Looking at forecasts, shows nothing above 32deg. clear out to 2-18, guess i have awhile
to wait
Looking at forecasts, shows nothing above 32deg. clear out to 2-18, guess i have awhile
to wait
While they are interesting, long term forecasts (beyond 5 days) are basically useless. However, that won't stop weather companies from giving them to us.
60ish taps on buckets
D&G Sportsman 18x63
Turbo RB15 RO Bucket
Yup, that's pretty much the case....
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc/Weather.pdf
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Heck I wouldn't bet on anything past 3 days
125-150 taps
Smokey Lakes Full pint Hybrid pan
Modified half pint arch
Air over fire
All 3/16 tubing
Southern Ohio
Oh, i know, heck they'll probably change it again before todays over
unless it stays cold well past your normal maple season I tend to think it can result in a better season. But if it goes well past normal you will likely have a shorter season. We'll all know how it went, after the season.
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.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Looks like I'll be repairing lines and tapping Saturday and Sunday. With my property an hour and a half away, I try to just go down on weekends, but if we are in the low 50's through the week with lows in the 40's I may have to go down daily to every other day. From too cold to too warm...figures!
2014 - 8 taps, turkey fryer, 130 gallons sap, just under 2.5 gallons syrup.
2015 - 50 taps and counting.
2016 - 60 taps on 3/16 and a Bill Mason evaporator on order.
2017 - 115 taps on 3/16, homemade r/o.
2018 - 150 taps on 3/16, r/o a big help, but lots of leaks killing yield.
2019 - sticking with 150 taps or maybe less, focusing on good vacuum and less waste to increase yield. Doubling up my r/o, and made a vacuum filter that looks promising.
tapped my vac. line today, very hard to get to runs along steep river bank, think may have run coming up end of week, but had help today, so got that much done. was cold and nothing was dripping when tapped