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  1. #1
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    Westville, IN
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    Default Tapped 2/23 in Westville

    Finally put in about 200 taps on vacuum and collected about 150 gallons of sap in about 12 hrs. Not sure if the barometric pressure of this storm helped, but every tap was was flowing. Finally had to shut off the vacuum when a tree fell on the mainline otherwise might still be flowing. Going to clean up the mess on Thursday and finish putting the vacuum taps in and start on the buckets. Looks like a good weekend and almost perfect temps next week.
    2011 forest inventory
    2012 feet wet with 30 taps
    2012 friends 2x4 pan
    2013 all in 250 taps on buckets
    2013 Patrick Phenauf 2x6 with steam hood
    2014 350 on vac and buckets
    2014 Indiana Vacuum 20cfm
    2014 Deer Valley RO250gph

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    Aug 2011
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    Northern Indiana
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    Wondering how the season was ending up for you? Drove into town the other day and saw buckets out at your place. Pump problems or extra buckets...hope you got/are getting what you need... I pulled my taps and finshed up last week, of course i started early... Made a little less than 20 gals...18 if i rember right, that's a lot for my l'ill pan...have sold almost half of it so far...hope u had a good season, finish strong!
    2016:100 taps added a JD 1023 sub compact tractor
    2015:break (new baby)
    2014: 70 taps, replaced my concrete arch with a manufactured
    2013: Added 15 more taps and a 18x24 warming pan
    2012 : 36 Taps, 2x4 divided pan on a concrete arch
    2006-07: Assisted an 'Old Timer' with 200 tapps, and his wood fired evaporator up in Wis.
    1986-1993: 5 taps, Boiled on a wood stove in Northern Mich.

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