Never give an inch!!!!!,2014,,,,salisbury sugarworks

[Parker]

Mabwy 100 gal of sap at sanborns yesterday....put a new wooden bottom in the 50 bbl tank we just got...gat the ring pump and tank on trailer ready to bring to eleven and set up....seasons hasent even started and im dragging......keep after it!

[Russell Lampron]

It was hard work getting the taps in this year. I can see why you are dragging. You gotta want it!!!

[PATheron]

Good luck Parker and Russ. Hope you guys do good. You guys are hard core up there putting up with all the snow. Hope it melts down. Theron

[Parker]

we got the vac going at rte.11 at around one..had 500 gal in the tank at 4 and another 500 at 9pm. Liquid rig pumps are amazi g...was pulling 15 inches with 9 taps out..pulling 22 now. Lots of leaks but gaining!

[SmellsLikeSyrupNH]

Wow 1000 gallon sin a day, that's amazing...lol I am jealous, good luck on a great season!

[Parker]

No sap yesterday,,littel too cold...started pumps at 5am as it had warmed up to 34 to 36 deg and had some sap running in.....
On another note vicki smith (dept of ag) dropped off the new maple laws. while i suppourt most of the laws i was shocked to read the penalties for non compliance including "civil forfiture" to pay the fines...a violation being a misdermeanor..2 violations being a felony....this is a law that needs to be changed. While i have no time at the moment i would like to gauge suppourt for a change in these sweeping pretty much undefined "not more than $5000 dollars a day" we have the power to take your house goverment overreach to correct a non problem.........ill start a thread in n.h. tapping section.......read the laws spacifically the penalty section......wow........

[Parker]

Thought i would be up in hill tapping today and boiling tonight....but.....after i got rte.11 running i went up into the woods to hunt for leaks. Vac was around 23 inches and found some small leaks when the vac. At the valves gauges strated dropping..22.....20...18... could hear the pump way off making a funny noise (indeania with a decker ring pump and honda 9hp) as i looked at the pump running i could see when the noise increased the shaft speed out of the gear reduction would slow down quite a bit...the gear reduction was also pretty hot...well i called the number on the pump and i got the fellow that built the pump (super helpful!) I told him what was going on and he said the clutch was going..he said rip it apart and put some washers in there (not real spacific about where) well we tore her down and decided where we thought the washers would do the most good,,,threw her back together and o how she sucks..back up to 25.5 inches...but..it was dark out........mabey 2mara we will boil?......suprisingly small run at sanborns...almost nothing at eleven,,,,,,gonna run out and check the pumps now.....courtney said the sap tastes sweet in hill, 200 drilled KEEP AFTER IT!

[Parker]

the sweet godess is a cruel mistres,,


We made 20 gal tuesday nite..the tank room works well,,got the membranes for the ro..have to install...finished tapping hill today (so the season should start on tues.)...nothing running..still have to put mainline up there together in a couple spots and get the pump going..the international needs some work befor are trucking toomuch with it,,,might be a trick hauling off 4200 taps with the 1/2 ton chevy lotts to do.......i bet its gonna come fast and hard

Good luck!

[R A Powers]

Parker, On my way home from Tractor Supply this morning (04/12/2015) at about 10:15 I stopped and checked out your set up on RT 11. You had a pretty good run going on. I just wanted to let you know that the guy in the green sweatshirt and brown felt hat driving a dark blue chevy blazer was a friend. Dick

[Parker]

now i will knowwho it is when i look at the game cam..saps starting to look pretty nasty....