She's hammering
Not sure why today is different, but sap flow on the 3\16 is way up 1.5 gpt so far. Only been getting .25 - .5 gpt for a couple weeks now and a lot of sap was getting milky before the freeze up. Test pot confired it's good, not surprised lot of buds are still tight out in the woods and anything facing north is still snowpack. The boy ain't gonna like hearing "more wood"
Boiling to May.... Let's do it!
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
Nice run for you up there!
Real slow for me today in southern NH. I thought it would be one of those end-of-year gushers because is 50F after two nights in the 20s... I am using check valves, but I think the taps are closing up earlier this year for some reason than in years past. I face north, so will keep my bait in the water another day to see what happens.
Jamie Jones
2017 - 120 taps, 68G syrup - automated pumping from collection to head tank
2016 - 118 taps (about half on 3/16"), 60G syrup
2015 - 115 taps, 58G syrup - new wireless blower switch and remote pump switch from tank to shack
2014 - 120 taps, 53G syrup - hobby vac
2013 - 120 taps, 40G syrup - Sunrise Metal 2x6, 12x14 sugarhouse
2012 - 44 taps, 6G syrup -gravity tube, 4 steam pans on block arch, plastic greenhouse shack - (I'm hooked!)
I was heading out to pull the rest of my taps lol buckets are done and yard trees are also pulled. Any taps that were in the sun had quite a bit of bacteria buildup, any taps in predominantly shade show white clean wood. Pretty amazing for my first year tubing seeing the tap holes last so long, tapped febuary 11 running hard April 11.. color me convinced.
2 gpt when I checked last night, it's 29 now... Let's see what she does today, it's going to stay warm till Saturday night probably putter off till then. i will see what happens till Tuesday then I'm throwing in the towel. Juggling maple and the greenhouses is making for some long days and I can hear the trout calling my name.
Using stubby with clear spouts and 3\16 drops on max flow 50 tubing.
Last edited by Sinzibuckwud; 04-12-2018 at 04:12 AM.
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
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