Tapping Madison county
I've been working the woods for 6 weeks now. The most repairs I've ever had to do by far. I started the same time as usual and this is the first time in 5 years I wasn't tapped by Jan 20-21. So far I only have about 600 taps in, and Saturday was my first real sap flow. I got 800 gal off the 600 taps ant it was boil time. The pans are sweet and I drew about maybe 10 gal of syrup into my draw tank. Back at it, into the woods soon, but I'll then need to pump my tanks and boil again after lunch. Yesterday's haul only tested 1.8% from both woods, I usually get 2.3-2.4 early season and it then drops to 1.9-1.7 near the end. I hope it comes up. The % was likely off because some of that sap ran several days ago, then sat there frozen solid so I couldn't pump it. What I drew looks like it will likely be Amber. Hopefully it goes a little lighter for a while, but in reality, by far my biggest sales are in Dark and I often blend golden to make Amber or even Dark to fill orders before the next season.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.