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I sweetened the pan today....I didn't want to hold sap any longer for fear it would sour. I have a lot to learn about firing and how to build the fire. I couldn't get a full boil in the entire flue section just the front and only a small boil in the forward syrup section. My arch is a touch sort though so I will need to modify it a bit for next year.
It was -15 at 0600 this morning and + 4 at 1300.... One line I checked has 29 taps on it and it wasn't dripping at all I checked again at 1700 and even then it was just a drip.
2014 - 6 buckets, 4 coffee cans and a propane burner - almost 40L of sap and 1.6L of syrup
2015 - 103 taps on gravity. Homemade oil tank arch and a Smoky Lake 2' X 5' hybrid. - 2.66 gallons of syrup
2016 - 101 taps, 550 gallons of sap, ~10 gallons of syrup all dark.
2017 - 138 taps, 225 gallons of sap, 5.55 gallons of dark syrup, still procrastinating on the vac.
2018 - ~150 taps, I lost track of the sap it was incredible!, over 20 gal of syrup, all dark.
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