Washington county NY

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Thanks for the input. Tried several times to clean ash out while firing and some of the spaces where only 3/8 apart. now all the spaces are 1 inch apart and my fire poker will fit in them and keep them cleaned out. hope to give this a try and keep the fire rolling......

[lakeview maple]

I guess Ill never get this weather thing figured out, cloudy , kinda cold , snowing this morning ,37 degrees out and the sap is pouring out of my lines, collected almost 500 gallons this morning and its still coming. I am not complaining , just thinking out loud that just when you watch 3 different weather reports and have accuweather dialed into your phone , and you think its going to be one of those marginal iffy days , BAMMM . Hope you all are having the same run and may it all be 3% ,Allen

[billyinvt]

Same story over on this side of the lake. Took the dogs out this morning and the snow was stiff and crunchy under my boots. Thermometer read 35 degrees. Windy with snow flying sideways. I took a peek under one of the bucket lids and it was dripping like crazy. Crazy.

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The new grate configuration worked out great boiling within 15 mins of starting the fire and got 20 gals an hour after that. sap was pouring in last night at 9:00pm when checked the tanks. LET IT FLOW !!!!!!!!

[lakeview maple]

What a day started with 900 gallons , boiled like a mad man , made 13 gallons and I still have 700 to go for tomorrow. It was running like crazy , awesome day .Im headed to get more 5 gallon , halves and quarts tomorrow and a new bottle of defoamer . Ill collect when I get back, the guzzler is running like a champ , 25" today and pulled in over 100 gallons on 105 taps in 8 hours , Im pretty happy with it. Good luck all and may your sap be 3%, Al

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Nice to see the season is here. Ran good here too. sugar content dropped a little on me 1.7 % thinking the light rain and snow melt might be it . so i'm thinking of a small ro setup something that I can run while i'm boiling one pass just to help conserve wood. at 60 to 1 I'm firing three to four times to one draw would like to see it more like one to one ratio. Lots of cool setups on this site for small hobby ro the info here is priceless LET IT FLOW.......

[lakeview maple]

The flood has started, boiled off 10 gallons of syrup and still have 700 gallons to start tomorrow with . Off to a great start , made 44 gallons so far , hopefully the wood pile holds out. The sap tested at 2.3% which was awesome ,and one of the remote tanks was testing at 2.9% .Great season so far and the weather looks great for the coming week , good luck all ,Allen

[lakeview maple]

Day 3 of the flood and I finished off with 12 3/4 today for a total of 35 gallons in the last 2 days. I collected another 500 plus so let the fun begin again tomorrow. A great year so far . The next few days look iffy so it will be a nice break and cut some fire wood , the pile is getting thin , Ive got 3 cord to split so Im not worried about running out. Good luck all ,Allen

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

Nice to see the season is here. Ran good here too. sugar content dropped a little on me 1.7 % thinking the light rain and snow melt might be it . so i'm thinking of a small ro setup something that I can run while i'm boiling one pass just to help conserve wood. at 60 to 1 I'm firing three to four times to one draw would like to see it more like one to one ratio. Lots of cool setups on this site for small hobby ro the info here is priceless LET IT FLOW.......

you need to build a small home made ro what a difference. I am taking 2% to 5% one pass.
probably around 1500.00 you could have a decent one built.
will see how my new one works out today, right now im processing approx 180GPH with undersized pump.

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Sounds awesome Allen. I hope to get caught up today. Was under the weather all day yesterday. My son said the tanks are getting pretty full. Temps at the end of the week not looking to good. Take care.......