Buckeye, I'm glad you liked your tubing. I put up another 5 rolls this year, for a total of 7000' I collected 3200 gallon of sap, boiled about 2500 and came out with 27 gallon of Syrup. We finished up on the 19th also, - had 175 gallon of sap the 20th but it looked like lemonade- and it was 80F. I started pulling taps. Still some sap running yesterday in the laterals I haven't pulled, have to tote my 6' ladder back in the holler to get to some of my hi taps out- had to keep my lines runnin downhill! I had zero squirrel chews last year on 3000' of tubing, this year they terrorized my new tubing, and some of the old. I just flushed with tap water last year, no bleach, peroxide or any other thing they said squirrels like. This year they chewed the new tubing between putting it up and tapping. I went through a pile of connectors repairing it. We had a short season, 24 Jan-19 Feb-froze up for ten of those days- The good news, I sold out yesterday- we kept 2 gallon for us, gave away another 3 gallon to family- sold 22 gallon in 6 days and people are still calling and hitting us up on facebook. We got $12 pint and $20 per quart- sold 6 one gallon jugs for $60. Never stepped foot off the farm to sell any- all word of mouth and facebook. Made enough to pay for the dairy tanks and the RO- still in the hole on containers and more SS plumbing lol but we'll get er next year. Adding another 200 or so taps, maybe more.
'12 15 jugs - Steam pans
'17 125 3/16 - 18" x 72" drop flue on homemade arch
'18 240 3/16 - Deer Run 125
'19 450 3/16 - Converted RO to electric/added a membrane
'20 600 3/16 - Maple Pro 2x6 Raised Flue, added AOF/AUF
'21 570 3/16 - Built steam hood, Smoky Lake filter press
'22 800 3/16 - Upgraded RO to 4 4x40
'23 500 3/16 - Re-plumbed RO, new "Guzzler"
'24 500 3/16 - Steam Away, DIY 8x40 RO