Recently shoveled the boiling shed roof and ended up with a mountain of snow. I used our tractor snowblower to clean it up. Several places I peeled the grass and sod and blew it up in the trees.
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Recently shoveled the boiling shed roof and ended up with a mountain of snow. I used our tractor snowblower to clean it up. Several places I peeled the grass and sod and blew it up in the trees.
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1500 3/16 taps
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just have to get the vacuum systems all set next week then ill start drilling holes next weekend,then just get a few things done in the sugar house and everything will be set!!
2012-6 taps on a homade barrel boiler made 3 pints
2013-200 taps 12X20 sugarhouse on a waterloo 2X6 made a disappointing 10 gallons
2014-450 taps on waterloo 2X6 made another disappointing 20 gallons
2015-450 taps all vac on leader 3X8 with pre heater and hood
Was talking with rotor ruter guys at work the other day up here in northern new York near the border And they were saying that they have had to thaw more out door pipes this year than they have had to in the last decade. Was telling me they have been finding frost in the ground at between 4 and 5 feet. Yikes!!!Originally Posted by Michael Greer
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2013 - 35 taps
boiling on a revamped wood stove. 3 1/2 gallons
2014 - life stepped in. Made a little
2015 - Around 45 taps. Homemade barrel evap. 6 gallons made.
2016 - made 4 1/2 gallons of syrup
2017 had to take a break this year
I was in the bush all weekend clearing the sugar bush road with the tractor,and the snow is 4 and a half feet and the spots I hit the ground have only an inch or so of frost. Its been 25 below here a lot this month.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
Worked all day yesterday on the tractor clearing roads,going back up today and spend the day finishing. We are going to tap next weekend and get the sugar house ready.
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
Cut my hand pretty bad on Monday night and ended up in the ER to get 8 stitches. The doctor said to stat away from work till Thursday. That might push my tapping back to a week from tomorrow since I still have a few odds and ends to do around the sugar house and about 15 lateral lines to run. Guess that's the price I pay for not having every thing setup ahead of time.
You won't have missed much this week. Even yesterday at nearly 50 degrees, I found only about half of the new holes running. Tomorrow we'll have a deep freeze, and then perhaps get a real start next week.
The boys and I are going to put the taps in this weekend. Still plenty of cold weather up here. Im two weeks away from getting sap
2012- 200 buckets 2 by 8 woodfired leader evaporator with hood and pre-heater. 2013-400 taps with cheek valves and new tubing system. 2014-600 taps with cheek valves and wesfab short bank filterpress and a 16 by 16 canner from Leader and a Kubota L3200 sap hauler.2016- new 250 gas powered Ro from Deer Run Maple. New Airablow 1000 tap gas powered vacuum pump and 1000 tap duel releaser and 1800 ft of sap transfer line to sugar house and down to 540 taps.
Pacman you are right about that one still a lot of cold here also in crown point ny. Gonna finish up tapping in this weekend and then let the sap run. I missed this past week but by the sounds of it I missed nothing with the low sugar %.
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180 buckets for 2010
300 on gravity and 300 buckets for 2011
1000 total for 2012
250 taps on shurflow pumps
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It didn't seem like I was missing much so I didn't push my hand too hard. It did get warm enough to pack the snow down, but there is tons left. I've got 85 taps in as of today and only the 3/16ths lines seemed to be doing anything on Wednesday. I let that sap go on the ground to clean the lines out a bit. Everything was frozen stiff today, but I managed to get more ready so I should be close to having all the taps in by the end of this weekend.
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