Who's still going in New York?
I'm still going but others have called it quits around here. Who else is still going out there?
While my sugar is low (1.4-1.6%) I keep getting sap and the buds were still tight at my bigger bush. Around the sugar house they are tight too but the trees there have all but called it quits. There, after pulling my soft maples off over 4 weeks ago I still have 130 sugars on, but when I run the pump (at 26-27") it takes up to 2 hrs for the releaser to dump and that one dumps at slightly over 3 gal. I don't see that as enough to justify the electric used to get it.
In my main bush, I still got 400 gal yesterday off 568 taps @ 1.4%. Will head back this morning to collect again and see what's there. That bush has vac from 18" up to 28-29". It is all on a vacuum tank at 18" but then slightly over half of the taps are on 3/16 with good slope, most of those get 28-29".
I'm going to change a few more to 3/16 for next year, I still have a few laterals with good slope that would benefit from the natural vacuum.
Last edited by maple flats; 04-01-2017 at 07:42 AM.
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.