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  1. #1
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    Red face Tapped in Bellingham

    We are tapping this weekend. Long term forecast looks great but, this is New England and always subject to change.
    Let the fun begin.
    2 x 6 W F Mason arch, Leader WSE AUF drop flue pans
    40 taps 2009-
    New 16 x 16 sugar shack 2010
    180 taps 2012 -
    200 taps 2013 -
    220 taps 2014 -
    250 taps 2015 -
    300 taps 2024
    shurflo pump 2016 -
    new mainlines and saddles 300 taps 2017-
    added Deer Run 125 RO, Lapierre 7 inch filter press and CDL water jacket canning unit in 2019
    Bombardier 400
    BX 22 Kubota
    2024 is our 29th year making the " nectar of the gods"
    Just a hobby

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    I was planning to tap this weekend but decided to wait till end of the week. I'm just down the road from you. I am interested how it runs during the week! Keep us posted.
    Miscoe Hill Maple
    2015 PJ Evaporator (Phaneuf) 2x6 drop flue
    2x6 WF Mason Arch
    ~250 taps on a Guzzler & Shurflo
    12x20 WF Mason Filter/Canner
    12x16 Sugarhouse

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    Good luck guys. You will be over your head before you know it!
    Woodville Maples
    www.woodvillemaples.com
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    Around 300 taps on tubing, 25+ on buckets if I put them out
    Mix of natural and mechanical vac, S3 Controller from Mountain Maple
    2x6 W.F. Mason with Phaneuf pans
    Deer Run 250 RO
    Ford F350
    6+ hives of bees (if they make it through the winters)
    Keeping the day job until I can start living the dream.

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    Nice, I hung lines yesterday but I am still waiting to get a pan back!! Hopefully it will be done this week.

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    Tapped about 60 on Sunday morning 150 to go.. Seems I could have started a week earlier.
    2019 100+ on tubing rest on buckets
    2018 225 taps of mostly reds on buckets
    Half Pint supreme with extension evaporator
    Massey Ferguson GC2610

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    I let it run Monday to flush the lines and started collecting Monday night. I hope to have 200 gallons of sap by days end today . That's what I need to get things going and sweeten the pans. It was so much easier tapping trees without snowshoes.
    I'll set up the diaphragm pump on the mainline this weekend - after Fridays freeze.
    Quote Originally Posted by SeanD View Post
    Good luck guys. You will be over your head before you know it!
    2 x 6 W F Mason arch, Leader WSE AUF drop flue pans
    40 taps 2009-
    New 16 x 16 sugar shack 2010
    180 taps 2012 -
    200 taps 2013 -
    220 taps 2014 -
    250 taps 2015 -
    300 taps 2024
    shurflo pump 2016 -
    new mainlines and saddles 300 taps 2017-
    added Deer Run 125 RO, Lapierre 7 inch filter press and CDL water jacket canning unit in 2019
    Bombardier 400
    BX 22 Kubota
    2024 is our 29th year making the " nectar of the gods"
    Just a hobby

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    Hope you have a good season. Hope to get together at some point.
    Quote Originally Posted by nbolduc View Post
    Tapped about 60 on Sunday morning 150 to go.. Seems I could have started a week earlier.
    2 x 6 W F Mason arch, Leader WSE AUF drop flue pans
    40 taps 2009-
    New 16 x 16 sugar shack 2010
    180 taps 2012 -
    200 taps 2013 -
    220 taps 2014 -
    250 taps 2015 -
    300 taps 2024
    shurflo pump 2016 -
    new mainlines and saddles 300 taps 2017-
    added Deer Run 125 RO, Lapierre 7 inch filter press and CDL water jacket canning unit in 2019
    Bombardier 400
    BX 22 Kubota
    2024 is our 29th year making the " nectar of the gods"
    Just a hobby

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    If you need help tapping over there this weekend, let me know!
    2019 100+ on tubing rest on buckets
    2018 225 taps of mostly reds on buckets
    Half Pint supreme with extension evaporator
    Massey Ferguson GC2610

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    Thank you so much for the offer to help. I'm all set but you may need some help. Let me know.
    Almost all taps were put in last weekend with just some single buckets left to put out around the property. Will hook up the diaphragm pump this weekend.
    Made a few gallons yesterday during the storm. With todays freeze, we probably won't have sap until at least Sunday.
    Quote Originally Posted by nbolduc View Post
    If you need help tapping over there this weekend, let me know!
    2 x 6 W F Mason arch, Leader WSE AUF drop flue pans
    40 taps 2009-
    New 16 x 16 sugar shack 2010
    180 taps 2012 -
    200 taps 2013 -
    220 taps 2014 -
    250 taps 2015 -
    300 taps 2024
    shurflo pump 2016 -
    new mainlines and saddles 300 taps 2017-
    added Deer Run 125 RO, Lapierre 7 inch filter press and CDL water jacket canning unit in 2019
    Bombardier 400
    BX 22 Kubota
    2024 is our 29th year making the " nectar of the gods"
    Just a hobby

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    Are you near Miscoe Spring??

    Quote Originally Posted by bstewar View Post
    I was planning to tap this weekend but decided to wait till end of the week. I'm just down the road from you. I am interested how it runs during the week! Keep us posted.
    2 x 6 W F Mason arch, Leader WSE AUF drop flue pans
    40 taps 2009-
    New 16 x 16 sugar shack 2010
    180 taps 2012 -
    200 taps 2013 -
    220 taps 2014 -
    250 taps 2015 -
    300 taps 2024
    shurflo pump 2016 -
    new mainlines and saddles 300 taps 2017-
    added Deer Run 125 RO, Lapierre 7 inch filter press and CDL water jacket canning unit in 2019
    Bombardier 400
    BX 22 Kubota
    2024 is our 29th year making the " nectar of the gods"
    Just a hobby

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