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  1. #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wanabe1972 View Post
    IN Corinth but im going to hold off. Im not ready. The sugarhouse is 80% the vacuum is 80% my line repairs are pretty much done other than replacing 150 drops. Im going to do the drops while tapping. My evaporator is in 100 pieces and im hoping to have that done by Friday. I have a wireless remote camera to monitor my Vacuum and tank and RO that needs to be installed. Everything is packed up in another shed and needs to come out and be cleaned and im waiting on a large order of supplies to finish everything. Im praying it gets cold again at least until the 3rd week of Feb. Wow im having chest pains!! Jeff
    Don't panic yet, long range forecast suggests you'll get plenty of opportunity - I was largely motivated by the fact we kicked our last jug of last year's syrup the week before last. If I can even make a gallon on this run I'll be feeling pretty good.

    Remote wireless camera...note to self.
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

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    ADK_XJ Its a Norway Maple.
    Last edited by red/one; 01-23-2017 at 07:30 AM.
    2014 6 Taps Block Arch and momas canning pot, 3 gallons YIKES

    2019 100 taps and a new adventure with a home built arch.

    2020 90 taps, my wife and I and a Bucket RO...

    2021 112 taps and a modified Bucket RO.

    2022 120 taps, modified Bucket RO a Wife, Son and Springer

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    From Washington County---Cambridge area. Tapped a few days ago. Tweaked the lines. I have about 175 gallons and will boil after one more run.

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    Holeinthetree my family is all from Cambridge . They live off turnpike road on Brownell corners. The old farm has a nice size sugar bush on the other side of turnpike that I think gets leased out. Jeff
    2021 230 Taps on vacuum
    Smokylake 2X6 pan set with auto drawoff
    Homebuilt 2 4x40 membrane RO
    Homebuilt filter press
    Rebuilt arch with under and over the fire air we have named V 2.0
    Smokylake steam bottler
    Hoods and preheater
    500 gallon vertical polytank to store sap for RO
    Adding a laser eye to my bottler for autofill/stop

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    Adk xj what part of Saratoga are you in? I work at quad and pass quite a few buckets on the way in to work.
    2021 230 Taps on vacuum
    Smokylake 2X6 pan set with auto drawoff
    Homebuilt 2 4x40 membrane RO
    Homebuilt filter press
    Rebuilt arch with under and over the fire air we have named V 2.0
    Smokylake steam bottler
    Hoods and preheater
    500 gallon vertical polytank to store sap for RO
    Adding a laser eye to my bottler for autofill/stop

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wanabe1972 View Post
    Adk xj what part of Saratoga are you in? I work at quad and pass quite a few buckets on the way in to work.
    I'm right down the hill (mountain, depending where you're from) from you in Corinth - we're down off Parkhurst. Lots of old farm fields with second growth maples along the stone walls around here.
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

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    Ran just a tad overnight - think we were missing this freeze that just set in so expecting to see some action tomorrow if it warms up.
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

  8. #28
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    I go over that way when i go to Saratoga usually Greene road and Strakos. Ive eyeballed a few plots of land in there cause its only 5 minutes from my house.
    2021 230 Taps on vacuum
    Smokylake 2X6 pan set with auto drawoff
    Homebuilt 2 4x40 membrane RO
    Homebuilt filter press
    Rebuilt arch with under and over the fire air we have named V 2.0
    Smokylake steam bottler
    Hoods and preheater
    500 gallon vertical polytank to store sap for RO
    Adding a laser eye to my bottler for autofill/stop

  9. #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wanabe1972 View Post
    I go over that way when i go to Saratoga usually Greene road and Strakos. Ive eyeballed a few plots of land in there cause its only 5 minutes from my house.
    Nice! I do the same thing - would love to work out a tap lease with someone around here some day. A construction company owns like 1,000 acres of prime land across the roadway behind us...I always wonder about hitting them up.
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

  10. #30
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    There are a ton of fields over that way. Find a hedge row full of maples and stop and ask the owner. Most of the time they will let you run lines and leave them up from year to year. I have a friend that does this in Greenwich almost 400 taps all in hedge rows. Offer up a little syrup or offer them a little per tap. For years I've looked for places to tap and now people come to me. I have become more selective usually due to distance from me and access. My daughter just bought property a half mile from me and said I think there may be a few maples on it. Well if 45 to 50 mature sugars and reds are a few then by God she's got a few. Don't tell my wife but this is my summer project.
    2021 230 Taps on vacuum
    Smokylake 2X6 pan set with auto drawoff
    Homebuilt 2 4x40 membrane RO
    Homebuilt filter press
    Rebuilt arch with under and over the fire air we have named V 2.0
    Smokylake steam bottler
    Hoods and preheater
    500 gallon vertical polytank to store sap for RO
    Adding a laser eye to my bottler for autofill/stop

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