I had our fourth boil of the season , started with 600 gallons. Made 5 gallons and a quart of almost light and delicate, so close. The grade came up from last boil ,must be something to the bubbler . I left the tank with around 300 gallons in it and I went down this morning and its 2 inches from the top and the sap is running well. Going to be a long day, but hopefully a double digit one. Good luck everyone ,Allen
2011 2x6 leader and 125 taps and 30 buckets
2012 another 200 taps on line and an addition to the sugar house
2013 hoping to hit 400 taps on line and 25 buckets and adding a sap Guzzler
2014 Brand new D&G 3x10 traditional evaporator and going to 450
2015 D&G 3x10 and kicking the door on 500 on line
My wife Marci who puts up with me buying "Maple Stuff"
1 65 yr old father inlaw who is priceless
And the good Lord above Amen
Lakeview Blueberries/Maple Syrup on Facebook
Boiled yesterday made 2 gallons of light grade and is close to changing. still have sap left to boil its a good thing. Got small ro running and plumbed to the tanks. weather is looking good so far......
2015 New sugarhouse 14x24 looking at 200 taps and 10 buckets,added auf to evaporator
2014 102 taps on gravity 10 buckets new 2x6 custom evaporator 12"x20" homemade finisher. And one old 8x10 shed
A better plan in place
2013 10 taps 1x2 flat pan needed a better plan
A family that loves pure maple syrup
One awesome helper ( my son)
I had to get ahead start this morning ,when I left the sugarhouse last night I had room for 300 gallons in the bulk tank, I got there early this morning and good thing I was 3 inches from the top. The sap ran all night , every tank I emptied had sap. I boiled until 4pm today made almost 6 gallons really light still, I'm not sure if its the sap or the Bubbler but I've never made 24 gallons of syrup this light . Almost light and delicate , looks good to me .After boiling for 4 1/2 hours I still have 700 gallons to go. Im going to try and finish it all off tomorrow. Take care all ,Allen
2011 2x6 leader and 125 taps and 30 buckets
2012 another 200 taps on line and an addition to the sugar house
2013 hoping to hit 400 taps on line and 25 buckets and adding a sap Guzzler
2014 Brand new D&G 3x10 traditional evaporator and going to 450
2015 D&G 3x10 and kicking the door on 500 on line
My wife Marci who puts up with me buying "Maple Stuff"
1 65 yr old father inlaw who is priceless
And the good Lord above Amen
Lakeview Blueberries/Maple Syrup on Facebook
Sounds good lake view keep it up. I will be boiling tomorrow as well. Will be my third boil this year. Have 5.5 gallons of Amber rich
FIRST GENERATION SUGARMAKER
First boil 2/22/2012! Went Pefect!
3,500' of laterals
1,000' of mainline
2012 - 105 taps on gravity, 12 sap sacks.
2013 - 175 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks = 200 taps for 2013! Second year.
2014 - 250 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks
Tapped on February 16, 2014
2015 - adding vac sap puller no more gravity for me!
275 gallon holding tank for 2014
20'x30' Sugarhouse
Finished the day with 5 and 1/2 gallons of nice and light, all the time building the bubbler system seems to be paying off . 30 gallons so far all really light , and 400 gallons to go tomorrow . Going to collect first thing in the morning then light the fire. Stop in and say hello, God bless ,Allen
Last edited by lakeview maple; 03-02-2016 at 06:11 AM.
2011 2x6 leader and 125 taps and 30 buckets
2012 another 200 taps on line and an addition to the sugar house
2013 hoping to hit 400 taps on line and 25 buckets and adding a sap Guzzler
2014 Brand new D&G 3x10 traditional evaporator and going to 450
2015 D&G 3x10 and kicking the door on 500 on line
My wife Marci who puts up with me buying "Maple Stuff"
1 65 yr old father inlaw who is priceless
And the good Lord above Amen
Lakeview Blueberries/Maple Syrup on Facebook
Finished off today , a little over 6 gallons, still amber rich ....awesome. 35 gallons so far for the season 1/3 of the way of last season. I emptied all the tanks and cleaned them , going to be cold for a couple of days. Filter press is working great , couple of questions on that tho, what do you do with the syrup that comes out of the plates when you change filters? I found that if I let the pressure get to high bad things happen ,LOL ,only once . Have a great day,Allen
2011 2x6 leader and 125 taps and 30 buckets
2012 another 200 taps on line and an addition to the sugar house
2013 hoping to hit 400 taps on line and 25 buckets and adding a sap Guzzler
2014 Brand new D&G 3x10 traditional evaporator and going to 450
2015 D&G 3x10 and kicking the door on 500 on line
My wife Marci who puts up with me buying "Maple Stuff"
1 65 yr old father inlaw who is priceless
And the good Lord above Amen
Lakeview Blueberries/Maple Syrup on Facebook
Started up at 3:00 and was rolling in 20 mins fastest start so far. Made the switch to amber too. Im glad because that's what everyone asks for. Sounds like your off to an awesome start AL. next weeks weather looks a little scary with the high temps, hoping it stays cloudy. lol
2015 New sugarhouse 14x24 looking at 200 taps and 10 buckets,added auf to evaporator
2014 102 taps on gravity 10 buckets new 2x6 custom evaporator 12"x20" homemade finisher. And one old 8x10 shed
A better plan in place
2013 10 taps 1x2 flat pan needed a better plan
A family that loves pure maple syrup
One awesome helper ( my son)
Another good day here. Was frozen up good this morning and had to use a hair dryer to get feed line thawed out. Sap started to run around 11am here. Made 2 1/2 of amber and had a few family and friends stop by with their kids. They call it the " syruphouse " had a lot of fun today. It makes it all worth the work......
2015 New sugarhouse 14x24 looking at 200 taps and 10 buckets,added auf to evaporator
2014 102 taps on gravity 10 buckets new 2x6 custom evaporator 12"x20" homemade finisher. And one old 8x10 shed
A better plan in place
2013 10 taps 1x2 flat pan needed a better plan
A family that loves pure maple syrup
One awesome helper ( my son)
March 6th, 2016. 250 taps in, 82 buckets and 168 on pipeline. Waiting for the weather to cooperate. Chomping at the bit to light the first fires.
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Just getting started down there, eh? Gives me hope for a continued season after this warm spell.Originally Posted by swcrossbucks
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2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
2017: SAME
2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
2023: SAME
2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system
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