where in malone are you pacman..we did not get a freeze last night.
where in malone are you pacman..we did not get a freeze last night.
my mistake im confusing my nights we did freeze last night. It was the night before we were 33 degrees. you froze you must be lower as it think there was a bit of an inversion going on. colder in valleys...Originally Posted by barkeatr
No,Im much higher. My bush is 2200 ft elevation.Im in Duane.Im tired,I just walked in the door.We got 665 gal today.What a run.I had to shut down I was tired.I have 200 gal to go.I left the guzzler running tonight,not bad flow,seewhats there in AM.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
Had another good day today.Colected 175 gal and made 8 gal of med.I have about 150 gal in tank for tomorrow.I filled the generator with fuel and letting the Guzzler run tonight.Anyone else boiling?
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
I'm still going in central NY. 925 gal today off about 740 taps, 17 dark and med., but not good flavor. Was over 80 degrees in my bush today. What kind of temps did you have?
Tim Whitens
Willow Creek Farm
Fulton, NY
3000 on vacuum, 3hp 3ph Busch pump, 2567 Gast
30X8 Leader oil-fired evap. w/ steamaway
Airablo 1000 RO
6 Alpacas
75 degres today,I got 170 gal of sap today.Made 4.5 gal of syrup.Just started making dark today. The temps tomorow night are going down in the 20s and it looks good for the rest of the week.Im going to start filling my barel tomorow.Maybe jug a few qts of dark.the snow in the bush is down to a foot or so.Turning out to be a good season up here.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
The sap did not run at all today,I collected 125 gal that was in the tank and boiled that and got 3 and a half gal of syrup.It poored out today.then at 2 pm it started snowing.There was an inch of the white stuff on the ground at 4 pm when we left.Its going to drop down in the low 20s tonight.That should reset the trees and we will have to see what tomorow brings.Calling for a high of 38 tomorow.we will see.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
Well,me and my son are going up tomorrow and start putting taps in. We will have a good weekend to do it. Spent the last 2 weekends clearing a mile and a half of road with the tractor. We will see how it goes
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
My son and I got 300 in this weekend. Making all repairs as we go. Should be done by Tuesday.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
Went up today and got 100 in. That makes 400,I will be going up tomorrow and finish. Still really cold at night so the 38 degree temp.today did'nt warm anything up enough to start anything dripping yet. Snow is still 3 feet or more in the woods.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
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