495 gals on 230 taps. Hope we get another good run later this week. Could be a banner year if we do, just got to get past the next couple days. Hang in there everyone and good luck!
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495 gals on 230 taps. Hope we get another good run later this week. Could be a banner year if we do, just got to get past the next couple days. Hang in there everyone and good luck!
Wow that is pretty good. We collected 350 off 310 taps at 8:30 this morning but did not go back out tonight to pickup again, it will be there in the morning
1986-2002 2x6 Leader evaporator 150 taps drop tubes
Life happens
2015 130 taps drop tubes and sap sacs
2016 225 taps drop tubes and sap sacs
2017 300+? MicRO single membrane
2019 325 taps 81 gallons made, most ever for us
2020 2x6 Smoky Lake evaporator 400 taps with 160 on a guzzler pump
2021..... a lot more line and vacuum
We collected about 120 gallons on 75 taps here north of Grand Rapids. Great day!
43° 31' 8" N
2012: 2 taps 1 quart of something resembling syrup and 1 cup of sugar
2013: 12 taps 3 gallons of syrup
2014: 20 taps 4 gallons of syrup
2015: 25 taps 10 gallons of syrup
2016: 60 taps 12 gallons of syrup
2017: 75 taps
Still too cold up here. Didn't start flowing until around 2 PM.
CE
44° 41′ 3″ N
2019 -- 44 Red Maples - My home and sugarbush are for sale.
2018 -- 48 Red Maples, 7 gallons
2017 -- 84 Red Maples, 1 Sugar Maple, and 1 Silver Maple , 13 gallons
2016 -- 55 Red Maples, 8 gallons
2015 -- 15 Red Maples, 6 Birches - 3+ gallons maple syrup
An awning over my deck is my sugar shack.
An electrified kitchen sink and an electrified steam table pan are my evaporators.
Caught up on the sap that we had, was turning cloudy. Boiled 35 gallons off in five hours and collected 40 fresh.
I confess I am getting tired.We are sitting at 417 total I only shoot for 500 total.
43.6728° N Sanford MI.
2015 100 3/16 taps/buckets. 540 gallons of sap = 12 gallons finished. grill side burner (propane)
2016 100 3/16 taps/buckets 315 gallons of sap = 11 gallons finished Turkey Fryer/ grill side burner (propane)
2017 100 3/16 taps /buckets 797 gallons of sap = 8 3/4 gallons finished. Home made brick arch (wood)
You did really well Ivy, I'm really wishing we had more taps on tubing with vacuum, almost all of my buckets were overflowing and I spilled a fair amount trying to pour them into the collection tank. We ended up with around 375 gallons on our 250 taps. Lets hope this keeps up!!
2016: 4 Buckets, 1 Gallon of syrup
2017: 70 on 3/16 Gravity, 180 on buckets, New Sugar Shack and Sunrise Metal 2x8 Maxiflame
2022: Boiling for 1200 taps, new Volcano 2000 coming next summer
Great Lakes Maple
Cedar Eater,
I a little anxious to see what you do with your new shurflo. Please keep us up to date on it.
Thanks
Ivy,
We will be boiling again on Wednesday evening, you are always welcome!
2016: 4 Buckets, 1 Gallon of syrup
2017: 70 on 3/16 Gravity, 180 on buckets, New Sugar Shack and Sunrise Metal 2x8 Maxiflame
2022: Boiling for 1200 taps, new Volcano 2000 coming next summer
Great Lakes Maple
I'm still waiting on the deep cycle batteries. They are due on Thursday, just in time for the next #@$%^&$# cooldown.Originally Posted by Ivyacres
CE
44° 41′ 3″ N
2019 -- 44 Red Maples - My home and sugarbush are for sale.
2018 -- 48 Red Maples, 7 gallons
2017 -- 84 Red Maples, 1 Sugar Maple, and 1 Silver Maple , 13 gallons
2016 -- 55 Red Maples, 8 gallons
2015 -- 15 Red Maples, 6 Birches - 3+ gallons maple syrup
An awning over my deck is my sugar shack.
An electrified kitchen sink and an electrified steam table pan are my evaporators.
Likewise in NE GR. Collected 50 gallons off 80 taps Sunday evening then 125 gallons Monday evening. It's still running. This morning some buckets are half full or more. I'm betting on 50-100 gallons this evening. Forecast looks like some sporadic good flow weather over the next week or so. Having a hard time keeping up. Timing is terrible with nothing to boil on weekends when I have the time. All flow is during the week this season. My wife is boiling while I'm at work.
20 years into this - Started with 8 paint cans and a borrowed turkey fryer
100 taps / old school buckets / cinder block arch fired with natural gas / pair of 2x3 pans
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