My weekend...am I done???
Well starting Thursday I collected, 20 gallons, then 40 Friday, then 30 more on Saturday morning all from my 40 taps at my buddies house. Without that cluster of maples, I wouldn't of been able to even make a galling this season. The trees at my house have literally done nothing for me...small trickles and maybe 40 gallons total on my 70 taps.
Anyways, with the new evaporator, I'm getting about 15gph boil rate and I got through my 90 gallons of sap relatively quickly.
I ended up with exactly 2 gallons of syrup last night, it's all dark amber, but I'm very happy with that result. Here is a pic of my "flow" fast bulk boiling in my back pan, feeding my front pan to get it nice and close and concentrated, then straight into the pot on propane to finish up.
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Awesome fast boil on my front pan
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My finished results
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This is what I woke up to this morning, I had about 3 sacks that looked like this...other sacks right near them had maybe a qt to 1 gallon per bag. Some of this May be rain water, but it certainly can't be a lot compared to my results in the other sacks.
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I just don't know if we will be done or not, I got about 25 gallons total this morning, I'm really hoping for enough to boil and get 1 more gallon this week and I'll start cleaning up for the season.
2022 4x40" RO, Welch 1397 Vac Pump, 3 Guzzler Pumps, Lapierre Releaser, 1100 taps
2021 Twin Baby Boys, Close to 650 taps
2020 Upgraded RO to 2 post and 7GBS Pump. 265 taps
2019 Smoky Lake 2x6 raised flue, Autodraw system, Maple Jet Filter Press, a beautiful new bride to be my sugaring partner :-)
2017 Expanded Sugar Shack, new 2x6 with float box, NEXTgen Maple RO, 250+ taps, still on sap sacks
2016 Sugar Shack, 2x6 evaporator, 160 taps, all on Sap Sacks
2014 110 taps
2013 35 taps
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