Originally Posted by
Dill
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