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  1. #121
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    I don't know what's going on down there Alden, the sap is running pretty good here. I haven't shut my vacuum pump off since the last freeze and even with the snow and below freezing temps it's been pulling in sap. It was snowing like a bastard and 30* last evening when I went to collect. I thought I'd find a froze up releaser but found 175 gallons of sap and my coldest section not running while the two warmer sections were running pretty good.

    I'm glad that you're finally getting a decent run Nate, 100 gph will make some syrup.
    Russ

    "Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!

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    Boiling again. Sap ran good yesterday and is running some today. Ended up with 1.25 gallons of sap per tap yesterday which is pretty good for this late in the season.
    Sugaring for 45+ years
    New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
    New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
    2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
    250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
    1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
    2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around

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    I got 2000 gallons of sap in 48 hrs on the 600 taps in my main sugar woods. From 9am yesterday to 4pm my 800 gallon woods tank filled and then ran over for God knows how long.That was the good part, sugar was 1.4% but so far I made 25 gallons out of that run, still have 4-500 that came in last night, and it was running decently at 9am. Going to be a strong finish, last 15 gallons was of the very dark variety, yesterday's run cleaned the lines good, lots of sediment in the bottom of the tank. A few more days.
    Nate Hutchins
    Nate & Kate's Maple
    2022 1000 taps?
    3x10 Intensofire
    20x36 sugarhouse
    CDL 600gph RO
    A wife and 2 kids.

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    I did my last boil tonight and ended with 170 gallons plus the contents of the evaporator. I'll probably be in the 175 range when I finish the evaporator. I made 191.5 last season with 3,000 gallons more sap. It turned out to be a good season after all.
    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!

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    2019 is in the books. Finished with 85-1/2 gallons on 230 taps for 0.38 gallons per tap. Not too bad given the year. Never made any Very Dark.
    Last edited by BAP; 04-13-2019 at 05:29 PM.
    Sugaring for 45+ years
    New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
    New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
    2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
    250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
    1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
    2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around

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    Ran really good the last few days here. Got about 250 gallons in two days but all around 1% sugar. Collected another 160 gallons this morning and it was only .5% so I sadly dumped it. Looks like I'll be right around 22 gallons of finished syrup after today's last boil. Not quite as good as last years 30 gal, but I boiled almost 800 gallons less this season.
    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

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    What a weird season this has been, but it finally came through in the end! Did our last boil today. The last three days we collected 44% of our total sap collection for the season. 83% of our total sap was collected in April. That first 17% was collected in the second half of March, and we tapped starting Feb 22. Still a lot of snow in the woods, but our trees finally really started flowing Thursday. Sugar content was better than last year, a steady 2% until tapering down to 1.5% today. With the sap flow down to minimal tonight and no good freezes in sight we are calling it a season.

  8. #128
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    Wrapped up in Wilton. Season stats: 1,324 gal sap, 24.2 gal syrup, .3 gal /tap

    Made about equal Golden, Amber and Dark.

    Love that new Mason 2x4 XL. Now to concentrate on that new sugar shack.
    2017 - 3 taps hanging buckets.
    2018 - 32 taps on 5 gal. buckets.
    2019 - New Mason 2x4 XL. 80 taps
    2020 - Barn / Sugarhouse finished. 125 taps. NextGen 1x40 RO
    2021 - 157 taps, 100 on 3/16 tubing w/two Shurflo set-ups, the rest on buckets
    2022 - 225 taps. 175 on 3/16 tubing, rest on buckets.
    2023 - 300 taps. 261 on tubing, 39 on 5 gal. buckets. Four Shurflo 12V set-ups.
    2024 - 340 taps. New SL 2x4 hybrid pan. Added second 1x40 membrane to RO

  9. #129
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    Done in Pittsfield. 360 total. 10 more than last yr, we added vac on 575 taps so we were expecting more but then again last season was a stellar yr. New ro was awesome
    Matras Maple

    Started 15 years ago as backyard operation.
    Now have a 1325 taps and growing.
    Boiling on a 2.5x8 leader infurno with steamaway.
    New for 2019 a cdl 600 expandable RO, another bush on vac.

  10. #130
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    Finishing off the pans today. Shut the pump off saturday morning. I'll have to do the numbers but I'm thinking I'll be around 200 which is less then last year, and I added 100 taps this year. Not great that's for sure.
    30x40 Sugarhouse
    975 taps here at home. Still have 3-400 to add in.
    3x10 Cabin by the Creek evap with "steamaway"
    CDL 600 RO
    ebayed Sogevac S65

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