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    The reds are budding already by me in Oneonta.
    2x8 Phaneuf,raised flue.
    250 taps
    Mechanical BG releaser
    Gast 0822 vacuum pump
    16"x16" Leader Filter/canning Unit
    10'x16' Sugar Shack

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    Kick *** run for the past two days. tons of sap, little sleep, decent amount of syrup. chasing wind damage this afternoon between collecting and boiling. we are at 1/2 way mark today. very happy for March 1st. New arch is awesome. 60 - 75 gallons of syrup hr @15 % concentrate.
    Brian Ryther
    Mill Hollow Maple
    10,000 taps
    3 Liquid Ring Vac Pumps
    5x14 Leader Vortex Evap
    Lapierre 2000 RO
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    Snow storm last week was a SOB. 5 days of digging out main lines. Back to making syrup. We finished tapping today. 2/3 crop. Great syrup still. Great smell and flavor. Bouncing back and forth between Amber and Dark.
    Brian Ryther
    Mill Hollow Maple
    10,000 taps
    3 Liquid Ring Vac Pumps
    5x14 Leader Vortex Evap
    Lapierre 2000 RO
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    Finished up last night. Syrup went from very dark to amber by the end of the night. 31 gallons of sap per tap. I am short of the 1/2 gallon goal. I have not subtracted out the purchased sap out of the syrup total. I would say it was a good year. Not great. Low sugar was the problem. Nothing I could have done different to change that. I figure it was about 74:1.
    Brian Ryther
    Mill Hollow Maple
    10,000 taps
    3 Liquid Ring Vac Pumps
    5x14 Leader Vortex Evap
    Lapierre 2000 RO
    http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x3/brianryther/

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    Good job Brian...same story here, 70:1 for the year. Ouch
    CDL 2x8
    Around 4000 taps
    Polaris ATVs, Ski Doo snowmobiles to get around
    Atlas Copco pumps
    Lapierre two post RO




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    Congrats Brian. Any season you can get over 30 gallons per tap is a good year for sure. I will be done today. Haven't done the total figures yet, but fromwhat little I've looked at them, looks like I'll be a little over 70:1.

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