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

[SmellsLikeSyrupNH]

Hey Parker,
Im curious why a brand new RO would have any issues with the bearings and why they charged you at all for it? I mean sure, they fixed it right away which was great, but if its brand new it shouldn't of failed in the first place and they certainly shouldn't of charged you?

-Scott

[BAP]

I think Parker bought a used R/O

[Parker]

Its a 2009 machine,,in very nice shape

[Parker]

Aaaoooooocggggaaahhhh!,!!!! Current temp 24 deg!! This is a high flow day alert!! Top off the pumps and crank down on the regulators!!
Well ray and i got hattans running well yesterday (fresh 400) and finished tapping hill,,,,lots of stuff to fix in hill but hopeful by the end of the day to have a decent vacuum reading up there,,,,,its ALOT colder in hill with the ground still frozen everywhere up there,,something like 1500 fresh taps,,,looking forward to some decent volume hopfully for the next 3 to 4 days,,,like russ says were going to keep the vac high and see if we cant keep those pesky buds pulled in tight,,,,reports from my fellow sugarmakers in my area are of dismal volumes (the ones i believe anyways),,,,,still have one more small bush to tap.....
The sweet goddess smiles down upon us today,,,,,,,,,,,

[Greyfox]

Hi Parker,
I was happily surprised at 6:00 this morning to see the temp at 24 here as well. The report that I heard yesterday was that we were only going to get down to 29 last night. I had to go into work today, but it looks like I'll be back at it tomorrow. My cold woods has zero sign of bud swelling, so It's still game-on. Long range temp looks promising for late March; fingers crossed.

Doc.

[BAP]

Same here, 24 last night and 50 right now, sap is just pouring out of the trees. I am probably going to have to gather in a couple hours.

[Parker]

Lots of sap,,vac in hill still down,,tommrow should be on line with lines washed out,,rte 11 ran 2700 gallons,,,1.4%,,,hattans really surprised me with mabey 500 gal,,,sanborns is on bud wacth,,tasting the sap befor we pump,,,still o.k but theres a slight green tint to the tops of the trees from the road,,,slight,,,,,started crunching sap at 11,,done at around 5,,,made 60 gallons from lighting the fire at 5 to shutting the blower off at 8.30,,,,,that first draw has been a little tricky,,,keep making syrup in the 3rd till over and end up with a bunch of light stuff in the finisher,,,,,but way better than boiling 1%,,,,lots of sap to truck in the a.m,,,,,,,,KEEP AFTER IT

[Parker]

Slight freeze last night with overcast raw congitions,,,right around 38 deg,,,funny the warmer bushes arnt doing much but we got 2700 gal in so far,,,its one hell of a rough ride up to hill in the f-600,,,,,,courtney and ray got the vac to 22 in hill and i got the vac to 25 at eleven....going out for another load,,,,snowing now,,,,,decent forcast,,,,,,,RAMMING SPEED!!!

[Parker]

Setteled into a steady rythem of around 50 gallons a day,,,,trying to truck the night sap early,,,start the cruncher at the same time,,,start boiling around noon,,be done around 3 or 4,,clean tanks,,truck sap till 8 p.m. AN THEn GET SOME SLEEP,!! Cant believe what a diffrance a real r.o. makes,,,,,,,with no freezes for a while sanborns is giving about 200 gal. A day,,,iim pretty sure its about done,,,but hill and rte.11 are the heavy hitters this time of year,,,yesterday hill ran around a gallon per tap......as did eleven,,,,,sap has been right around 1 precent,,..good luck to all!,,,,,,,

[Parker]

I hope all the frogs and moths i was seeing found a nice warm place to hunker down,,,,,those robbins sure look cold this morning,,,,,looking for a recharge in the trees,,back to 2..2% and hard runs i hope.........lost the feed pump in the r.o.,,,,called lappier tech guy after hours and he says "i have one in my truck and ill meet u half way to your place (3hours away)......i say ill come to your place in the morning,,,i leave at 3 a.m.,,,in cambridge v.t at 6am get the pump and back in business by noon! Never had a better experiance with any company,,,best customer service ever........the p.o.s BHR releaser that has been a problem from day one at rt.11 cracked in one of the barrels making a turbulant frothing mass of sap that would not lift the float so the releaser would not dump causing sap to be sucked into my liquid ring pump and pumped out my coolant tank has been replaced with a lappier 213,,,,,,thank you nhmaple 48 and homestead maple! Was surprised how much sap we got yesterday for a cold day,,,,,,2nd day of maple openhouse today,,,hope for a decent crowd aging today......to all the sugarmakers in the struggel,,,,,never give an inch,,,,,march on!