I got about 350 gallons off of 275 taps in the last two days. I have atleast 75 of those being red maples that havent given a drop so its been all on the 200 sugars.
I got about 350 gallons off of 275 taps in the last two days. I have atleast 75 of those being red maples that havent given a drop so its been all on the 200 sugars.
Years sugaring with Grandpa on a turkey fryer
2013 50 taps on steam table pans outside
2014 125+ taps on half pint 12x8 sugar shack
2015 2x6 Sunrise metals JDL drop Flue 300 taps
2016 Bought my first house. New area, less time, 125 taps
2017 More time and getting closer to 300 taps again
I had 400 gallons in my woods tank from 700 taps on vacuum. That is what has been collecting since Saturday. The sap was still coming in as good as I have seen it so far this season. It didn't run as good as I thought that it would with the sun and lack of wind today. It's not supposed to freeze tonight with some showers coming through. It would be nice to go down and find another 400 gallons in the tank in the morning. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
I'm up to about 40-45gal of sap from my last boil last thurs. My trees ran well yesterday and all night but mostly stoped now except for a few bigger sugars. Need a re freeze but looks like not till tomorrow night. Still will be a good boil Saturday. Steam, friends, cold beers, happy sugaring!
Started in 2013 with 15 taps on buckets and a turkey frier.
Now 2020, 250 taps, 3/16's with vac. 10x14 sugarhouse. 2x6 Leader raised flue. Homemade 50 gal per hour RO.
Munson's Maple’s
I don't know how others in the state are making out but I am pretty disappointed in the current run. I should have gotten more than I did yesterday because it was a beautiful sap day here. I was hoping for more than I got overnight too but got 200 gallons off of 700 vacuum taps in 14 hours. It doesn't help that most of my trees are reds but I have seen them run much better than they are now. I was out adjusting mainlines and checking for leaks today and noticed that the small trees weren't running while the big ones were. Hopefully after tomorrow night's freeze the season will take off. My woods are pretty much leak free now and the sags are graded out of my mainlines. I'm ready for big sap!
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
Disappointed in Bow too! About 50 taps and collected about 30 gals today, last collected sometime last week and boiled about 40 gals on Sat. Hoping that the next two days of normal freeze thaw will get things going again.
In the last 24 hrs or so I have collected about 100 gallons off of 150 or so 3/16 gravity taps. So I guess I can say that things are finally starting to open up here. I'm hoping that things keep flowing tomorrow too. That would be a nice way to start the weekend. Hoping to get out of the day-job early tomorrow so I can light a fire and if I'm lucky, I'll have enough sap coming out to keep me boiling all weekend. Not the hardest thing to achieve when you top off at about 15 GPH evap rate, haha.
More taps than the year before. Bigger shack than the year before. Leader Patriot 2x6 w/hood. 3-post Dolly, but still too much sap and not enough wood or time.
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Yeah so it looks like the rain and fog that rolled in put a cork in my tap holes last night. Tanks were empty this morning so I am not expecting much of anything to be in there when I get home tonight either. That's OK, got a decent enough stockpile for Saturday and hopefully things will kick back up again on Sunday. Come on now!! Lets get this party started already!!
More taps than the year before. Bigger shack than the year before. Leader Patriot 2x6 w/hood. 3-post Dolly, but still too much sap and not enough wood or time.
www.wickedsappy.com
Bummed here too. I checked last night at about 7:00 and was disappointed; I expected more. Almost nothing came in last night. (sigh), what 'ya 'gonna do; it is what it is. Oh, and here's another joy of this season. Traveling the paths that I had well-packed with snowshoes and I'm now post-holing, almost up to two feet in spots. This will be a first; snowshoes in April. (end of whining, back to sugaring).
Wood-fired, home-made evaporator
Glenlivet-fired operator
I was surprised to find that I had gotten 200 gallons overnight given how slow it was coming yesterday. I was hoping to find a full tank of course but am happy that I got as much as I did. Tomorrow's forecast looks good so it looks like I'll have plenty of sap to boil on Sunday too.
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
Yay!! It finally opened up here in Raymond yesterday. Got about a gallon per tap. Too bad I am stuck at work all week!!! Not gonna have a chance to keep up with night time boils. I have 170 gallons on hand right now, plus whatever squirts out today (another 170??) I leave for work at 6am and get home at 6pm. I evap at 15GPH. So you do the math. Anyone around here buying or trading for sap?
More taps than the year before. Bigger shack than the year before. Leader Patriot 2x6 w/hood. 3-post Dolly, but still too much sap and not enough wood or time.
www.wickedsappy.com
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