You are way ahead of me. My evap is cleaned but not a tap has been pulled. Summerizing the RO is on tap for the rainy days this week.
You are way ahead of me. My evap is cleaned but not a tap has been pulled. Summerizing the RO is on tap for the rainy days this week.
30x40 Sugarhouse
975 taps here at home. Still have 3-400 to add in.
3x10 Cabin by the Creek evap with "steamaway"
CDL 600 RO
ebayed Sogevac S65
I'm way ahead of where I usually am. Ending my season last Saturday the 9th instead of trying for one more day made all the difference. I was able to finish my evaporator off Sunday morning where it usually takes me a week before I get that done. Another thing that helped was that I bought some new tap pullers and they worked great. My old ones would bend and didn't have the leverage that the new ones do. I could have gotten some tanks washed yesterday afternoon but after I had my Easter dinner I couldn't get up the ambition and didn't want to leave my family.
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
wow thats pretty good. I have maybe 75 taps pulled. but its going. gotta get the swampy part done before we get too much rain. RO is all cleaned just just need to get membranes into the preservative. so bacteria doesn;t grow in them. I'll get it!!! have school break next week should be all done by the end of the week. good weather or bad doesn;t matter. get splashed with rotten sap anyway!!! honestly too hot this weekend!!! 90 here on sunday. best to just sit and watch the sox!!!
may your sap be at 3%
Brad
www.willowcreeksugarhouse.com
585 or so on Vacuum, about 35 on buckets/sap sacs
Atlas Copco GVS 25A Rotary Vane vacuum pump
MES horizontal electric releaser
2x6 ss phaneuf Drop flue, Leader woodsaver blower, homemade hood
300gph H2O RO
husquvarna 562 XP
Its Here!!! 2024 season is here get busy!!!
I went out to see Jim Lukash, aka NH Maplemaker today. We traded sugaring stories and we even traded some syrup. He gave me the grand tour of his sugar house and woods. He has a very nice and clean set up out there. It was a nice day for a road trip. Thank you for showing me around Jim.
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
Your welcome Russ, It was my pleaser ! Really enjoyed our visit as well!
3x10 Dallalre, oil fired, Stainless steel.
Steam hoods front and rear with preheater.
1500 taps on vac, right to sugar house.
900 on Gravity
New Busch 3 Phase Vacuum. (2010)
Lapierre 600 Turbo with 2 - 8" posts
36 years of MAPLE ENJOYMENT!!
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