Today was a Zip
Nothing today really as it rained off and on all day and cloudy, and now more rain headed our way but up north Snow headed that way. Pipeline just dripping a little today nothing big and buckets zero. I know I am not alone in waiting and hoping and pacing and getting restless.
10x21 sugar house
400 taps
227 gravity pipeline
Rest Buckets
I got minimal today I'm on the nh mass border. My trees ran last night I had between 1/3 and full buckets this morning. Then today best bucket was 1/3 full. Your right on the pacing about. I have 3x as many taps this year and a much tighter route, but I've done the same driving or more for 1/4 of the sap.
I can see it now $70 for a gallon of syrup
10x21 sugar house
400 taps
227 gravity pipeline
Rest Buckets
Trees thawed out this afternoon around 3pm was coming in around 100 gallons every twelve minutes. Also looking at another 5-8 inches of snow Sunday. At least tomorrow looks good.
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 got about 10 gallons of sap from 600 gravity taps. About what I expected.
2012: Probably 750 gravity taps and 50 buckets.
600 gal stainless milk tank.
2 - 100 gallon stock tanks
one 30 gal barrel
50 buckets
3' x 10' Waterloo Raised Flue wood fired evaporator w/ open pans.
12" x 20" Filter Canner
Sawmill next to sugarhouse solves my sugarwood problem
Gather with GMC 3500 2wd Pickup w/ 425 gallon Plastic Tank.
Been tapping here in Lyman NH since 1989 but I've been sugaring since 8 years old in 1968.
El Zippo here too!
It started flowing OK around 4pm, here in Temple (South Central) and hasn't let up too much. Just under a gallon per tap since this morning. Drew off 3G and will probably need to boil tomorrow night. I must be in a warm pocket, plus some vac helps. Hope it stays cold so the trees don't get all jumpy...
Jamie Jones
2017 - 120 taps, 68G syrup - automated pumping from collection to head tank
2016 - 118 taps (about half on 3/16"), 60G syrup
2015 - 115 taps, 58G syrup - new wireless blower switch and remote pump switch from tank to shack
2014 - 120 taps, 53G syrup - hobby vac
2013 - 120 taps, 40G syrup - Sunrise Metal 2x6, 12x14 sugarhouse
2012 - 44 taps, 6G syrup -gravity tube, 4 steam pans on block arch, plastic greenhouse shack - (I'm hooked!)
Yes now we want the cold to stay.
Late this afternoon there was a drop every now and then coming into the releasers.
1,200 taps on USFS land, 3x8 King w/Steamaway. Lapierre RO.
I didn't get much yesterday either. It was coming into the releaser about as good as I have seen it this season which isn't very good. I will boil tonight for the 6th time this season and the 5th time in March. The number of times in March would only be 4 if not for maple weekend. A new record here and not a good one.
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
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