Tap rent

[mountainvan]

Sounds like you're going to give Russell farm some compitetion!! 50 acres could be thousands of taps. Good luck. If you'd like some ideas on expanding come on over, I started like you and now do sugaring fulltime.

[Sugarmaker]

I also agree with the gallon per 100 taps, and give the same amount of syrup to my tree owners each year. I think it is hard to explain to folks what a good and bad year is if they are not syrup producers. So I tap the trees put in the labor and they get so much per tap. I can in 1/2 pints to gallons but usually give 1/2 gallons as the largest container.

Regards,
Chris

[Johnny Cuervo]

I have two neighbors that let me tap their trees. Last year I took a picture of each of their houses and made a label with their house and name on them, I gave them each 6-10, 8 oz bottles. They loved them, one called the other day to tell me she brought some to California to give to friends.

John

[vermontkyle]

A Local guy was leasing his sugarbush and wanted $1.25 per tap. All buckets-1600 of the-he would even provide them. Seemed a little expensive to me but I don't know.

[Fred Henderson]

The tree would have to be very healthy and all on a south sloping hill. But still a buck 25 is highway robbery.

[maple flats]

Johnny, I passed your house the other day during the daytime. Sometime I'll have to stop when you are in. I was in a hurry after picking up 3 @ 4cu ft bags of vermiculite from Milikowski's on Joy Rd to insulate my new arch for the raised flue rig. As always I seem to be last minute. One year I will not have so many changes and will be ready on time.
Dave

[Johnny Cuervo]

Anytime Dave. I might give you a call Sun, or Mon I have to go to a funeral in Earlville and not sure if I'm going to take Rt 5 or 20. If I get close I'll call.

Good luck
John

[andrew martin]

THere is a horse farm a few miles from our home in which the entire driveway (1/3 mile long) is lined entirely with sugars on both sides. THey are all healthy mature trees (2 taps per tree possibly on most). I called the owner, in Montgomery, AL and I told him I would pay 30 cents per tap. He did not seem all that interested, and he asked me to call again this week. These trees are easy access, which would certainly reduce my collection time. I may go a little higher on price, but not too much. At least he is willing to consider it.

PS. Our church had a dessert auction for a youth fund raiser this past SUnday, and we donated two quarts of medium amber. After intense bidding, the first quart sold for $35.00. We did not stay long enough to see what the second quart sold for.

Andrew

[Jim Brown]

Gentlemen ; we leased 100 acres and will pay the landowner .25 per tap(payable on april first of each year) in cash or the equielvent in syrup which ever he prefers. He wants syrup. If we put the bush on vac the price goes to .50 per tap.We have a 7 year signed lease. with a 7 year op.
1.25 is WAY TO MUCH!

[Dave Y]

Andrew,
Go back to your horse farmer and tell him you will trade him syrup for taps.
If he is a horse rancher his got more money than God. The small amount that tap rent goes for is nothing to him. But syrup made from his trees is somthing, and it is somthing he doesn't know how or have the time to do!