How much wood will I need
I’ve been digging around on here trying to figure out how much wood I need for this season. Do to day job and getting trees thinned in new sugar bush I only have 500 taps this year on vacuum. I have a 2x6 with max pan and blower with airtight arch. And plan on bringing my sap to 8% with ro. Last year I boiled but got my wood from a pile so I don’t know how much I used. I have 3 full cords of ash and hard maple mix, 1 full cord of poplar and a face cord of pine, would that be enough?
2019:250 gallons
2020:324 gallons
2021:?
I have a 2x6 with an airtight arch and concentrate to 14% I have 725 taps on vacuum and use less than 3 cords of wood. My wood is usually a mixture of pine and hardwood, about 50/50. I figure 1 cord of wood for 100 gallons of syrup and most seasons it's pretty close to that.
Russ
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So at 8% I should be in the ball park of 75 gallons per cord?Originally Posted by Russell Lampron
2019:250 gallons
2020:324 gallons
2021:?
I think that was what I used to get when I concentrated to 8%. I had a blower but not an airtight arch back then.
"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!
Alright perfect thanks for the information!
2019:250 gallons
2020:324 gallons
2021:?
I run a 2x5 and collect sap from about 220 taps. I push that thru an RO to get it about 8-9%.
I end up using about 1 1/2 cords of wood.
I do not use forced draft but I do have an air front door on the arch.
In the end I make about 50 gals.
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Assuming you guys are talking a bush cord when your estimating gallons per cord?
Rob
2017- 75 taps 21 liters of syrup, 20x48 sugar shack
2018- 150 taps 35 litres syrup 2x6 Lappiere evap, Auf, steamhood
2019- 200 taps?- 150 on buckets- 50 on 3/16- the 3/16 still in the box due to time and weather this year- 43 liters syrup- tapped for week and a half
2020- 204 taps- 170 buckets- 34 3/16 gravity tapped March 19th
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I'm talking a 128 cubic foot cord. What's a bush cord, 4'x4'x8'?
"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!
Been A long time since I heard that term - Bush Cord. Yes, it's the measure of a full cord of wood - 4X4X8 = 128 cu. ft.
2016 - helped at afriend with a small operation, 300+ taps. = hooked
2017 - 20 taps @ home, 1 gal @ home on propane, then hauled to friends operation
Bought a whole shack locally, with a Leader 1/2 Pint, moved it home
2018 - 50 taps, 9 on 3/16 gravity and 41 pails -14 gallons of good sweet stuff
2019 - 27 taps, 17 on 3/16 gravity and 10 on pails - 12-3/4 gallons of good sweet stuff (most fun I've had with this hobby)
Lol. Yes a bush cord is 4'x4'x8'. Sorry still a common term in my neck of the woods. Thanks for the clarity, I hope to do 20 to 30 gallons at 2% so I should have enough dry wood ready this year. It shows how much an R.O cuts down on the cutting and splitting for sure. Thanks again.
Rob
2017- 75 taps 21 liters of syrup, 20x48 sugar shack
2018- 150 taps 35 litres syrup 2x6 Lappiere evap, Auf, steamhood
2019- 200 taps?- 150 on buckets- 50 on 3/16- the 3/16 still in the box due to time and weather this year- 43 liters syrup- tapped for week and a half
2020- 204 taps- 170 buckets- 34 3/16 gravity tapped March 19th
Kawasaki Mule Pro FXT SXS on Tracks- sap hauler
Wife and kids who like sugar’n almost as much as me.
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