What does .51 gal per tap mean I thought you got over 20 gal per tap a season Thanks
What does .51 gal per tap mean I thought you got over 20 gal per tap a season Thanks
Tom,
Good question. I believe in this case it is referring to .51 gallons of finished syrup per tap. Or about 20 gallons of 2% sap per tap. This is achieved with vacuum systems. Gravity systems produce about .25 gal of syrup per tap.
Regards,
Chris
Casbohm Maple and Honey
625 roadside taps + Neighbors bring some sap too!
3x10 King, WRU, AOF and AUF
12" SIRO Filter Press.
2015 Ford F250 PSD sap hauler
One Golden named Maggie, Norwegian Forest Cat named Lucy
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1932 Ford AAB ton and a half, dump truck
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Small sample size, certainly (31 buckets), but we did .50 gallons of syrup per tap on 28.02 gallons of sap per tap/bucket. It was a good year; we usually do about .3 per tap finished syrup.
I got .455 gal/tap and for health reasons I was not tapped until about 1/3 thru the season. Even with that, it was my best ever, my previous was .38 GPT.
Last edited by maple flats; 05-02-2018 at 08:10 AM. Reason: corrected my math
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Doing these calculations made me a little depressed haha.
6.6 gpt sap... 0.11 gpt finished syrup. Averaged a 60:1 ratio with 1855 gallons collected and 31 gallons finished. If Only my little maple trees would grow faster. At least I still doubled my previous records!
6th season solo sugar maker in a young sugar bush of mostly red maples
320 taps
2x6 self built arch, Flat pans w/ dividers
New 12x16 sugar house
CDL hobby 250 RO
I got .27 gpt from my 725 taps about 90% of which are red maples on high vacuum. I have a few clusters of trees where there are many stems growing out of the same root ball and I tap every stem that is 5" or larger. I know that those trees aren't producing much sap which hurts my average. I'm making more syrup because I'm getting sap from them that I wouldn't get if I didn't tap them. If I was going for gpt numbers those trees would be cut down or not tapped but I'll take the more syrup made over the gpt bragging rights.
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
I am able to keep track of all 4 Sugarbush separately as I haul most of them. Like Russ at home here I have alot of cluster reds and small trees I should cut but tap instead, these I get about .28 out of. My other I get .44, .49, and my best which was 1000 taps produced 32,300 gallons of sap at an average of .53 gpt.
18x30 sugarshack
5100 taps high vac
3x10 inferno with steampan
7'' wes fab filter press
10'' cdl air filter press
D&G 3 post reverse osmosis w/recirculation
I produced 378 gallons of syrup off of just under 1000 taps, what would the calculations look like?
Remember to keep on ticking while the sap is dripping.
2016- 50 buckets. Made 4 gallons.
2022- 3750 taps + Smartrek! Made 1300 gallons.
2023- 3750 taps after removing a pump house and connected two woods. Made 800 gallons.
That's what I thought but wanted to check. Would that be considered a good ratio?
Remember to keep on ticking while the sap is dripping.
2016- 50 buckets. Made 4 gallons.
2022- 3750 taps + Smartrek! Made 1300 gallons.
2023- 3750 taps after removing a pump house and connected two woods. Made 800 gallons.