Finished some plumbing to the headtank last night. Got all setup and started a fire 7:00 pm and kicked off the 2017 season for us. Loving the hood and pre-heater, warm condensate will be awesome to have on hand. The new upgrades to the evaporator seem to be working great. Let the sap flow.... It's good to be back at it again.
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)
Hey all , had a great day, the new 3/16th lines performed awesome, the sap was flowing really well. Finished the day with 8 gallons of Amber rich . Not a bad way to start the season, emptied the bulk tank and washed it out. Checked it 20 minutes later and there was almost 20 gallons of sap back in it ,and that was at 730 at night. Cant wait to see whats there in the morning, ive got some general cleanup and maintenance to take care of then back to firing wood. Have a great season 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
How's everyone doing out there?? This weather is odd to say the least..... 72 degrees here on Saturday and Sunday morning it's 28. I finished up everything Thursday night and cleaned out everything yesterday hope to start fresh today. Putting out some buckets and adding some taps today. 3/16 was running at 5:00 pm last night could not believe my eyes. Let the sap flow!!!!
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)
Good to here Derick. We have boiled everyday for a week straight. Saturdays syrup was dark but had great flavor. The weather sure is whacky. From 70 degrees to snow in less than 12 hours. The warm weather had some of the red maples swelling. Should be another week of great sappin. Take care Dave
5x16 woodfired blower preheater
8k taps 60cfm indiana vac 18cfm airtech
Cdl 600 RO
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=...type=2&theater
I checked the tank yesterday and had about 150 gallons at 4pm,it was still running then. I headed down with my new to me stainless tank and I'm tapping the brook run this morning. Adding another 200 taps into the mix, looks like some descent weather so lets bring on the tsunami of sap!!! Good luck all and may your sap be 3%,Al
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
Great day today, tapped the brook run around 2:30 today and collected 150 from it as of 9pm tonight. The 3/16th lines are still flowing ,that's 150 gallons from 200 taps . I boiled of 6 gallons tonight , nice amber rich . I'm headed back down tomorrow morning still had 250 to go, it was flowing pretty well all afternoon. Awesome syrup weather ,hopefully it keeps up for a few days.
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
Just an update , 26+ gallons so far , all Amber rich , gotta love the bubbler. Tanks are empty and Ill do a cleanup of them tomorrow getting ready for the next good freeze.
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
24 gal since sunday.
Business Name
Flat Lander Sugaring (who would think a guy from Az be making syrup)
125 on Sap Suckers
Close to 475 High Vac
400 gravity adding more
leader 2x6
home made preheater
hoods
1 7D749 for AOF
New FLS Tsunami Arch
4 membrane TR Industries RO 2HP 3 phase 601GPH 250 PSI
PID Display for Arch Temp.
Chumlee of the trader
WOW, its been slow ,nothing running . Pans are cleaned , tanks are cleaned now the waiting game. I went and checked the bulk tank tonight had about 25 gallons in there . It looked pretty gnarly from the ice cleaning out the lines so I dumped and rinsed. Hoping it runs all night or at least tomorrow. Hoping for better weather coming soon but it doesn't look good the rest of the week except maybe one day. We shall see, maybe Flat Lander needs to do the Arizona sap dance?
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
Flat lander must have danced, we had a really good run Tuesday into Wednesday, collected and boiled like crazy for 2 days. 16 gallons + all dark robust, I cleaned the pans after the first day of 7 + and it still was coming off DR . Lots of niter as well , it has a great flavor and it was a good run . Ill take another 5 or 6 days of runs like that ,
44 + gallons for the year so far ,what a blessing.
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
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