Just curious as to when everyone taps for the year when is to early?
When’s everyone planning on tapping
Just curious as to when everyone taps for the year when is to early?
hopefully I can start tapping vac tubing thursday or friday this week. got all the mess in woods cleaned up and just workiing on changing out some more drops. looks like this weekend might be a good weekend to get things done and tested and ready to go here in southern NH. hard to tell with all the different forecasts , crazy...
may your sap be at 3%
Brad
www.willowcreeksugarhouse.com
585 or so on Vacuum, about 35 on buckets/sap sacs
Atlas Copco GVS 25A Rotary Vane vacuum pump
MES horizontal electric releaser
2x6 ss phaneuf Drop flue, Leader woodsaver blower, homemade hood
300gph H2O RO
husquvarna 562 XP
Its Here!!! 2024 season is here get busy!!!
I’m going to put in a few taps in this weekend but for the most part I’m going to hold off till February. The earliest I’ve ever put taps in was January 26th and I got good runs but low sugar.
Started in 2013 with 15 taps on buckets and a turkey frier.
Now 2020, 250 taps, 3/16's with vac. 10x14 sugarhouse. 2x6 Leader raised flue. Homemade 50 gal per hour RO.
Munson's Maple’s
Tapped 1 today so that I can monitor the early flows. It sure flowed.
Planning on tapping the rest feb 10 depending on the forecast.
If you are on tubing with either natural vacuum (3/16) or pump vacuum and have good sanitation, anytime now is good to tap.. If on bags or buckets you might want to wait yet.
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.
Depends which weather app I look at. Weather channel is saying put holes in trees. Accu is saying hold off for another couple weeks. Spent the last couple days in the woods fixing damage. Almost back on track for the home woods. The Northwood bush took a pounding in that wind storm.
30x40 Sugarhouse
975 taps here at home. Still have 3-400 to add in.
3x10 Cabin by the Creek evap with "steamaway"
CDL 600 RO
ebayed Sogevac S65
Holding off here in the mountains for a few weeks yet.
It looks ok on paper, but it's not going to deliver even if it's dead on. the snow pack will keep temps down in the woods here and nowhere near enough sun predicted to get things moving in my woods.
Matt Durrell
2012 - 12 Taps hand me down 2x2 and made a barrel stove
2014 - 20 Taps 8x10 timber-frame shack
2015 - 25 Taps
2016 - 28 Taps new 110 acres
2017 - 12 Taps january, 55 Taps spring and 15 Taps fall, same ol 2x2
2018 - Helping another sugarmaker 5000 Taps, 57 at home
My thoughts too. When the snow is tight around the trees, and the frost is still in the ground, the trees don’t run much regardless of the temperature. Also, the days are still short and the sun is still low on the horizon. In 3 weeks, it will be a whole different ballgame.Originally Posted by Sinzibuckwud
Sugaring for 45+ years
New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around
Radio Silence.
Last edited by amaranth farm; 04-06-2018 at 01:46 PM.
To early to tell at this point, they can hardly predict what's going to happen tomorrow nevermind a month from now. The end of February into the first week of March seems to always be a good rough starting point. It also depends if you have 100 or 10,000 taps going in and your location. Since you're asking I'm going to assume you don't have a whole bunch going in. Be patient and keep a close eye on the forcast. I remember my first year I tapped so early because I was excited/impatient and my taps suffered greatly at peak flow time.
2018 - ?? 2x5 lapierre raised flue evaporator
2017 - 150 taps mixed 2.5 x 4 evaporator
2016 - 230 taps taps mixed 2.5 x 4 evaporator
2015 - 115 taps mixed buckets, bags and, water jugs. 2.5 x 4 evaporator.
2014 - 55 taps mixed buckets, bags and, drop lines. 4 steam trays and a block arch. 3 gallons made tapped prematurely (lesson learned)
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