Snow shoes only suck for the first pass, also called breaking trail. Once the trail is broken you will be able to cruise around to those buckets pretty easily.
Snow shoes only suck for the first pass, also called breaking trail. Once the trail is broken you will be able to cruise around to those buckets pretty easily.
Leader 3x8 Patriot raised flue
800 taps on vacuum
100 buckets around the yard
A lot of help to make it fun
We have 3" + here in southern NH. Like the others have said, snowshoes are the best way. Once you start your trails, the next time over is much easier - almost becomes a path. That initial breaking trail is a bit tough, but isn't that sap worth it?
2024 - 16 taps - buckets on our best producing trees, still boiling on a block arch with slight modifications/refinements over the years.
2021 - 25 taps - all buckets
2013-2020 - 30/41 taps: discovering which trees were the best producers
2012 - First year - 21 taps in our backyard - block arch evaporator with 3 steam table pans!
I got the snowblower out and did the trails.(PITA) Evaporator was done with a shovel as well as the woodpile. So now I can access my storage totes with the 4 x 4. Snowshoes the rest of the way
Rob
Started with 30 taps.
Now I really don't count... Never enough!
24X48 Smokey Lake Pan
5 (275) Sap IBC storage totes
3 Shurflo pump 3/4" mainline
Maple Jet Filter Press
just picked up two sets of almost brand new snow shows 41" long for $120. one wooden set one aluminum set. Oh yea borrowing a D9 Dozer to plow trail around outside of sugar bush and across fields where we need supports
Business Name
Flat Lander Sugaring (who would think a guy from Az be making syrup)
125 on Sap Suckers
Close to 475 High Vac
400 gravity adding more
leader 2x6
home made preheater
hoods
1 7D749 for AOF
New FLS Tsunami Arch
4 membrane TR Industries RO 2HP 3 phase 601GPH 250 PSI
PID Display for Arch Temp.
Chumlee of the trader
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