Same here, about 3-3.5 gals out of 73 taps (buckets). 10 of those 73 are sugars, the rest silvers and mostly reds. Only the sugars produced anything more than a cup. Most reds and silvers were dry. Hoping for a run today.
Same here, about 3-3.5 gals out of 73 taps (buckets). 10 of those 73 are sugars, the rest silvers and mostly reds. Only the sugars produced anything more than a cup. Most reds and silvers were dry. Hoping for a run today.
I think today and into tonight we will see a little better flow. So far my sugar contents are anywhere from 1.5 to just over 3%. I wonder how much that can vary in a tree during the season. I'm tapping 100% sugar maple.
Smoky Lake 2x6 fuel-oil fired, raised flue, hoods, SSR, concentric exhaust
Home-built auto draw off
Home-built RO - double XLE 4040, PLC controlled
8x10 Sugar Shed
200 taps on tubing with Shurflo vacuum with solar
https://www.facebook.com/flowercitymaplesyrup/
In Geneseo tapping the eastern facing slope of the hill. all wooded 60 taps gave me about 10 gallons into the tank yesterday. That was the first to make it down the hill this year. Hoping for a better day today. All the snow on the steel roof of my barn did shed yesterday so it took me about 20 min to tunnel into a doorway anyhow. Sure hope I don't have to drive anything out for a few more days. That is one big heavy pile of packed snow!
2012 4 taps and a bunch of propane
2013 12 taps and a new home made 1x2 flat pan fit to an old wood stove, more propane
2014 40 on tube flowing down hill to a 1x2 and 3 steam pans on emergency arch. (Drowning in sap)
2015. New 2x5 flat pan and much better arch. 1x2 on new rocket stove ( this thing cranks, can't wait to use it) 60 on tubing into 250 gal tank. 6 on buckets just for comparison and a little extra!
2016. Not a good year with the mild weather winter.
Not a whole lot going on in NE Wyoming County. Some buckets got 3/4 of a gallon today, others are dry. Shur-Flo pump sucking a little out of the tubing trees. Hoping to have enough tomorrow night to fire things up, but it has to pick up the pace a little!
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
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still tapping and shoveling. all the mains are dug out.hung 70 buckets this afternoon and they were dripping fairly good. turned on vac and it to seemed to be running good. still more to tap tomorrow.
Sudzy's Purely Maple 2011 125 on vac 200 buckets 30x8 lapierre raised flue 12x20 shanty with 12x32 addition with 9x12 tank room tanks 500g 600g 300g
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How'd everybody do last night /so far today? I got a whopping 9 gals total so far from 70ish taps. Hoping to boil at some point this weekend, not sure if thats gonna happen.
I've gotten 25 gallons from 80 taps so far this week. Flowed overnight, still dripping but slow this AM.
Smoky Lake 2x6 fuel-oil fired, raised flue, hoods, SSR, concentric exhaust
Home-built auto draw off
Home-built RO - double XLE 4040, PLC controlled
8x10 Sugar Shed
200 taps on tubing with Shurflo vacuum with solar
https://www.facebook.com/flowercitymaplesyrup/
Still not happening here. I have not collected yet, but I'd be surprised if there is more than 5 gallons on the 28 buckets here. Tubing ain't doing much either. Feels like we are wasting the perfect weather for great runs.
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
Not much happening in Victor. First boil now. Only trees on vacuum are running. 1,000 gallons of sap so far.
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
just finished checking 36 taps only about 1/2 gal,some bone dry only about 8 had anything in them