Central Wisconsin

[PloverTown]

Collected 16 gallons Tues, nothing since. Won't have time to pull the taps until next week sometime, but all signs indicate it's about over. Would be nice to squeeze out one more batch if we could.

We only collected 50% of the volume we normally would in the same number of days. Weird year.

[treemonkey]

Watching the sap painfully slow run today. Will there be enough freeze tonite to recharge the trees? I think tomorrow will be the end. Overall harvested a normal amount but yes weird season. I hope weird does not become the norm. Ended up with 0.29 gal per tap.

[Trapper2]

If this pattern keeps up, it will be a joy to get around in the woods this year. Only 4" of snow on the ground Iola area. I will be adding to my buckets a first ever run with 3/16 tubing. Planning on a 20-25 tree line which will be bringing my tap count to 100. Just enough to get my feet wet this year on 3/16. Plover, we will have to get together during the season.
Trapper

[Blacksheep7]

Patiently waiting to start in Amherst. Will be starting our second year and will be doubling our taps up to 50. Last items showed up for the RO, so I will be putting that together hopefully this weekend. Have to drag the evaporator in the garage as well and make a couple of small changes to it as I through it together quickly one night last season. I will be watching closely to see when everyone else starts. Kind of hope it is not until the beginning of March as we have a family vacation planned.

Thank you,
Jason

[Maple Man 85]

1st 40 is all tubed up and ready to go. Started hand cutting the 2nd 40 Monday and moving equipment in today. We are still pushing hard on getting our tap count higher and will be working along side the loggers installing tubing. 2018 logging 2.jpg2018 logging.jpg

[markcasper]

1st 40 is all tubed up and ready to go. Started hand cutting the 2nd 40 Monday and moving equipment in today. We are still pushing hard on getting our tap count higher and will be working along side the loggers installing tubing. Attachment 17253Attachment 17254

What kind of wood is being taken out? Prices on the wood if you don't mind me asking? You bought a Leader Vortex?

[Maple Man 85]

What kind of wood is being taken out? Prices on the wood if you don't mind me asking? You bought a Leader Vortex?

Oak, Ash, Basswood, dead trees and hollow maple. We are select cutting and not wiping out any particular species. As for pricing we locked into a contract when prices were higher 2 or 3 years ago but due to spring coming early last year only half our property was cut. I did buy a leader Vortex.

[Maple Man 85]

Oak, Ash, Basswood, dead trees and hollow maple. We are select cutting and not wiping out any particular species. As for pricing we locked into a contract when prices were higher 2 or 3 years ago but due to spring coming early last year only half our property was cut. I did buy a leader Vortex.

I took a couple pics of our woods before and after you can definitely tell it's thinner but the loggers are doing a great job making sure damage is kept to a minimum (it also helps when our woods is right next to our house so we have dailyIMG_0097.jpgIMG_0099.jpg interaction with the loggers).

[markcasper]

I took a couple pics of our woods before and after you can definitely tell it's thinner but the loggers are doing a great job making sure damage is kept to a minimum (it also helps when our woods is right next to our house so we have dailyAttachment 17327Attachment 17328 interaction with the loggers).

Great pictures! Is your woods in the MFL? Good to hear wonderful news about a cutting job well done! I agree, need to be out there every day when the cut is going on.....let them know your watching.

[Maple Man 85]

Great pictures! Is your woods in the MFL? Good to hear wonderful news about a cutting job well done! I agree, need to be out there every day when the cut is going on.....let them know your watching.

No, it was in recreational for many years. When I purchased it to get the sugaring process started and to avoid heavy taxes on short term capital gains I filtered the timber harvest income through our business and used it to purchase equipment rather than take the cash. We are currently in the process of rezoning it to agriculture. The timber harvest process was a good experience for me, one of the things we did right was getting a forester involved. We walked the property many times so we had a clear understanding of each others expectations and then it was holding the lumber company, foresters and loggers accountable. If everyone knows the expectation there is very little wiggle room for extra wood to be removed and the job is done properly.