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    Quote Originally Posted by Dill View Post
    I like mucks and I wear them quite a bit but they don't last. I get a year or a year/half out of them. The tops get ripped up by mainline ties. I have a pair of Merrell hikers that have a rubber bottom like bean boots but are good on shock. They are my goto unless its really muddy good for the sugarhouse too. Not too much insulation so I can just adjust socks to the temp needed. Chainsaw boots are way too heavy to hike through the woods.
    Agreed. I went all out on chainsaw safety gear a couple years ago after a coworkers brother killed himself being stupid and unsafe - I have knee-high Husqavarna full steel shank, toe and ankle wrapped logger boots but I find I only put them on when I know I'm going to be doing ground work with the saw because they're so **** heavy.
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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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    Mucks are great in the wet and slop but I prefer Keen Summit County boots whenever I can. Light as a feather, insulated, great support for feet and ankles and much better in snowshoes. They are waterproof but I suspect in standing water they would seep eventually. Not sure cause I use the Mucks when needed.
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    Woods: Chippewa, regular sole, waterproof, insulated.
    Standing in water: Muckboot.

    The only boots I own for winter use.

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    I still wear the old green lacrosse rubber boots with wool socks.
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    With hoods and preheater
    Air under fire
    80 taps on pipeline
    10 by 22 sugarhouse attatched to garage.

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    Boot driers are great. I always thought putting boots by the stove was enough until I got one for christmas. Holy cow you pop some wet nasty cold boots on there eat lunch and that feeling when you put warm boots back on is incredible.
    30x40 Sugarhouse
    975 taps here at home. Still have 3-400 to add in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mainebackswoodssyrup View Post
    Mucks are great in the wet and slop but I prefer Keen Summit County boots whenever I can. Light as a feather, insulated, great support for feet and ankles and much better in snowshoes. They are waterproof but I suspect in standing water they would seep eventually. Not sure cause I use the Mucks when needed.
    Ok, so those are waterproof hikers then? I wear Vasque (forget the name) Gore Tex hiking boots from about late September and on. Especially for snow shoeing! BUt that's exactly what im looking to replace for sugaring. They're getting beat up going through all the brush, they tend to cake on mud rather than rinse clean and they're extremely time consuming to put on and take off, I think there's 4 or 5 riveted half-loop ties up the tongue.

    I also have to wear a double pair of wool socks to keep my feet from freezing in those. Again, great boots, but not for this application.
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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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    For tapping and the first half of the season I use my ice fishing boots, Muck Arctic Extreme's with Yak Trax on the soles. From then on, or anytime there isn't much snow/ice I have a pair of Muck hikers.
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    2016: 85 taps 19 gallons
    2017: Purchased 2.5 acres and tubed half with 3/16. 145 taps total 49.25 gallons
    2018: 200 taps (162 on 3/16ths 38 on buckets) New NextGen RO 63 gallons
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    Quote Originally Posted by ADK_XJ View Post
    Ok, so those are waterproof hikers then? I wear Vasque (forget the name) Gore Tex hiking boots from about late September and on. Especially for snow shoeing! BUt that's exactly what im looking to replace for sugaring. They're getting beat up going through all the brush, they tend to cake on mud rather than rinse clean and they're extremely time consuming to put on and take off, I think there's 4 or 5 riveted half-loop ties up the tongue.

    I also have to wear a double pair of wool socks to keep my feet from freezing in those. Again, great boots, but not for this application.
    Yes, they are an insulated hiking boot, 600 grams. It sounds like you are in some pretty wet and nasty woods so I'm not sure if they will stay dry. I swear by LL Bean heavyweight merino wool socks. My feet never get cold when moving but if the temp is below 20 and I stop for 20-30 minutes they will start to get cold in those. Start moving again and I am fine. But thats me, seems my feet and hands stay warmer than my partners.....he'll get cold feet in 1200 gram mucks. I think the right socks make more of a difference than insulation sometimes. Merino wool is the answer. And if your feet get cold easy, stick with mucks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mainebackswoodssyrup View Post
    Yes, they are an insulated hiking boot, 600 grams. It sounds like you are in some pretty wet and nasty woods so I'm not sure if they will stay dry. I swear by LL Bean heavyweight merino wool socks. My feet never get cold when moving but if the temp is below 20 and I stop for 20-30 minutes they will start to get cold in those. Start moving again and I am fine. But thats me, seems my feet and hands stay warmer than my partners.....he'll get cold feet in 1200 gram mucks. I think the right socks make more of a difference than insulation sometimes. Merino wool is the answer. And if your feet get cold easy, stick with mucks.
    Agree with you there — merino wool socks made a believer out of me. I upgraded all of my outdoor "baselayers" to merino wool 2 years ago, would never go back. Warm when it's cold, cool when it's hot, no smell and wicks away moisture. Quite literally the perfect material.

    Yeah, I'm sold on a pair of mucks for what I need. Yes, our woods are pretty gnarly due to 60-70+ years of neglect after the farm here shut down but I'm slowly clearing out and making trails. We also have a very nice balance of age of trees due to our forest being old farm fields that grew back but that also means lots of invasive buckthorn and honeysuckle that I have to clear out by hand around the tappable maples. Lots of work but worth it!
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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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    Quote Originally Posted by wnybassman View Post
    For tapping and the first half of the season I use my ice fishing boots, Muck Arctic Extreme's with Yak Trax on the soles. From then on, or anytime there isn't much snow/ice I have a pair of Muck hikers.
    Nice, didn't know mucks made a hiking boot. I just ordered a Chore mid so I'll report back if its what I hoped or if I go back to the drawing board.
    --
    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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