Southwestern Ontario

[JDP]

im not on tubing but if I can remember from other threads you need drops to a large mainline. if you use 5/16 all the time im sure on a good flow day it should handle 5-10 taps. what size of pail are you using to catch the sap in. 10 taps at a gallon a day average.....i think a brand new garbage can would work out... $10.00 with a lid.....thats a dolllar per tap...not bad. it would hold 3 days flow (30 gallons) if you have work interfearing..... you just need to get a 12 volt bilge pump for the ATV to pump it to your collection tank.

[MarkReynolds]

Anyone start Tapping around the Woodstock London area? Any predictions just looked at the weather suppose to go back down for a bit.

[robinson lane]

I tapped 80 last Sunday and boiled 190 gal of sap today and have another 150 to do tomorrow I'm in sarnia area.

[MarkReynolds]

I'll most likely tap right after this cold snap I should of tapped sooner but got busy.

[daverobitaille]

I installed a new 3/16 line yesterday. No more buckets!!! Well just a few near the sugar shack for a traditional look.

I was the first customer last year to purchase the new 3/16 from Atkinson Maple and the first to try it. My experience was way above my expectations! I collected more than twice sap on the tubing with 50 taps than 50 buckets.

This system requires a good elevation and my shack is at the bottom of the of the hill. It works so great that high vacuum is created without any pump systems or electricity. It works so much that if I take the top tap off you can hear the suction.

This year I added another line and a larger evaporator. Now waiting for the next few weeks before tapping even if it was tempting yesterday winter is not over yet!!!

[MarkReynolds]

Yup suppose to get cold again, hope your season goes well I only have the ability for buckets road side trees don't offer much elevation

[MarkReynolds]

Anyone Tapping? I'm thinking of starting Friday I'm just to tempted with the warm weekend coming up.

[Run Forest Run!]

Hey Mark. I was thinking about it because Fri-Sun looks enticing, but then next week's forecast is still below freezing. Unless the forecast for the next few weeks starts to show better temps, I'll just wait to tap until the last week of Feb. I don't want to get everything all set up, have a mini-boil this weekend and then have everything sitting there empty for two weeks.

[MarkReynolds]

Ya that's what I'm afraid of I'm so very tempted I just want to start lol just need to scratch my itch!

[Run Forest Run!]

Mark, I took at look at Woodstock's forecast. Hold off. It's just about as bad as mine is. Make some pancakes with extra syrup tonight. That ought to help a bit.