With 10,500 taps on vacuum I would think a real run would be 10 times that. Or being that close to canada they measure in liters.Originally Posted by Homestead Maple
I don't understand the difference. Your higher in elevation than most, have a lot more snow and and farther north. It's got to be a 'hot' spot for maple up there!!
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.
750 taps yielded about 475 gallons yesterday boiling today sugar is 2.7
30x8 Leader revolution, wood fired blower, steamaway/hood. 903 taps all but 54 on pipeline and 3 vacuum systems. Hauling sap this year with a 99 F350 7.3 diesel dump and of course back up is the Honda 450 and trailer.
It was very disappointing here. Overnight we got about 125 gallons of sap and during the day until we pumped the tank at 3:30 we had only gotten another 75 gallons. The 100 buckets that hadn't been gathered in a week yielded another 60 gallons.
I'm thinking the same as you Dill. We need some sun to heat up and thaw out the trees. The snow has melted away from the bases of most of the trees so it isn't the snow pack that is killing us. How much the cold has settled in is evident when I still have chunks of ice in my furnace wood pile that haven't melted despite the mid 40's temps.
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!
Maple maniac, I'm surprised to see you got more than 1/2 a gallon per tap. I was expecting something good yesterday and on my tiny 35 taps I got about 5 gallons of sap. The kids are happy, last year they were lugging full 5 gallon buckets around every time we collected now it's a breeze. Of course last year they could drive the golf carts to collect since there wasn't any snow on the ground.
I'm with Dill, my huge old maples haven't produced anything yet this season. The smaller quicker to thaw trees have been the only ones doing anything (and that's not saying much). This coming week looks promising, fingers crossed.
Pete Nightingale
Lisbon, NH
3 Teenage sap haulers & Plenty of friends and family to restock the beer fridge
2012 1 tap and a pot
2013 10 taps, oil tank evap, 2 gallons of slightly too thin syrup
2014 48 taps improved oil tank evap 3.5 gallons, ouch??
2015 88 taps 78 5/16" and 10 3/16" nat vac 40"x 48" Homemade Arch 13.25 Gallons
2016 100 taps 65 on 3/16 & 35 buckets 17 gallons + unknown amount of maple / Jack Daniels testers
Some might want to kill me but I collected 50+ gallons after the rain was finished. Tested it at 1.5% max so I dumped it all. Hoping tomorrow and wedneday to rubberize my arms carrying full buckets. I've been getting near 3% without the rain
Forecast improved - now has us getting some 20's at night.
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!)
If you had an RO you would have kept that sap, squeezed the water out of it and boiled it. I've had seasons where 1.5% was sweet and on seasons like this one I am extra careful to not make any mistakes like leaving a tank valve open or spilling a gathering pail.
"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!
Yes we have no sap for you!
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