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  1. #91
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    Surprised that the trees ran at all yesterday,,was 17 deg. Gere yesterday morning and never got all that warm,,after the maple festivities i went and gathered 600 gal. And my daughter hauled in 600 during the day. Was great to see her (oldest of her generation ) taking her cousins out pumpimg the tanks and checking the pumps.....a little snow here now and a great forcast........we roll the dice
    Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
    Salisbury, N.H.
    1988 taps in 09
    over 2500 on vac in 2010
    no buckets in 2010
    2815 taps in 2011
    shooting for 3000 in 2012
    4000 taps? In 2014
    5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
    50 cords in the shed
    Old, old R.O.
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    Got marvin cleaned out,,,about an in of snow this a.m andcold,,started the pumps around eleven and just hauled in 2300 gal,,going out for more,,freezing now,,r,o crunching away,,,,super bright worm moon,,well in 2 days,,,batten down the hatches...was good to meet you today bruce,,thanks for bringing the sine up
    Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
    Salisbury, N.H.
    1988 taps in 09
    over 2500 on vac in 2010
    no buckets in 2010
    2815 taps in 2011
    shooting for 3000 in 2012
    4000 taps? In 2014
    5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
    50 cords in the shed
    Old, old R.O.
    Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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    Hell of a run,,,all i gotta say,,,one hell of a run........
    Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
    Salisbury, N.H.
    1988 taps in 09
    over 2500 on vac in 2010
    no buckets in 2010
    2815 taps in 2011
    shooting for 3000 in 2012
    4000 taps? In 2014
    5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
    50 cords in the shed
    Old, old R.O.
    Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
    http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg

  4. #94
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    4000 taps? holy poop shoot, how many acres does that take?
    Latitude:N 41° 54' 56.4415"
    Longitude:W 84° 17' 6.4561"

    2018
    sold barrel cooker
    bought 2 mason 2x4
    adding Vacuum
    Adding RO, running Lines 5/16 and 3/16, jumping to close to 200 taps, making sticky..

    2017, attempting to add float box and bunch more
    taps and run a few lines.

    2016 rookie season. 70 taps, Kubota tractor, 55 gallon
    Barrel and funnel for collection.
    wood fired oil drum cooker.
    2x3 evaporator pan w/18" Sq pre-warming pan.
    3 sided carport sugar shack.

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    It takes all of them,,,not reallysure,,,,,grade came up alot and all this sap is very clear, 1.5% suagr on average,,,,tanks i checked last night had frozen releasers,,,ones i did not check did not freeze and they were full this a.m.,,,,,everything running well this a.m,,,,,,,GO GO GO GO GO!!
    Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
    Salisbury, N.H.
    1988 taps in 09
    over 2500 on vac in 2010
    no buckets in 2010
    2815 taps in 2011
    shooting for 3000 in 2012
    4000 taps? In 2014
    5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
    50 cords in the shed
    Old, old R.O.
    Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
    http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg

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    Same here. Sap was clear and at 1.5%. Today it's down to 1.2%....
    Russ

    "Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!

    1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
    A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
    Four chainsaws and no chickens!

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    Same here, good clear sap. Yesterday sap was 1.75% today is 1.2% sugar. Made some nice Dark Robust that was on the light side.
    Sugaring for 45+ years
    New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
    New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
    2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
    250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
    1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
    2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around

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    Still getting large volumes of clear, low sugar sap,,no sugarsand yet,,,boiled till 3am last night,,on the way up to the house i looked at the f 600 and thought after such a late night i might as well get an early start and trucked in 2000 gal o sap..just befor the tanks ran over,,,they were empty at 7pm ..not too much sleep this week,,,,,waiting for the r.o to finish its soap wash so i can rinse it and get to bed,,,its the stuff i dream about the rest of the year,,,let it roll
    Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
    Salisbury, N.H.
    1988 taps in 09
    over 2500 on vac in 2010
    no buckets in 2010
    2815 taps in 2011
    shooting for 3000 in 2012
    4000 taps? In 2014
    5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
    50 cords in the shed
    Old, old R.O.
    Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
    http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg

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    My accucup broke 2 days ago,,,funny how dependant i have become on it,,,i tried useing a regular cup for my hydrometer,,,but the syrup kept getting way off in the finisher (its deep enough to float a hydrometer and has a thermometer in it) i called chris the maker and the owner of this site and he called right back this a.m. ,,,,,,had a loaner for me and is going to try to fix mine,,,,,more awsome customer service,,,thank you,,,,,,so im just back from chrises lapeirre super store in wilton,,,,,,,,waiting on sap,,,and i dont think i have long to wait......
    Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
    Salisbury, N.H.
    1988 taps in 09
    over 2500 on vac in 2010
    no buckets in 2010
    2815 taps in 2011
    shooting for 3000 in 2012
    4000 taps? In 2014
    5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
    50 cords in the shed
    Old, old R.O.
    Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
    http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg

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    Hunh,,,,trees still ice covered with overcast cloudy skies,,light drizzel to moderate rain,,,,,hovering at 33 deg. really surprised the sun has not come out yet,,,,just back from gassing up vac. Pumps,,,not a drop yet,,,,,but ,,,,
    Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
    Salisbury, N.H.
    1988 taps in 09
    over 2500 on vac in 2010
    no buckets in 2010
    2815 taps in 2011
    shooting for 3000 in 2012
    4000 taps? In 2014
    5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
    50 cords in the shed
    Old, old R.O.
    Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
    http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg

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