I had a small run between Noon Thursday and end of day Friday. Nothing to write home about, wait, does any body even write home anymore? Ran the RO , boiled Saturday, sweetened the pans and made a smidge of nice light syrup.
I had a small run between Noon Thursday and end of day Friday. Nothing to write home about, wait, does any body even write home anymore? Ran the RO , boiled Saturday, sweetened the pans and made a smidge of nice light syrup.
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900 plus taps , 435 vacuum, 565 gravity
2.5 x 10 Thor on Tsunami arch
H2O Concentrater 300
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At this point I'm holding off drilling any holes till after the heat wave is over.
2 1/2 x 10 with steam away leader drop flue inferno arch.
550 in gravity
Me too. Temperatures looking good Friday and beyond.
Finished tapping Sun. AM, ran vacuum and chased leaks Sun. PM. Probably let 100+ gallons run on the ground. Ran some more out this morning, then started collecting just before noon. We'll see what comes... I don't think north side taps are doing anything yet and I don't expect a big run.
Steven Abbott
Over 900 taps on vacuum
30" x 10' D&G Woodsaver evaporator with Steamaway
Half acre market garden
2 farmers in training
Went for it and started tapping today. Was going to wait, butweather looks good later this week. Slow going, changing drops as we go, only got 250 or so done today. Vac pump ran good but releaser needs a little attention. Sap was running good.
Greene Maple Farm Sebago, Maine
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Phillip View Farm
Sebago, Maine
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All 5400 taps plugged in at the big woods. 2 guys will be there checking for vacuum leaks through the warm spell. Got in the truck at 1:30 and came back home to work on our bush. Got 1/3 tapped in before it went dark. Won't be fully plugged in until next weekend, but will get 1 of 3 lines cleaned out and maybe hjave some sap to boil next weekend.
We managed to get 80 or so buckets out on Sunday. We hung a new 3/16" line yesterday afternoon with 20 taps on it. Got the tank cleaned and put the tube into it at 3:30pm check the tank this am an it had 25 gallons in it! My old man is heading to get more roles!!! Need to finish the evaporator this week.
2013 135 Taps 35 on Gravity, 100 on Buckets 11 Gallons Made
2014 310 Taps 75 on Sureflo 4048, 235 on Buckets, 16'x16' Sugarshack, 5" Filter Press, 2x6 Smoky Lake Hybrid Pan (SOLD) 23 Gallons made
2015 315 Taps, 17 on Sureflo 4008, 62 on Sureflo 4048, 236 on Buckets 31.25 Gallons Made
2016 New Northwoods Stainless Finisher and Steamhood
2017 325 Taps 34 Gallons Made
2018 150 Taps New Northwoods Stainless 2x6 Raised Flue w/ Air Tight Arch 40+ Gallons Made
We got 50 taps plugged in in Lewiston Saturday morning which so far have yielded about 50 gallons. Sunday we got about 60 3/16 taps in and almost 100 buckets. Should have a few hundred gallons to get the evaporator going. First boil in the new sugarhouse!
West Sumner Sugar House
West Sumner, ME
500 +/- Taps - 2 x 8 CDL Venturi - 3 Shurflo Solar Systems - MES Dolly 300
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1100 gallons of sap on 840 taps since yesterday noon. Brix is 2.1% - pretty normal to start. I put 800 gallons of sap in the rig today and saw 11 gallons of syrup come out the other end. Off to a good start!
Steven Abbott
Over 900 taps on vacuum
30" x 10' D&G Woodsaver evaporator with Steamaway
Half acre market garden
2 farmers in training
Going to start tapping at beginning of next week. Might miss out on some sap but being on all buckets I'll lets this warm weather pass by before I start drilling.
2019 99 taps on buckets (95 red & 4 sugar)
W.F. Mason 2x4 XL