Hats off to you guys up north!
I've been fighting my way through 3+ feet of snow for quite a while running lines and now tapping. Some days are better on snowshoes and some days I'm better off trudging through it but compared to what I'm accustomed to around here (So. Vt.) every day STINKS! I'm in darn good shape for my age and I generally accept hard work as a challenge that needs to be overcome but this morning I headed out and there's just no way I can get any work done. There's just enough crust that I can't trudge through it and the snow is too deep to lift my snowshoes high enough to get above it(the crust). I have heard how this kind of thing is common for you guys up north and thinking about it has helped me to keep going. I'm running some pretty steep, ledgy slopes but I imagine that's what a lot of you guys deal with also. I read about how some of you get 500 or more taps in a day and its embarrassing to say that I can't even get 300 taps a day in. What's the secret. Is there a special pill or something I can take? Regardless, you have my respect.
Sean
2013-1st year...94 taps, 12x24 sugarhouse, home built evap. Gast 2065 pump with bender
releaser.
2014-30x36 sugarhouse, 2.5x10 "Jutras" evaporator, 1200+ taps on vacuum, sap brothers RO. 2 sihi 2 stage pumps, 440 gal.
2015- 1000gph memtek RO, 3250 Taps, 1200 gallons
2016- Modified grimm 4'x12' evaporator with auf and aof with air preheater. Home built airtight arch front. 4250 taps?
2017- 2400gph. Lapierre RO, 10" filter press, 5000 taps