Glad I got my taps put in last weekend. I tied my record day run yesterday with nearly 2 gallons per tap and 2.2% sugar on buckets and gravity! Now just need time to get it all boiled(vacation day)...
Northeast Ohio 2017
Glad I got my taps put in last weekend. I tied my record day run yesterday with nearly 2 gallons per tap and 2.2% sugar on buckets and gravity! Now just need time to get it all boiled(vacation day)...
2013 2.5x4 Flat pan, 92 buckets, 22 gravity - rookie season
2x6 Lapierre raised flue with AUF and AOF, Siro filter,
homemade hood and preheater, homemade 4x40 RO
2021 ~300 taps, buckets and 3/16 tubing gravity
Tapping same trees as father and grandfather, sugar shack from 1875
most of our 2 gal buckets were over flowing...happy and sad at the same time
180 gal on 36 taps so far this year in Summit County. Looks like the sap started to flow again this week have about 30-40 gal sitting in bags right now to collect tonight.
I finished pulling my taps this weekend. We ended up with a good year averaging .28 gallons per tap(just under 70 gallons of syrup. It was almost all amber this year, only one batch of dark syrup. I am contemplating an RO next year to reduce boiling time. I am not sure if it is worth the extra work and issues without heat and electric...
2013 2.5x4 Flat pan, 92 buckets, 22 gravity - rookie season
2x6 Lapierre raised flue with AUF and AOF, Siro filter,
homemade hood and preheater, homemade 4x40 RO
2021 ~300 taps, buckets and 3/16 tubing gravity
Tapping same trees as father and grandfather, sugar shack from 1875
It would be money well spent, Ray Gingerich has a lot of affordable units, electric and gas powered. Before I upgraded my power in the Sugarhouse, I ran my RO from my garage.Originally Posted by Ekrueger
12X16 Sugarhouse and 16x24 attached woodshed
1000 taps
120 3/16 tubing
And still some buckets
Becker U5.70 Rotary vane
Leader 2X8 Reverse oil fired, Revolution Pans & Steam a way
Lapierre Turbo 2000 600 GPH RO
Leader Clear frame filter press
John Deere Gator 6X4
Indy 500 and a very large sled.
Kubota M8200
Agreed. I went through 1/3 of the wood that I would go through normally. Time is a great commodity. I don't even have to think about firing up the evaporator until I have 400+ gallons of raw sap which would allow me to boil for 4+ hours with the ro on my 2x6. . That would normally take me about 11 hours without. 👌
Jeremy
Black Squirrel Lodge Family Sugarbush
Chardon, Ohio
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16x16 Sugarhouse build
100GPH Portable RO Build
12x16 Sugarhouse Build
1HP Gear Pump Style Cream Machine Build
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