I did the dance, last couple days we have gathered close to 700 gallons. I have filled all three kegs, 3 gallons in quarts and a couple gallon jugs. I still have about 7 gallons in a couple milk cans. So right around 50 to 55 gallons. Tapping gravity lines this weekend.
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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 what a busy paat couple of weeks. Went to Bascoms this morning and picked up some bottles. Will be jugging up syrup all weekend. Wicked wind storm but this cold is just what we needed.
5x16 woodfired blower preheater
8k taps 60cfm indiana vac 18cfm airtech
Cdl 600 RO
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WOW !!! what a morning , first we were having an open house then I cancelled due to lack of sap then I was having it due to a good run on Friday afternoon. So I went down with the intent to boil what I had and not put out the open house sign. I got there and everything was frozen HARD!! So I started the unthaw process and in between I had 6 cars of people stop, we tapped trees , drank cocoa , sold a little syrup and finally after being there since 8am at 1:30 pm I got it all unfrozen. I boiled for 2 hours , had a couple of oh SH_T moments , urgently carried in buckets from the bulk tank and then things were good. The head tank let loose and the sap flowed. It was all good, some kids found out about Maple syrup, we tapped trees and made a little syrup. It will all be there tomorrow, came home to corn beef and cabbage and a keg of Switchback, life is good. Ill be there tomorrow after church around 1pm and we will see what happens.
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
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After an 11 day break in the action due to the weather I finally started again yesterday. Ice is gone sap is flowing great and looking to make a lot of syrup. Up to 23 gallons so far with a good ways to go. Lots of wood left in the wood shed too. First year using 3/16 and its performance is so fantastic that everything is getting switched over.
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Been pretty busy here on the hill. Sugar content is running low. A lot of wood burned = not a lot of syrup made. Running the little RO constant now is helping with that. Overall not a bad year, just crazy swings in the weather. Hoping to save enough sap for the weekend tour. I hope the temps will hold out for a couple more weeks of good sap. Let it 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)
We boiled today. Great tasting amber syrup. Sap was flowing hard today to. Will be boiling tomorrow looking like a great year. Within last years numbers.
5x16 woodfired blower preheater
8k taps 60cfm indiana vac 18cfm airtech
Cdl 600 RO
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Finished off the bulk tank today, everything but 20 gallons left. Made 12.5 gallons today season total now at 75 gallons for the season, right on track for another 100+ gallon season. Going to empty the pans tomorrow ,get everything cleaned up and hopefully get ready for the next run . Looks like Thursday might be it. Good luck all, 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
Small run today in Whitehall only collected about 90 gallons off of 247 taps. I was expecting more with the the temps we had. Waiting for the next break in the weather
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Had a pretty decent day collected 2800 gallons of sap. Syrup is amber still. Cold for a couple days. Should get another reset for the weekend
5x16 woodfired blower preheater
8k taps 60cfm indiana vac 18cfm airtech
Cdl 600 RO
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We boiled off the 200 in the tank on Saturday , made 4 gallons of vdr . I cleaned the tanks and the pans getting ready for this week. Checked the tanks at 7pm last night and it was running hard , had about 450 gallons so Ill be lighting the fire this morning. These cold wet days are a tough one to boil in , seems like the arch doesn't want to get going even with the auf. Could be the end is near, the trees aren't budding yet but the temps are sneaking up fast. Have a good week everyone ,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
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