Haha yeah, i'm sure the grandparents will be over! The baby is a great excuse to take a couple weeks of work off during maple season.
Haha yeah, i'm sure the grandparents will be over! The baby is a great excuse to take a couple weeks of work off during maple season.
39 taps 3/21&3/22 pulled 1st boil (126 gal) this morning. Lost sap because of ice/ over flows.
1st time after 4 yr off.
WHERE IS EVERYONE?
Last edited by Grand Marais Boiler; 03-31-2023 at 06:57 PM.
Oil tank evaporator w/fire brick and grate, 8 ft. stack
2 x 4 ss pan w/warmer
2011 90 taps
2012 65 taps
2013 76 taps w/milk jugs
2014 41 taps w/milk jugs
2017 67 taps w/various jugs
2018 75 taps wjugs
2023 39 taps wjugs
Polaris Ranger w/tracks
Pulled taps Mon 4/10. Finished 2nd boil Tue 4/11. 233gal. Glad to be done
Oil tank evaporator w/fire brick and grate, 8 ft. stack
2 x 4 ss pan w/warmer
2011 90 taps
2012 65 taps
2013 76 taps w/milk jugs
2014 41 taps w/milk jugs
2017 67 taps w/various jugs
2018 75 taps wjugs
2023 39 taps wjugs
Polaris Ranger w/tracks
233gal of sap or finished syrup!? I'm still running, had a good run yesterday, considered quitting when it almost hit 80 last week but we have good freeze nights and warmer days for the next week at least now.
Had a late start and missed a week not believing we'd be tapping this early. 100 taps for only 2 weeks 720 gallons sap and got 21+ gallons syrup. 34:1 ratio. Very little niter. Bucket RO really cut the boiling time down and used a lot less wood. Used a vacumn filter which really cut down the the use of 4 letter words. Would have liked to kept going but there are some of the family that thought they were entitled to get their lives back.
Last edited by fishman; 03-14-2024 at 08:19 PM.
2006 - 12 taps on open fire
2011 - 50 taps new 2 x 4 flat pan + warmer
2012 - 65 taps new 16 x 16 sugar shack
2013- 75 taps and no more, well maybe 85 now
2016-97 taps
1 Lab and my wife's Springer
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