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3x10 Leader Inferno Arch
14,200 Taps
2 - 14 HP Indiana Vacuum pump
1800gph Lapierre RO
10" Lapierre filter press
2 - 25,000 tap Lapierre releasers
3 - SS 1500 gallon tanks
1 - SS 8,400 gallon tank
8x8 Argo ATV
50k John Deere generator
24'x32' sugarhouse
I know I haven't boiled once this year is it going to happen?
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2x6 gbm
150to200 taps
790 jonn deere
my 2 little boys
1 grandfather
two brothers
1 dog
gbm finshing unit
oh and 1 sister inlaw
and the love of my life erica.
yep looks like now maybe next Thursday it starts to warm a little
10x21 sugar house
400 taps
227 gravity pipeline
Rest Buckets
I've only made 16 gal so far, by this time last year I was about 250 gal. I've only boiled 2x, will boil down 375 gal tomorrow. Then it looks like a few days below freezing. It's not good yet. On a good day I get about 2000 gal, my best so far is the 375 I just got back from collecting. I only got sap from my smaller bush, the bigger one is still frozen, but only about 250' higher elevation and maybe 2 miles from the other
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Yes I hear u there. Just 5 to8 miles south of me they been getting sap runs, not great but some and all the while my lines stay froze solid
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
There is still hope. Looked at the numbers last night after boiling. We're now at 20% of total expected production compared to 25% on this date last year. On the sap end we are only 300 gallons behind last year at this time. Actually had a decent run yesterday, despite the temps barely edging above freezing.
300 on vaccum
300 gravity tubing
200 buckets
100 hilltop acres
16x20 timberframe sugarhouse built in 2010
3x10 Leader max flue & revolution pans w/ Inferno arch - 2013
1998 Kubota M5400
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