Central Wisconsin 2015
Anyone started tapping yet? I am thinking next weekend we will be getting our vacuum taps in as accuweather is calling for upper 40's by the end of the following week (March 12 and 13). We were out getting the shack cleaned up and in order on Sunday. Good Luck everyone.
2015
450 or so on vacuum
300 taps on 5 gallon buckets
250 CDL Hobby RO
4 x 8 flat pan
2 x 4 finish pan
Yes I do this on Flat pans after work and weekends
Looking to start tapping this weekend and build a cinder block arch..
2010 8 spiles...my newest adventure
2011 30 taps on tubes and buckets...all over town... Thank you friends with maple trees
2012 42 taps on tubes and buckets
2013 hoping for 60 taps
Evaporator... Like others... tilt braiser courtesy of work
Sap hauler..97 landcruiser and me / sometimes the golf cart from work
We tapped 200 yesterday, all dry. Temps heading towards mid 50's this week, sap should really get going here soon.
I've tapped about 400 so far thru Sunday. Only 3-4 had any moisture in the hole.
I'm not getting too worked up yet BUT the forecast makes me a little uneasy. It's warming up a little quicker and more than I'd think I'd typically like to see.
We ended up tapping the vacuum line this weekend. 462 taps in. Not much happening yet only a few damp holes. I would think by Wednesday we can turn the pump on but we will see.
2017:
600 taps on vacuum
4 x 8 flat pan
2 x 4 finish pan
Nights and weekends after my real job
Did a few test taps in Portage Co. and all were dry. But tapping tomorrow as with this weather all things will pop but could be a short season if it warms too fast.
As of 12:00pm today, not much happening. Some bags have very little sap in them, 95% are dry. I can't check tomorrow or Thursday, back Friday early morning to cook...maybe...
Here in Sheboygan County,we've had two straight days in the 50's and two days before that in the high 30's and 40's; we still don't have enough RO'd sap to fill our evaporator. The scary thing is that our raw sap is 1%. One. Persent. Raw.
Weird
Monroe County - nothing running again today. Yesterday nothing flowing as well. To be sure it has to break soon. Doesn't it?
Family Farm in Monroe County
2006: 5 Taps - Open Fire Place - Small Pan over Bed Frame
2007 to 2013: 8 to 10 Taps - 55 Gallon Drum Arch - Lasagna Pan
2014: 75 Taps - New CDL 18" x 4' Evaporator, Continuous Flow Pan
2015: 200 Taps - New Smoky Lake 2x6 Evaporator
2016: New Job at QDMA got in the way of Maple Syrup production.
2017: Back in the Sugar Bush - 125 taps.
2018 Back up to 200 taps, Yeah!!!
2019+: The sky is the limit. We have well over 4,000 trees that are calling for a tap!
Apparently I am the exception here. I pulled in 600 gallons off of 200 taps. I have a new releaser this year and a SP11 and am getting 26-27 HG . Gas engine turning approx 750-800 RPM. But I boiled 400 today and didn't even get close to a draw. I guess my sugar content isn't very high.
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