets and sap saks, thinking I’ll wait at least another week.
Made 13 + gallons are last night. Sap is actually running hard today so we will clean that up and process it before the big freeze. Great start on a couple hundred taps. Tapping the other 1,000 next week and should be in full swing by the 22nd.
Chris
18 X 20 sugar shack
1300 taps all on vac.
2 by 8 Lapierre all stanless evaporator
Steam Hood
Lapierre 250 Turbo R.O.
Polaris Ranger
30 years experience
Tapping tomorrow. Only 120 taps, 110 on tubing.
Gravity tubing.Originally Posted by lyford
I will know if it's the right decision when I look back at the end of the season. I'm hoping to hit a decent run Tuesday. Then it looks like maybe another run starting Saturday, but weather forecasts can change that far out.
I was hoping for something good Tuesday also, but then saw rain and pretty hefty winds. The laws of diminishing enthusiasm soon kicked in after seeing that. lol Who knows though. Loosened up today enough for all the lines to run a little, and probably add to the ice block I already have going in the woods tank right now.
Noel Good
1998 to 2009: 15 taps on buckets, scavenged fire pit and pans
2010: New 2x4 SS flat pan w/preheater
2015: New to me Lapierre 18x60 raised flue, new shack, new everything!! 59 taps 23.75 gallons
2016: 85 taps 19 gallons
2017: Purchased 2.5 acres and tubed half with 3/16. 145 taps total 49.25 gallons
2018: 200 taps (162 on 3/16ths 38 on buckets) New NextGen RO 63 gallons
2019: 210 taps 73.5 gallons
2023: 210 taps 89.75 gallons
www.wnybass.com
Was wondering how sap run was today. Finished getting tanks set, sugarhouse ready, and was set to tap but decided to hold off for another week due to the extreme cold, High winds, and saw 10-15 inches of snow predicted for us starting Thursday.
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