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  1. #941
    Join Date
    Jan 2015
    Location
    Barrie, Ontario
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    Default All Tapped, ready for next week.

    Tapped about 150 trees, all on 3/16 tubing. Not much slope, but I tap high and still think it flows as well as buckets and a lot easy to collect and clean at the end of season. My spouse made order that no buckets are to be hung. With the winds tonight, she might be right. I will sneak a few buckets into the bush just for old times sake. Taps were running pretty well on Saturday and Sunday, but just let it run onto ground to clean out lines. Ready to go once the next warm up arrives. Hope everyone as a great season.

  2. #942
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Location
    Red Bay Ontario
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    I’ve also gone the gravity way and like you not the best slope. I use a short ladder to gain extra height when needed. I’m prob at a gain of 10-12 feet over 300-500 feet of line. I don’t think I collect as much as I did with buckets but I think it’s cause the time it takes to thaw the lines. Some days it’s 1pm before I get a drip going. The buckets would be dripping once them temp were up. I just added more taps lol. Sure makes my back happy though. I still put a few buckets out just cause I love that dripping sound in the bush when I collect them and have a coffee and captain.
    225 taps 180 on vac 45 on natural gravity lines.
    2x6 drop flue with auto draw.
    Home built 3 x400gpd ro
    2017 kubota M7060hdcc12
    2019 can am defender


    2017- first year 80 taps 22x36 home made arch and pan.

  3. #943
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    Apr 2014
    Location
    Caledon, Ontario
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    12 taps last weekend in front of the house. Spikes and buckets. Ran some on Sunday and again yesterday.
    49 taps in today at the cottage in Muskoka. Probably another 20 tomorrow. All drop lines to pails. It will be a bit before it runs. Must be 2.5-3 feet of snow in the bush.
    John

    2014 8 taps = 4 litres syrup
    2015 31 taps = 13 litres syrup
    2016 53 taps = 36 litres syrup
    2017 55 taps = 27 litres syrup

  4. #944
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Location
    Beeton Ontario
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    How is everyone's season going? I shut it down yesterday and pulled my taps. Got a total of 620 liters of sap this year from 18 taps which is the most I have done in the past 5 seasons. Boiled in 3 separate batches over the past 3 weeks. Boiled down the final 320 liters yesterday and will finish it off inside today.

  5. #945
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Erin, Ontario
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    Hey!
    I’m back this season after a 6yr hiatus.

    Saturday was a great day for us - 630L from 110 taps and it was still going strong in the evening.
    My big sugar maples only really woke up starting Wednesday last week.

    A bit bummed that this warm spell might be it for us. Anyone know quickly sugar maples bud out?

    Boiling hard on a new-to-me 2x5 flat pan to keep sap from spoiling in this heat.

    The trees are again dripping sap slowly today - still clear. I’ve never been able to figure out buddy sap.
    Probably keep it aside so I don’t spoil what’s currently in the pan.
    Homeschooling mama to 8
    2010-30 taps, steam pans on a fisher grandma bear woodstove outdoors. Bottled 18.5L
    2012- 70 taps - 20L
    2013 - 70 taps, 3 steam pans on concrete block arch. 50L
    2015- 70 taps, 50.5L, 3.3lbs accidental sugar
    2021 - 120 taps, new-to-me 2x5 flat pan with a cast iron arch atop a brick firebox.

  6. #946
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    Nov 2017
    Location
    Beeton Ontario
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    Anyone here in central Ontario tap yet for 2023? I am ready to go but the long range forecast keeps changing and extending the cold. I did not tap at all last year due to some personal challenges so really looking forward to getting back out this year.

  7. #947
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    Feb 2017
    Location
    Red Bay Ontario
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    Central Ont has been pretty quiet the past year or two. I’m wondering what other folks are doing this season date wise.
    225 taps 180 on vac 45 on natural gravity lines.
    2x6 drop flue with auto draw.
    Home built 3 x400gpd ro
    2017 kubota M7060hdcc12
    2019 can am defender


    2017- first year 80 taps 22x36 home made arch and pan.

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