Signed an agreement yesterday giving me access to ~5000 new taps. The woods is right below my current woods. Hoping to get 1000 more online for spring. My current woods is ready to tap.
Signed an agreement yesterday giving me access to ~5000 new taps. The woods is right below my current woods. Hoping to get 1000 more online for spring. My current woods is ready to tap.
Remember to keep on ticking while the sap is dripping.
2016- 50 buckets. Made 4 gallons.
2022- 3750 taps + Smartrek! Made 1300 gallons.
2023- 3750 taps after removing a pump house and connected two woods. Made 800 gallons.
Happy New Year! I went through the prostate cancer process last year too. Bled out internally with my prostrate biopsy;
ended up in the Hospital for 4 days and received 3 units of blood. Took the rest of the summer to recover from that; then did
my 28 days of radiation late October to early December. I held up good, didn't miss any work or hunting. Starting to get back on my feet a little. Swept out the sugar shack last week and have started putting on new drop lines! Yesterday bought more
tubing and fittings, should be ready by Feb1!!!!
115 red maples on vacuum
100 taps on 5/16 gravity
35 taps on 3/16 gravity
50 taps on shurflo vacuum
about 60 buckets on giant roadside sugars
neighbor bringing from 45 taps
30'x 8' Aof/Auf Evaporator
Homemade 125gph Ro
Lots of Homemade Equipment!
http://s848.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20Sugarshack/
I have almost all my drops replaced, about 75 to go. I need to set a cage tank yet, and repair a mainline that got
cut on the bottom from a limb falling on it, and a sharp stone under it. I found it when I was flushing lines , wonder how much sap I lost. Not interested in tapping too soon, as I think February is going to be really cold. It will be nice to be ready to pull
the trigger when the time comes!
115 red maples on vacuum
100 taps on 5/16 gravity
35 taps on 3/16 gravity
50 taps on shurflo vacuum
about 60 buckets on giant roadside sugars
neighbor bringing from 45 taps
30'x 8' Aof/Auf Evaporator
Homemade 125gph Ro
Lots of Homemade Equipment!
http://s848.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20Sugarshack/
Just finished boiling off the sap that I had collected from my Reds on vacuum. Have 1 1/2 gallons of syrup. Not much compared to most of you guys but I have only been able to make 6 gallons the last 3 years due to our funky Lake Erie weather.
backyard hobbyist
Mason 2x3 w/AUF
2020 - added small vacuum and gravity 5/16 tubing and sap sacks
N 42* 18' 31."
W 79* 34' 15."
https://www.saptapapps.com/map/31868...-aab748a6394e/
Finally closing in on having enough wood split for this year. I am further behind than I would like to be at this point, but with helping elderly parents and other family issues, I have not had as much time available as past years. Hoping for another 4 weeks of winter so I can get everything in order.
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
I'm in the same boat Bap, I have had labor issues throughout this years expansion and even when I have help I feel like I do most of the work.
Remember to keep on ticking while the sap is dripping.
2016- 50 buckets. Made 4 gallons.
2022- 3750 taps + Smartrek! Made 1300 gallons.
2023- 3750 taps after removing a pump house and connected two woods. Made 800 gallons.
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