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  1. #431
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    Quote Originally Posted by Run Forest Run! View Post
    Trapper2, that is beautiful looking syrup. It was very interesting reading about your use of milk to clean your syrup. I think I'll give it a try to experiment with something new.
    Thank you Karen,
    I swear if you try the milk thing you will never go back. It is absolutely great when doing small batches. Remember to skim all the stuff off of the top before you pour into your filter setup.
    P.S. I found another kettle, I put an ad out on facebook again and someone saw it right away $50 for the complete setup. I gave him a $10 tip.
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    1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
    Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!

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    3-23..worked on getting ready to cook today ..still cold and windy..went out and collected 75gal or so ..Paul called and he said I could have some of his sap if I help collect..all old style taps and buckets..brought home a full tank of 200 gal..3-24..I cook out side on the 2x6..dang cold east wind the only direction that I am not out of the wind..9am -2pm got the pans sweet and 2.5 gal.the 2x6 struggled with the wind,temp and humidity..got back home 11pm and stuff was getting froze up ..drained both pans and supply tank..

  3. #433
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    3-25..lower 20s this am..rinsed out flue pan and syrup pan... put vinegar in syrup pan and split some wood while that soaked some scrubbed out what I could and got cooking around 11:30 am..lot nicer day than yesterday..about 2:30 I heard a loud thud coming off the 2x6..broke the front on the upper right corner..you could stick a pencil in the crack with room to spare..just kept cooking..ran out of sap 6pm...a strong 6gal day.. did not collect.. just drained and put stuff away so it didn't freeze up tonight..

  4. #434
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    3-24.. Cooked down the previous 5 days sap, nothing really running on the buckets today, Sap is right at 3%, great feeling. Finished bottling at 9:00 pm. Looks like a really good week coming.

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    1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
    Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!

  5. #435
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    Starting the 3rd week since tapping. I have a whopping 80 or so gallons of sap from the entire period on 80 taps more or less. Sap in the collection tank is mostly frozen which can be a blessing for keeping and a curse for getting thawed and pumped out...

    Should get some today and through tonight hopefully.
    2017- 80 taps on 3/16 natural experimenting with Sap Sucking options
    The original Homemade XLE 4040 RO http://mapletrader.com/community/sho...RO-suggestions on a dolly
    7" short stack filter press w/air diaphragm pump

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    3-28..Bottled today all went good syrup clean and clear ...a high of 55 deg. and not much sap flow..not sure what is going on with the low sap yield..

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    Door county has been perfect the last week with temps and freeze ups. Processed 4400 gallons yesterday. It was a long day by myself. A few misshape but all in all I slept well after 18 hr day. Couldn't have done it without my CDL remote sensing. Just the tank level indicated was a life saver. Driving to the bush 14 miles round trip 10 times a day just to MAKE SURE was killing me.

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    3-30..been cool here.the trees I have tapped started to run late am then it clouded up and the run just died some trees are still not putting much out..collected and then cooked..all went well with the cracked front on the 2x6 several people stopped by for a chat.... made just short of 6gal a little darker but the sap was not as clear as my last cook...hoping I will still make syrup in the weeks to come after this cold spell..forecast is cold and rain then real cold

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    4-2-18
    I cooked and bottled another 3 gallon batch on Saturday. Sugar content was down to 2.7 but I'm extremely happy with that. I'm planning on emptying bags and buckets of ice this
    coming weekend and cooking down the blocks of ice that surely will be there. Syrup finished just a shade darker than the previous week. Sap is still amazingly clear.
    1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
    Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!

  10. #440
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    The ultimate syrup sin this weekend. Boiled 16 hours on Thu, 5 hours Friday, all morning Saturday. Went through over 300 gallons of sap and had almost 10 gallons near finished in the pan. Got sidetracked for 30 minutes and it happened....boil over, lots of smoke and burned the whole batch. Now my pan is soaking in vinegar in hopes of salvaging it. A real heartbreaker. Would have been my record year

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