Originally Posted by
Aaron Stack
Think I'll try a boil without the new cap first but don't really have ladder long enough to get me up there so might just pull out the screen before installing. I have time to think on that one.
My plan was to fashion a cap that I can put on and take off with a really long pole. Haven’t gotten to it yet, but that was the idea. Primarily to keep the rain out and keep it from rusting.
2017 - 20ish taps on buckets, boiling outside in two baking pans
2018 - 70+ taps, 14-buckets, 50+ on tubing, homemade arch from oil tank in my barn, 17 gal syrup
2019 - same set up, 20 gal syrup
2020 - less taps, short season, but RO kit was fantastic! 6 gal syrup and a maple cat!
2021/22/23 - expanded into the neighbors yards! 50 taps on buckets and 40 taps on tubing