Wow! Now that is a tank right there!
Wow! Now that is a tank right there!
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
the roof is not high enough for a diving board during the summer months
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.
I spent a couple of hours at the sugarhouse saturday.
I spent a couple of hours cutting up an old bridge that rotted away, and then bottling up some half pints.
I sold most of my syrup this summer, so we needed some more for gifts.
It was really warm on Saturday, but in the shade of the trees, not so bad.
Last edited by Revi; 09-29-2014 at 07:11 AM.
sjdoyon - that must be the biggest one they make? do you all still have plans to move the sugarhouse down closer to the road? go man go!
-Eric
Eric Johnson
Tucker Mountain Maple Co-op
1400 taps in 2013
2.5 x 8 CDL pellet arch and Smokey Lake pans
Lapierre 600 RO
Member of Andover/Salisbury Maplehaulics anonymous
www.tuckermtn.com
pALS
yes, it's the biggest Lapierre makes, 7 1/2'x24'x84". We shouldn't have a holding capacity issue next spring.
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
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