I'll chime in here....I have vacuum, use checkvalves and only have about half my lines fixed. My plan last night was to tap these half and get going, and hold off on the rest. With several 50 degree days and a 60 on Monday, I'm leaning now to just say to heck tapping anything yet and just continue getting everything ready. My aim is not to make tons of dark syrup and thats what we're gonna get with 60 degrees. On top of that, I work full time and have no vacation until March. If your on bags, I absolutely would not hang them now. I'm sure it will get cold and being this unrealistically warm this early in February is not going to do any bargains to tapholes people have already drilled.
Last edited by markcasper; 02-16-2017 at 07:09 AM.
Mark
Where we made syrup long before the trendies made it popular, now its just another commodity.
John Deere 4000, 830, and 420 crawler
1400 taps, 600 gph CDL RO, 4x12 wood-fired Leader, forced air and preheater. 400 gallon Sap-O-Matic vacuum gathering tank, PTO powered. 2500 gallon X truck tank, 17 bulk tanks.
No cage tanks allowed on this farm!