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  1. #21
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    We made a little more progress today. We are still wire tying the vacuum and pump lines (both are 1 1/2") We have a short run of a mainline to the releaser to complete. I am hoping tomorrow I can have both 1 1/2" lines down to the point were the 1" mainline is located. We have to wire the vacuum pump and finish the "exhaust port" to the outside. The cold has been a help giving us extra time to finish up, but it has been a bear to work in at time.

    Mike
    Tapping since 1985 (four generations back to early to mid 1900s). 200-250 taps on buckets and then tubing in the mid 90s. 2013- 275 taps w/sap puller 25 gal. 2014-295 taps w/sap puller 55 ga. (re-tapped to vacuum theory) 2015-330 taps full vac. 65 gal, 2016-400 taps 105 gal, 2017-400 taps 95 gal. 2018-additional 800' mainline and maybe 400 new taps for a total near 800 taps. 2x6 Leader WSE (last year on it) supported by a 250 gph RO.

  2. #22
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    Middlesex Vermont
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    I hope to start tapping tomorrow and finish on Sunday and than go back up mid week next week and set up evaporator.
    110 taps W.F Mason 2x3 and two turkey friers for finishing

    2011 expanding to a Mason 2x4 with a blower increasing taps to about 200
    2011 Hurricane Irene rips thru my small sugar bush cost me to lose 20% of taps
    2014 I have reworked my lines for 2014
    32 taps on 5/16 line with check valves
    57 taps on 3/16 line with check valves
    55 buckets with total tapped trees of 144

  3. #23
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    Weare, NH
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    My cousin in Hartland VT just finished tapping his 8200. All by himself so it takes him a while. My bush in Tunbridge VT faces W N/W and is pretty high up, so I'm gonna start next week. LY my first boil was on March 30th so hopefully this year will be earlier. On average my first boil has been the 7th of March for my area, going back 20 years of records.
    Sugarbush in Tunbridge VT.
    1080 taps for 2014 (made 506 gallons)
    2hp liquid ring vac
    3x10 small bros w/preheater, blower and new airtight front = 140 gph
    Sap Brother Eco-50 RO w/4 xle 4040s and 360gph pump

  4. #24
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    Washington County, VT
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    I've got to get my taps in this weekend because of this J-O-B.
    173 on 3/16 natural vac for 2023
    36 buckets
    2 x 5 Smoky Lake Hybrid pan on a custom arch
    RB25 from RO Bucket
    12x24 salvaged sugarhouse built by wife's grandpa
    1965 Massey Ferguson 165 tractor to haul sap.

  5. #25
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    Tapping away here and hoping to be all done and leak checked by the end of the weekend. This is my first season using CV2s and so far I am liking them. Using them on two year old drops and CDL smart spouts on new drops.
    About 750 taps on High Vac.
    2.5 x 8 Intens-O-Fire
    Airtech 3 hp LR Pump
    Springtech Elite 500 RO
    14 x 24 Timber Frame SugarHouse
    16 x 22 Sap Shed w/ 1500 gal. + 700 gal. tanks
    www.littlehogbackfarm.com

  6. #26
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    Finished tapping my 250 or so today. A few more drops to hook up to laterals on my all new tubing and home made vacuum system. Tomorrow I hope to hook up 3 mains to manifold to vacuum system and test for our teaser runs on Tuesday and Wednesday. It will be a good test run for me. After that another week of sub or near freezing it looks like. NOAA/NWS outlook is for below average temps in southern Vermont throughout March....
    http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/forecasts/
    Last edited by DoubleBrookMaple; 03-07-2015 at 08:40 PM.
    Eric of the Greens... I Fly Solo...
    2013-15 Block arch to having it all...
    2016...320 on vacuum. 155 gravity, 90 buckets.
    All homemade equipment except Smokey Lake pans.
    2x6 arch, Electric releaser w/ Gast 1023 24" vacuum
    2x4x40 RO w/ dual 265gph Procons
    My PWS with webcam... https://www.wunderground.com/persona...READS2#history

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    Not to change the subject Gang... but I work for a man who is always day late and dollar short... (age thing) and cheap.... didn't wash the lines last year and lots of scuzz in the lines. boiled for seven hours to the 219.2 point and drew off. filter press with minimum D.E. by previous year standard and the filter press just Jammed up... could not manage to filter syrup!!!! Ran steam away water through and came out alright! anybody else out there had this experience past or present? Niter seemed very thick! every paper in the press seemed just caked with gunk. do we need to put MORE D.E. In. syrup blowing out through the sections of the press! HELP!

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