We collected another 40-45 gallons since Saturday the 24th. (from 60 taps) Good thing for the 2 days of temps on Wednesday & Thursday. Total collected so far for the year about 90 gallons. Boiled yesterday, bottled a gallon & a pint of really light amber. Looks like the weather will not cooperate for a week or so to boil again.
Was in Vilas county last Monday through Friday, after buckets sat for 5 days. With 66 taps out, collected a total of about 48 gallons of sap. Sugar content must be pretty high. Cooked about 1.5 gallons, but still flowing much slower than expected. Neighbor said they got close to 12" of snow between Friday & Saturday, temps not cooperating. Had a few trees cranking pretty good, most real slow.
Just looking at the next 2 week forecast it really looks good Maybe just Maybe we will have a descent season after all 40s and a couple of 50s and still mid 20s at night I hope they are right
The few warmish days last week in the far north gave us 67 gallons on about 60 taps. Not great, but the sugar content was still excellent -- about 27:1 sap to finished syrup ratio. Produced a nice medium amber. Maybe we'll get one more good run this coming week before it starts getting janky.
Six miles south of Ashland and still fighting snow. Managed to get 36 taps/bags hung; last week added 20 more. Over 2 1/2 weeks we've collected 3 times and have made 3 3/4 gallons of medium gold syrup so far. Sugar content has been very high, with 3% or better on red maples; first collection was 3.8%.
The winch on the sap hauling 4-wheeler has had it's share of work this year. Certainly hope that the forecast of real spring weather comes through soon.
Joe
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New to tapping in 2015! 24 taps on bags - 3 1/2 gallons of syrup
2016 - 50 taps on bags - 8 gallons of syrup
2017 - 45 taps on bag - 4 1/2 gallons of syrup
2018 - 58 taps on bags - 7 1/2 gallons of syrup
Smoky Lake 2X4 flat pan
2018 - Smoky Lake 2X5 Corsair Arch with custom built pre-heater pan - 16 GPH!
Went up Friday night collected about 40 gallons, the new taps I had put in a week ago ran nice compared to the old taps. Made just over a gallon of syrup. Left for home before the storm hit hard Saturday night.
2017 - 1.5 gallons on 7 taps
2018 - just over 2 gallons so far on 17 original taps and added 5 more new ones.
Pan Cleaning
Anyone with a good method for cleaning the sap boiling pans? For us, "stainless" steel, isn't.
Search on the evaporator thread, there are a lot of different ways. Vinegar / water seems pretty popular. Easy off Oven Cleaner works but obviously you need to rinse very well. some people let sap spoil in the pan for 3 or so months then rinse, there is commercial products as well.Originally Posted by TwoSaps
looks like maybe the season has started and it looks like it wont last long we had our best run yesterday and still wasn't what it should have been collected 250 gall of of 520 trees all on tubing and vacuum. Will have to see what today and tomorrow bring but I don't hold out for much more with the 60s in the forecast and no freezing. Just wondering what everyone else up hear at doing. To my way of thinking we should have gotten at least 500 gals or more yesterday got down to 28 last night and supposed to get to 56 today perfect and sunny. we will see
looks like maybe the season has started and it looks like it wont last long we had our best run yesterday and still wasn't what it should have been collected 250 gall of of 520 trees all on tubing and vacuum. Will have to see what today and tomorrow bring but I don't hold out for much more with the 60s in the forecast and no freezing. Just wondering what everyone else up hear are doing. To my way of thinking we should have gotten at least 500 gals or more yesterday, got down to 28 last night and supposed to get to 56 today perfect and sunny still have lots of snow. we will see& hope?
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