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    Default Rent trees ?

    Finally purched a new home but had to leave my maples at old house ,I'm going to miss them . Anyone know how to rent or look for trees to be tapped near where I live ? Really going to miss making sryup ,I'm in Rhode island area . thanks

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    Do what I and probably a lot of producers on here did, and still do- drive around and when see some nice specimens, ask the owner. Or mention it to folks in your travels that your looking for tree's to tap. Good luck this season.
    2014 Upgrades!: 24x40 sugarhouse & 30"x10' Lapierre welded pans, wood fired w/ forced draft, homemade hood & preheater
    400 taps- half on gravity 5/16, half on gravity 3/16
    Airablo R.O. machine - in the house basement!
    Ford F-350 4x4 sap gatherer
    An assortment of barrels, cage tanks & bulk tanks- with one operational for cooling/holding concentrate
    And a few puzzled neighbors...

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    I rent 99% of my sugarbush from locals. Find the trees. Find the owners and pay for the lease! We pay a gallon of syrup per 100 taps unless they want cash, most dont. Works for us and the owners.
    Regards,
    Chris
    Casbohm Maple and Honey
    625 roadside taps + Neighbors bring some sap too!
    3x10 King, WRU, AOF and AUF
    12" SIRO Filter Press.
    2015 Ford F250 PSD sap hauler
    One Golden named Maggie, Norwegian Forest Cat named Lucy
    Too many Cub Cadets
    Ford Jubilee and several Allis WD's, and IH tractors
    1932 Ford AAB ton and a half, dump truck

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    I rent about 75% of my trees. Just find a stand and ask the landowner. Don't give up, many will say no but a few will say yes.
    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.

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