Waited all year and the sap is running like crazy. Made 3 quarts this morning. About to break out some shipyard ale. Anyone else tapping in the area?
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Waited all year and the sap is running like crazy. Made 3 quarts this morning. About to break out some shipyard ale. Anyone else tapping in the area?
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Looks great! I just put in 50 taps this afternoon and it was running out of every hole. I hope to get another 25 in tomorrow.
Here in Farmington, I tapped 125 yesterday and all holes were running well right up to dark. Will be interesting to see what will be running today, if any. Everything is piped on combination of 3 and 5 16ths tubing on fairly steep hill side. Thirty taps are hooked to shur flow pump.
I have been using the 120vac shurflow for three years now. For $69 on line, and a few fittings, it is a real bargin and makes a substantial difference. I have 35 taps on it now.
Nice to see backyard operations alive and well!
Saturday was the maiden voyage of my new concrete block arch / steam pan evaporator. In combination with my old stove /pan unit as a warming tray, things went real well. I boiled down 25 gallons in less than 5 hours to 2.75 QTS of syrup. The old stove was limited to 16ish gallons in 8 hours so a good time/efficiency improvement. Plus it was cheap! This coming week looks great so hopefully I can go into the next boil with 35 gallons for a gallon of syrup for output.
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I'm running about 65 taps on a 12v shurflo for the 2nd time this year. Pretty cheap and makes a noticeable difference in sap production. I went from about .1 gal syrup per tap to .2 after using the shurflo. These trees are on a north facing hill side and heavily shaded, so in general not the most productive.
Smoky Lake 2x8 Raised Flue
Mason Arch
5 Buckets
300 Gravity
120 High Shurflo vac
7" Wes Fab Filter Press
Mason Finisher
Mason Water-Jacketed Canner
Where abouts in Lewiston? We have almost 100 taps in Lewiston. Some road side in the South Ave area and others on lines in South Lewiston. The rest are at the sugar house in Sumner. Sap ran really good today.
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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