Hello all! I've been busy busy but decided to check in finally! I haven't tapped yet and watching the weather for when to tap...been busy cutting firewood still have to split it smaller for the Evaporator. SE Michigan here.
2015 Tapping and Flow Reports!
Hello all! I've been busy busy but decided to check in finally! I haven't tapped yet and watching the weather for when to tap...been busy cutting firewood still have to split it smaller for the Evaporator. SE Michigan here.
2012- Can't Remember 1st year...
2013- 41 taps made 13 Gallons of Syrup
2014- 20 taps made 5.5 Gallons of Syrup
2015- 43 Taps made 10 Gallons of Syrup
2016- 43 Taps...
Oh and I'm ramping up this year! 50 taps at my place and 50 at my Buddy's Place. He's gonna bring the sap from his place and boil when I'm at work so we can boil almost 24-7 if we need to!
2012- Can't Remember 1st year...
2013- 41 taps made 13 Gallons of Syrup
2014- 20 taps made 5.5 Gallons of Syrup
2015- 43 Taps made 10 Gallons of Syrup
2016- 43 Taps...
Don,
You guys are going to be busy, busy, busy. I have a half pint and I don't think I could keep up with 100 taps without RO, especially if you have to finish on the stove. You may want to try and get it finished right of the evaporator. I think you could probably draw syrup after 6-7 hours of boiling. I have an RO and I can start with an empty pan and start drawing syrup after boiling about 40 gallons of sap. My sap runs about 2.4% sugar so that helps.
Leader 1/2 pint - Kawasaki Mule - Smoky Lake Filter Bottler
24 GPH RO, 2 1/2 x 40 NF3 (NF270), 140 GPH (Brass with no relief valve ) ProCon pump
2013 - 44 taps - 16 gallons syrup, 2014 - 109 taps - 26 gallons syrup
2015 - 71 taps - 13.5 gallons syrup, 2016 - 125 taps - 24.25 gallons syrup
2017 - 129 taps - 17.5 gallons syrup, 2018 - 128 taps- 18 gallons syrup
2019 -130 taps - 18.5 gallons syrup, 2020 ~125 taps-19.75 gallons syrup
Hi Don:
Welcome back for another season. I don't see much snow in your wood splitter pic,,,want some ? LOL. Been seeing some of your You-Tube videos as I was looking up Maple Syrup videos.
Big jump this year to go to 100 taps, great for you two. Keep us posted with what your doing through the season.
Good luck.
Terry
2011- 35 taps, ,,,milk juggs and buckets-propane turkey fryer !!
2012 -75 taps,,,,, 40 on tubing into buckets, and 35 buckets - 3nd hand Homemade arch, brutal.
2013- Just over 115 taps and still adding more.
2014, new SS flat pan and new arch built, guessing 75-100 taps this year.
2015, 50 taps on Shurflo pump.
2016- Getting a line across my creek this year.
2017-took a year off, Jamaica was fun !
2018- 45 trees tapped, keeping it fun !
High of -4 F tomorrow! Doesnt Look like I'll be tapping anytime soon!
2012- Can't Remember 1st year...
2013- 41 taps made 13 Gallons of Syrup
2014- 20 taps made 5.5 Gallons of Syrup
2015- 43 Taps made 10 Gallons of Syrup
2016- 43 Taps...
Hey Don,
Welcome back! How did your bees do last year?
Sean
Woodville Maples
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Around 300 taps on tubing, 25+ on buckets if I put them out
Mix of natural and mechanical vac, S3 Controller from Mountain Maple
2x6 W.F. Mason with Phaneuf pans
Deer Run 250 RO
Ford F350
6+ hives of bees (if they make it through the winters)
Keeping the day job until I can start living the dream.
As cold as it is here, I still think March 1st. is the date to start tapping. ( I hope.)
It sure is another cold week. I've heard a couple large producers slowly getting some tapping in....
Friday We'll start on the raccoon damaged area and hopefully get things closed back up again....
Lets get back on track for 2013 !
2012 was a Bad year...
1379 taps in 2011...
550+ taps in 2010...
A 05' 2500HD with a 20' trailer and (3) 275 gallon totes for collecting...
2x6 Leader my grand parents made syrup on before I was born...
I couldn't do it without all my friends & family help...
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Big ED
Too cold here in Central NY. Likely to start tapping this Sat. or Sunday, hopefully!
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
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A few weeks ago I thought we might be tapping next week. So we'll just keep working on the wood supply.
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