The boy and I put a little over 100 taps in so far, had the lines mostly run last weekend, just tapping and a few repairs today. One more neighbour to run lines on tomorrow and I should be set for the tsunami. Modifications on the arch need to take place in the next while....i had my pan too close to the stack last year...
Last weekend, an older feller down the road asked me to switch him over to tubing, he explained that he wouldn't be able to run the buckets this year due to knee problems. We put about 50 taps in, he has a GREAT spot, grade is 3/16th worthy and he has a couple hundred maples in a little draw which ends in a little cliff by the road. He is going to put a ball valve on the bottom of the collection barrel so he can just drain it into another barrel on his trailer. Its a pretty sweet setup. I may have spoiled him though, lol.
2014 - 6 buckets, 4 coffee cans and a propane burner - almost 40L of sap and 1.6L of syrup
2015 - 103 taps on gravity. Homemade oil tank arch and a Smoky Lake 2' X 5' hybrid. - 2.66 gallons of syrup
2016 - 101 taps, 550 gallons of sap, ~10 gallons of syrup all dark.
2017 - 138 taps, 225 gallons of sap, 5.55 gallons of dark syrup, still procrastinating on the vac.
2018 - ~150 taps, I lost track of the sap it was incredible!, over 20 gal of syrup, all dark.