Other than needing a new 20V drill, ready to rumble here in Kent
who's ready? could you go out and tap tomorrow?
Other than needing a new 20V drill, ready to rumble here in Kent
Still waiting on a delivery of 3/16 tubing and taps from CDL. Figured this year I will make my 100ft of elevation change do the work for me. Worried my diy evaporator (that's not built yet) might get swamped with more sap than it can boil.
Weather has been perfect lately tho.
I think I could. New arch and evaporator are bricked and ready to go. Going to give it a test boil tomorrow. New milk tank in place and just needs another cleaning. Lines and buckets all set to go.
Still thinking about how to cool my milk tank. Can't find a refrigeration guy that's interested in getting it back up and cooling. Seriously considering calling it with a water chiller unit. Its either that or frozen blocks of sap. On the fence....
1980 - 6 taps, stone fire pit, drain pan evaporator, 1 pint of syrup
2016 - 55 taps on 3/16 and gravity, new sugar shack, 2x3 Mason XL, 16 gallons of syrup
2017 - 170 taps on 3/16, 2x4 Mason XL, NextGen RO. 50 gallons of syrup
2018 - 250+ taps on gravity and buckets, 2x5 Smokey Lake arch and Beaverland pan.
2019 - 250+ taps on gravity. A few buckets. 35 gallons of syrup.
2020 - 300+ taps on gravity. 50 gallons of syrup.
2021 - 280 taps on gravity and 40 buckets. 35 gallons of syrup.
I am absolutely ready to go. Just finished putting up 107 taps on 3/16th tubing, cleaned the shack and equipment, got supplies,set collection tanks and got wood stacked at the shack all I need is the right weather and I'm a go. I have 40 taps on one hill I will tap for fall/late winter to make some early syrup. I will probably tap those trees in two weeks and hope to run them until second week of January, then a 2-3 week break and all in for regular season. It' on baby!
A good day of cleaning equipment I'd be ready.
2021 230 Taps on vacuum
Smokylake 2X6 pan set with auto drawoff
Homebuilt 2 4x40 membrane RO
Homebuilt filter press
Rebuilt arch with under and over the fire air we have named V 2.0
Smokylake steam bottler
Hoods and preheater
500 gallon vertical polytank to store sap for RO
Adding a laser eye to my bottler for autofill/stop
Nope...not even at gunpoint....
Chris Hicks
The Sugar House at Morningstar Farm
24x50 sugar House
New 4x12 reverse fired leader arch and steam away
new h2o innovations 1000 gph r.o.
it's time to get back in the woods!
www.sappyguys.com
603-479-0804
100% ready to go right now, although I am hoping the season doesn't start this year until it is supposed to. I'd like to get a little ice fishing in this winter.
Noel Good
1998 to 2009: 15 taps on buckets, scavenged fire pit and pans
2010: New 2x4 SS flat pan w/preheater
2015: New to me Lapierre 18x60 raised flue, new shack, new everything!! 59 taps 23.75 gallons
2016: 85 taps 19 gallons
2017: Purchased 2.5 acres and tubed half with 3/16. 145 taps total 49.25 gallons
2018: 200 taps (162 on 3/16ths 38 on buckets) New NextGen RO 63 gallons
2019: 210 taps 73.5 gallons
2023: 210 taps 89.75 gallons
www.wnybass.com
I am ready to go. I have a feeling we may see sap flow for a week this January. I bought my spouts already because I was told they are selling fast right now. Good luck everyone.
Spud
Ready to go??
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
HEHEHEHE!
HOHOHOHO!!
Noticed yesterday a big ole fat tree came down on one of the mains.
Been meaning to replace that little 100’ stretch anyway.
Need to repair a tank.
Some electronics to fool around with.
See if’n I can’t get the RO to quit leaking.
Wood to split yet, always the wood.
But I am closer than I’ve ever been at this point.
42.67N 84.02W
350 taps- 300 on vacuum, 50 buckets
JD gator 625i Sap hauler w/65 gal tank
Leader 2X6 drop flue
Homemade auto draw-off
Homemade preheater
Homebrew RO, 2- xle-4040's
LaPierre double vertical releaser
Kinney KC-8 vacuum pump
12X24 shack
Lots of chickens and a few cats.
First snow of the season today. The workers and I finally made it in the woods to start running the 3/16 tubing.
2017 25 taps on buckets got me hooked 1 gallon of sweet
2018 51 taps on 3/16 tubing/ DIY oil tank evaporator 8.5gallons finished
2019 60 taps 7 gallons finished ended season short
2020 New 2x4 divided pan ready to get away from the headache that is steam table pans
2021 off year due to pandemic and projects
2022 back at it
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