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[tuckermtn]

tapped 160 taps on mainline, 20 tubing/totes, and 20+ buckets today all but a few were running well...dripping well before I could get the taps in the hole

still have another 30 taps on mainline + another 20 tubing/totes to get set up and as many buckets as I care to do...probably another 50-60. Hopefully tomorrow...

first boil on Friday?

-tuckermtn

[Parker]

Eric- let me know if you want some sap,,I am sure I will have some but not enough to boil,,,hoit road was running pretty well yesterday,,on the ground

[tuckermtn]

Parker- if you do find yourself with not enough to boil let me know- I'm not sure how much this slightly bigger evap willl need to get started, but I'm guessing 200-300 gals on hand would be nice...I'm check my totoes and tanks this afternoon and see where I'm at...

-eric

[Parker]

Eric-I will be finishing in Hill today and trying to start on Rte.11 befor we get all this snow---if you want put a tank or barrell or juice drum under the hoit road line,,I wont have time to get there till sat at least you are welcome to the sap till then if you want,,I have a couple of metel gathering tanks you could use at my sugarhouse if you wanted,,,Parker

[tuckermtn]

gathered 125 gals this afternoon-roadsides were running well, sugarbush still thawing out- barely ran at all today. Sap should be sweeter as we chucked a bunch of ice...will test in the AM

planning on boiling tomorrow morning on new (new to me) 2.5 X 8. may not get to draw off but it'll atleast sweeten the pans..

Parker- depending on the weather I may shoot over in the AM and put a tank under Hoit...not sure if its going to run much with the forcast.

-tuckermtn

[tuckermtn]

collected 175 gals this afternoon...not as much of a run here as hoped...only 2% sap...and a lot of sugar sand...anyone else noticing increased sand this year?

was able to push through 150 gals tonight in a little more than three hrs...would have taken me 6+ on the old 2 X 6...

good forcast for tomorrow and its supposed to get into the low 20's here tonight

-tuckermtn

[tuckermtn]

200 gallons of sap by early evening...still waiting for my main sugarbush to let go..only 45-50 gals from 130 taps. rest of the buckets and totes ave. one gal per tap per 24 hrs.


syrup sitting in canner, will bottle tomorrow...seems dark...lots of clogged filters and pre filters.

burning KD white pine scraps for the end of the boil fueling..saved my butt tonight as I ran out of sap and thankfully almost no coals.

-tuckermtn

[tuckermtn]

gathered 160-170 gallons last evening (tuesday)- buckets still ave 1 gal per or a little better...had first overflowing buckets yesterday. Didn't freeze last night.

bottled 6.75 gal of light amber last night, have 2.5 still in canner. for all the sugar sand, was surprised with the grade.

off to Swanton Vt to pick up round bottom tank I got throught the mapleguys.

don't anticipate much of a run today- supposed to be 60 and chance of t-storms.

-tuckermtn

[tuckermtn]

gathered yesterday most of the leftovers from Tuesday/Wednesday run....approx 100 gallons. Sap was a little cloudy, but its in the evaporator now...

set up the new roundbottom feed tank from mapleguys...all I can say is what took me so long! being able to get every last drop of sap into the evap is so much nicer than fussing with tilting and twisting a stock tank and never getting it all out.

bottled up 4.5 gal of light amber.

looks like the forcast has it cold till thursday/friday of next week...

-tuckermtn

[hard maple]

tucker
I've got 2 of those round bottom s.s. tanks, will never own another stock tank again!!