I went down Sunday at noon thinking I would fire up the ro while I rebricked the evaporator and all would be good. Had all bubbles in my lines, so that led to a 6 hour splice session...over 20 squirrel bites and fallen tree limbs. 5 or 6 falls worthy of Americas Funniest Home Videos if anyone had been filming, and I'm pretty sure there are some more leaks out there.. Oh, and I forgot the ro filters...duh. Woke up to rain and too much wind to fire up the evaporator, and was pretty dejected. Dug up my buckets, washed them and loaded 65 gallons and the ro into my vehicle and came home. All in all, not too bad. Ran the ro while I had dinner and watched the IU game, then started on the turkey fryer...1:30 am and I'm down to just under 3 gallons at 30%. Beats fighting the rain and wind...I'll finish tomorrow.
2014 - 8 taps, turkey fryer, 130 gallons sap, just under 2.5 gallons syrup.
2015 - 50 taps and counting.
2016 - 60 taps on 3/16 and a Bill Mason evaporator on order.
2017 - 115 taps on 3/16, homemade r/o.
2018 - 150 taps on 3/16, r/o a big help, but lots of leaks killing yield.
2019 - sticking with 150 taps or maybe less, focusing on good vacuum and less waste to increase yield. Doubling up my r/o, and made a vacuum filter that looks promising.