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  1. #11
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    @Hodorskib your little RO is a sweet set-up I wish I had invested in one …instead I invested my time into a building and dialing in bigger evaporator for the 2014 season…but there is always next year.

    Happy boiling this weekend …maybe I will stop by.
    19-21 Back to tapping
    17-18: not able to tap
    14-16 present: Portable Oil Tank evaporator 40+ taps
    09-14: Stove to Barrel - 20 taps

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    As i boil off another 1200 gal of sap tonight im amazed its still great tasting and no buddy taste yet! Saturday i have cub scouts coming for a tour and was affraid i wouldnt have sap to do much more than a slow boil for show but thats not gona be an issue!
    11x29 sugarhouse
    2x8 airtight arch homemade with waterloo flue pan, welded syrup pan and parallel flow preheater hood
    250gph cdl ro
    1100+ taps for 2014, approx 1000 of them vac
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  3. #13
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    It didn't really warm up until later in the day after a cold night so only 35 gallons today but every tap was dripping good. Tomorrow is it either way - good luck with the scouts.
    2' x 3' backyard evaporator with homemade steam hood
    38.5 gallons produced in 2022
    120 taps all on 3/16" tubing
    4" x 40" homemade RO built for 2023
    https://sites.google.com/view/mattat...aplesyrup/home

  4. #14
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    Taps were dry today and the bags all had more moths, ants and flies than sap so the girls and I pulled all of them. Boiling off the last of the storage tank and putting the season to bed. Good luck to anyone still going it turned out to be an above average season after such a cold and slow start.
    2' x 3' backyard evaporator with homemade steam hood
    38.5 gallons produced in 2022
    120 taps all on 3/16" tubing
    4" x 40" homemade RO built for 2023
    https://sites.google.com/view/mattat...aplesyrup/home

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    I collected more sap tonight that I'll boil tomorrow. Some taps were running and others were not in the buckets that I emptied around our church. It's the season that just keeps on giving (at least here). I think it's going to be good elsewhere as well.
    About 300 taps
    2'x6' air tight arch
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  6. #16
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    Just dump 100 gallons of sap that went bad ....I think it's over..
    50 Buckets in Whitingham,VT.
    30 Buckets in Colchester ,CT.
    Barrel Evaporator
    Bobcat CT 225 Tractor
    Wife thinks I'm nuts..

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