Anyone Tap in Northwestern Ct yet?
Hi all, First time Tapper here. Plan on setting 12 taps in for my first try. I have an old wood stove with a 2 x 2 SS pan on top for boiling. Finishing in a stock pot on a propane burner. I've done alot of reading here, great info. I put in a couple of test taps with nothing flowing, so far, but figure it should start this weekend. Any opinions? Thanks
I started a week and a half ago, not so much figuring it would flow but with the deep snow and working on snowshoes I knew it would take me a while to get my 1200 plus taps in. Still have about 200 to finish this weekend but those are 2 small areas and no vac on them so they usualy run a little later anyhow. I got just a tiny bit of flow yesterday maybe 100 gallons total but hopefully flushed out some of the lines atleast. Looks like perfect sap weather this coming week so plan to finish up Saturday and be ready to go!
11x29 sugarhouse
2x8 airtight arch homemade with waterloo flue pan, welded syrup pan and parallel flow preheater hood
250gph cdl ro
1100+ taps for 2014, approx 1000 of them vac
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crowh...5582993?ref=hl
Yes I plan to get my 10 taps in on saturday as well.Thanks for the info.
Sounds like a plan. Glad to see you have been bitten by the bug, 8 years ago I put in about 25 or 30 taps most were milk jugs hanging on the tap. Well a few years of just wanting to make a little more syrup and somehow I ended up with a project that consumes my spare time for most of the winter months!
11x29 sugarhouse
2x8 airtight arch homemade with waterloo flue pan, welded syrup pan and parallel flow preheater hood
250gph cdl ro
1100+ taps for 2014, approx 1000 of them vac
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crowh...5582993?ref=hl
Hahahaha..Markct a 100 gallon tiny flow..I have 8 gallons in 2 days..on 40 taps..I have a Sugar Boner...First year for me..adrenaline surge.
SWEET 56 SUGAR SHACK
nothing here yet but that sugar boner thing made me laugh!
Originally Posted by Pauly V
Lol yes I remember my first year when it was amazing to have 10 gal of sap, and would take half a day to boil it off! But by perspective 100 gal off over 1000 taps is like having a half inch of sap in the bottom of your bucket! Its hardly a sap flow day. I like your little sugarhouse, mine started small too 7 by 11ft, and now has been added onto many times and is still a little small!
11x29 sugarhouse
2x8 airtight arch homemade with waterloo flue pan, welded syrup pan and parallel flow preheater hood
250gph cdl ro
1100+ taps for 2014, approx 1000 of them vac
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crowh...5582993?ref=hl
Thanks Mark..it ended up being 10 x16..it was supposed to be much smaller..had a buddy salvage the 3x6 windows and scored the transom windows..so I had to make em fit..as soon as I finished..I thought how can I add on..haha..i'm looking to tap 20 more today off property..so 60 total..when i planned on 30..ya see whats happening here..?..
I started a new job in Cheshire..they have 100 plus acres...I have permission to tap...Ya see whats happening here..lol...I am using all buckets so truding through the 2.5 feet of snow is challenging..I dont mind all the labor involved. Its actually calming..
SWEET 56 SUGAR SHACK
Get yourself a pair of snowshoes!! Then you can tap even more with the extra time!!! All my taps are out in the bush and I have no snow machine! Its snowshoes and 5 gallon buckets for me!! Love it!!
Well... I have my twelve taps in for my first year sugaring, and four taps started flowing as soon as I pulled the drill bit out. I'd say the season is starting... VERY EXCITING ! ... Don't know if I would go as far as Pauly V (lol)...but I'd say "Game on".
Temperature when in the sun in the forties.
Last edited by MichtonTree; 03-07-2015 at 12:05 PM. Reason: more info
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