Collection totals & average Sap % so far for 2016

[Peeper]

With last night's lightning (the first I've seen including last summer!) and rain, the sap has indeed been flowing!
My collection for the first run in the last week of January was about 82 gallons of sap (95 taps), and boiled down to a nice light amber of 1 3/4 gallons. The second collection after the snowfall of early Feb was 71 gallons of sap (119 taps), yielding a little over 1 3/4 gallons of light-medium amber. And today's AM collection of yesterday's PM and evening run of 51 gallons (119 taps), currently boiling. It's still dripping but so is the rain.

Sap % the first run averaged 2 75%, with a high tree of 3.75%. Second collection averaged 2%, with the high tree being 3.25%. This AM's collection averaged 2% with the high tree at 3.25%.

How's everyone else doing?

[West Sumner Sugar]

I just did a quick check on my lunch break and one of my 55 Gallon drums was reading right on 2% and flowing in at a good rate. Should have 3-400 gallons for the weekend boil

[Cider Hill Maple Farm]

First boil was Feb. 5th with 300 gals., second boil Feb. 14th with 500 gals., third boil Feb.21st with 1,000 gals., all was running 2%. We bottled night before last for a grand total of 19 gals + one quart. All came out light.

[Rangdale]

Sugar content is LOW this year. Been getting 2% at best and often a hair under. Almost always get 3 and a few of the trees typically run 3.5. Not this year. Thank god for RO

[boondocker]

My first boil was Feb 22nd, I had 490 gallons of 1 to 1.5% content. Ended up with 5.5 gallons of golden delicate. I'm sitting in front of the evaporator right now boiling off another 310 gallons of 1.5 to 2.0% from yesterday's run. I agree the sugar content this year in my area is horrible, but it is making some nice color and great tasting syrup.

[seclark]

My first collection for this year and the sap % was 2.25.I will boll tomorrow but was wondering if anyone can tell me what that % of sugar will equal in syrup,is there a formula for this information on this site as I could not find any.At 2.25 % will it be 50 to one or less.Thanks for any information and hope all have a great year.

[CampHamp]

You boil until you have 66% sugar. So with your respectable 2.25, I think you boil 29 gallons (66/2.25) to make one. And, since boondocker made 5.5G from 490G sap, his sap was 1.1% (5.5/490).

[I stand corrected. It is not a simple ratio. See later posts for correct answer!]

[highlandcattle]

First sap 1-27-2016. Earliest ever. So far about 1,000 gallons at 2%. 16 gallons syrup. So cold today and real high winds. Our windmills are screaming! Solar panels had sun all day, so battery bank all charged up. Ron has enough sap to boil again tom. Warm up on Sunday, so should have a good run. Interesting to see how the next few weeks will be. Waiting on new Hanna meter. Should be here Monday.

[bowhunter]

The magic number is 87. You divide the sugar content into 87. That gives you the number of gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. So you should be able to make 1 gallon of syrup from 38.7 gallons of 2.25% sap.

[highlandcattle]

Jones rule of 86. Divide 86 by sugar content %, that will give you the approximate gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup