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    Closed in other than the Copula.
    1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
    Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!

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    Good job, you beat the snow!
    Congratulations to your grandson. I was with my grandson when he shot his first 2 deer (he had the tags). He said he saw a deer at the corner of a field, I asked if he could get a good shot and he said yes, so I said "shoot it". We waited about 10 minutes after the shot, then went in that direction. He had not seen it fall, so when we got to about 1/2 way there (it was about a 180 yd shot) I took one path and he took another. He then whispered to me that the deer was still standing so I said "shoot it again". When we got to the deer he had 2 down, both perfect shots. The next fall he shot a huge bodied deer, only 7 points, but a huge body. We had it cut up by a guy who does about 350-400 each year, he said it was the biggest body he cut up that year. That grandson is now in the Navy, completed Seal training and now he is training for EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal). Not what I would have had him do!
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by maple flats View Post
    Good job, you beat the snow!
    Congratulations to your grandson. I was with my grandson when he shot his first 2 deer (he had the tags). He said he saw a deer at the corner of a field, I asked if he could get a good shot and he said yes, so I said "shoot it". We waited about 10 minutes after the shot, then went in that direction. He had not seen it fall, so when we got to about 1/2 way there (it was about a 180 yd shot) I took one path and he took another. He then whispered to me that the deer was still standing so I said "shoot it again". When we got to the deer he had 2 down, both perfect shots. The next fall he shot a huge bodied deer, only 7 points, but a huge body. We had it cut up by a guy who does about 350-400 each year, he said it was the biggest body he cut up that year. That grandson is now in the Navy, completed Seal training and now he is training for EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal). Not what I would have had him do!
    Congratulations Dave. You should be a proud Grandpa all the way around.
    1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
    Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!

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    I couldn't be happier with the new Sugarhouse. At 64 years old this was the first time I eve boiled inside. 7 3/4 gallons on the first boil.
    1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
    1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
    1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
    2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
    2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
    2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
    2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
    2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
    Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!

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    Congratulations! Looks wonderful
    10th year in….
    100 sap sacks...Actually, I hope to never have to use them again!
    1000' feet of 3/16th on gravity (not sure how many taps yet)
    14x14 sugar shack
    New 2x5 Hybrid Drop flue from Smoky Lake
    5" filter press from Daryl
    Sap Dog Chloe

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    Excellent job. Well done.
    2004 - 2012 2x3 flat pan 25 to 60 taps
    2012 2x3 new divided pan w/draw off 55 taps
    2018 - didn't boil surgery - bought new evaporator
    2019 new SML 2x4 raised flue high output evap. 65 taps
    made 17 gal. syrup
    2020 - only put out 53 taps - made 16.25 ga.l syrup
    2021 - Didn't work out
    2022 - 25 taps on bags / 8 taps on 3/16's line - late start

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    Nice! Pretty nice being dry and out of the wind, right?
    My father and I boiled outside for twenty years before we finally got "inside".
    There's no going back! I'll never make another drop of syrup outside again!!
    Enjoy the new sugarhouse.

    Steve
    2014 Upgrades!: 24x40 sugarhouse & 30"x10' Lapierre welded pans, wood fired w/ forced draft, homemade hood & preheater
    400 taps- half on gravity 5/16, half on gravity 3/16
    Airablo R.O. machine - in the house basement!
    Ford F-350 4x4 sap gatherer
    An assortment of barrels, cage tanks & bulk tanks- with one operational for cooling/holding concentrate
    And a few puzzled neighbors...

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