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    Default Is it time to tap in central VA

    Anyone tapping? In Lynchburg, I tapped two test trees; one one woods immediately dripping and one in the front yard not so much. Going to tap a few more on Monday.
    Semper Fi,
    BWC

    2016 (1st year) 16 taps; 2 gallons of Amber syrup.
    2017; oil tank evaporator 38 taps. 3.75 gallons of liquid gold
    2018: 46 taps, 6.75 gallons of syrup. Best season

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    Tapped 4 as a test last week. Collected around 7 gallons. Gonna tap everything else after the next freeze / thaw.

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    Good luck you guys,still waiting in N.J. Crazy weather again this year,no snow to pack sap in.
    2021 95 taps all on 3/16' natural gravity 2018 home built 4x40 RO 2017 1000 sap 15gal syrup 4 runs of 3/16 natural vac 1 of 5/16 2016 775gal of sap made 12gal syrup 2015 18.5 gal about 55 taps. Have the best wife! cub cadet volunteer 4x4 sap hauler

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    Long range weather shows a 40/20 degree cycle setting up on Jan 27. I plan on getting everything tapped by then
    Semper Fi,
    BWC

    2016 (1st year) 16 taps; 2 gallons of Amber syrup.
    2017; oil tank evaporator 38 taps. 3.75 gallons of liquid gold
    2018: 46 taps, 6.75 gallons of syrup. Best season

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    go, go, go for it.

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    42 taps in as of 1/26. Come on sap I need to fire up the new evaporator
    Semper Fi,
    BWC

    2016 (1st year) 16 taps; 2 gallons of Amber syrup.
    2017; oil tank evaporator 38 taps. 3.75 gallons of liquid gold
    2018: 46 taps, 6.75 gallons of syrup. Best season

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    I'm thinking about getting 3/16 system next year to help lower bacteria and draw sap on marginal days.

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    Sweetgum whisper,
    Do you have a 30 foot of drop where you tap? or I should say 30 drop from last tree to the tank, if so 3/16 tubing will make you very happy I predict, contact the CDL rep for Virginia, he will look your woods over and actually show you how to set up the tubing if you decide to go that route, you only need to buy tubing from him, the bottom line it's good tubing and priced equal or cheaper than the other manufacturers of tubing. If you don't know him send me a private message I will give you his number, he helped me set up a 3/16 woods with 187 taps, first run this year in a day and a half I got 300 gallons of sap. Second year for the system!
    Mark 220 Maple
    1100 taps on low vaccum, 900 on gravity.
    900 plus taps leased and on high vacuum
    35 cfm Indiana Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump
    80% Sugar, 20% Red MAPLES
    http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/g...Maple%20Syrup/

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    Homer,
    Do you use tubing, I have went thru the Briery Branch area before going across Reddish Knob to WV, 99% of the time I go via Rt. 33, Lots of Sugar Maples past Rawley Springs, mostly on land owned by the city of Harrisonburg, I believe they own everything from the water intake on Dry River to Switzer Dam, if your trees have the max drop of 30 feet from last tree to a catch tank, you should consider 3/16 tubing, cheapest way to hook maples up to a tubing system. I'll send you my cell number thru the private message system on this message board, give me a call sometime I will share some of the ways I survived the warm days in previous years.
    Mark 220 maple
    1100 taps on low vaccum, 900 on gravity.
    900 plus taps leased and on high vacuum
    35 cfm Indiana Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump
    80% Sugar, 20% Red MAPLES
    http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/g...Maple%20Syrup/

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    I am running taps with tubes into 5 gallon buckets. My trees are on flat ground and scattered over 7 acres. I could hook a few together but most are just too far apart. I gathered my last sap Saturday morning. I had 200 gallons. My dad boiled it down Monday and today. I thought it didn't smell the best but tasted okay. It's was really a bad season this year. I live just above the store. Time to pull the taps and wash the buckets.

    How did your season go?

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