Tapped in on Sunday, sap started running that afternoon, yesterday it ran some and when I got home tonight from work I had to add anot her barrel at my collection point, 50 gallons of water since Sunday afternoon.
Tapped in on Sunday, sap started running that afternoon, yesterday it ran some and when I got home tonight from work I had to add anot her barrel at my collection point, 50 gallons of water since Sunday afternoon.
Just a hobby.
2012 Don't want to talk about it.
2013 6 Buckets 2.75 gallons
2014 20 on 5/16 ,10 Buckets 7.75 gallons
2015 30 on 5/16 , 10 Buckets 9.5 gallons
2016 43 on 3/16 , 0 Buckets , 623 gallons sap, 11.89 gls.
2017 43 on 3/16 527 gallons boiled, 9 gals. Syrup
2018 43 on 3/16 453 gallons sap 9 gallons syrup
2019 30 on 3/16 9.5 gallons
3 Burner propane
I thought yesterday things would run some but got zero. Today....Collected 25 gallons on 15 taps.
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Added another barrel tonight, sap running over when I got home from work. 125 gallons of sap collected since Sunday afternoon, still running good. Going to be a busy weekend boiling, off to a great start!
Just a hobby.
2012 Don't want to talk about it.
2013 6 Buckets 2.75 gallons
2014 20 on 5/16 ,10 Buckets 7.75 gallons
2015 30 on 5/16 , 10 Buckets 9.5 gallons
2016 43 on 3/16 , 0 Buckets , 623 gallons sap, 11.89 gls.
2017 43 on 3/16 527 gallons boiled, 9 gals. Syrup
2018 43 on 3/16 453 gallons sap 9 gallons syrup
2019 30 on 3/16 9.5 gallons
3 Burner propane
Soooo.....its 33 degrees right now. Its not suppose to get colder. Tomorrow is suppose to be rainy until noon with a high of 57. Do you think sap will run? I'm off tomorrow and was planning on boiling the 50 gallons I have saved up tomorrow afternoon after it quits rainy. It's going to be too warm until late next week so I wanted to boil everything I have, but if there is a chance of getting more, I will hold off until Saturday to boil. This is only my 2nd year, so I'm kinda curious on if it has to get below 32 or close to it to reset.
What are you boiling on.
2021
2x8 CDL raised flue w/ hoods
SMOKY LAKE SS filter press
825i JD gator
400 taps and growing
SL steam bottler
250 CDL RO
Block arch with two 2x3 flat pans. I'm only at 17 taps right now for the early stuff to play around and fine tune my make shift setup. I just trying to time my boil to catch most of the sap....its warming for a week. I'll be at 50-60 taps after this weekend.
Just a heads up...I work at a metal fab shop with lasers, press brakes, welders, and all the cool stuff. If any of you local guys need anything, I can usually push things through our shop at cost. My laser guy also is getting into hobby maple...so we made pans up together and he will help out.
The sap will stay long enough? What are you doing to keep it as cold as possible
FIRST GENERATION SUGARMAKER
First boil 2/22/2012! Went Pefect!
3,500' of laterals
1,000' of mainline
2012 - 105 taps on gravity, 12 sap sacks.
2013 - 175 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks = 200 taps for 2013! Second year.
2014 - 250 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks
Tapped on February 16, 2014
2015 - adding vac sap puller no more gravity for me!
275 gallon holding tank for 2014
20'x30' Sugarhouse
55 gallon food grade barrel....with a big ice chunk floating around in it. its been warm for a couple days after a nice run. Just curious if I should wake up and start boiling or wait to see if tmw will get more since I won't boil for a full week (due to warm temps). I have a deep freezer...so I guess if things do run, I can freeze it.
Always best to boil as fast soon as possible no matter what the weather
FIRST GENERATION SUGARMAKER
First boil 2/22/2012! Went Pefect!
3,500' of laterals
1,000' of mainline
2012 - 105 taps on gravity, 12 sap sacks.
2013 - 175 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks = 200 taps for 2013! Second year.
2014 - 250 taps on gravity, 25 on sacks
Tapped on February 16, 2014
2015 - adding vac sap puller no more gravity for me!
275 gallon holding tank for 2014
20'x30' Sugarhouse
thanks. i will fire up tmw and if i collect any sap...i will just freeze it or figure it out.