Tucker Adams
2021 - 64 Taps in Norway, ME (mostly on 3/16 tubing)
2x4 AOF/AUF Oil Drum Evaporator with Badgerland Pan
1994 Kawasaki Mule Sap Hauler, 1993 Artic Cat Snowmobile when snow is too deep.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Lots of research information on the subject of sanitation influences of spouts and drops on yield at: https://mapleresearch.org/search/?_sf_s=sanitation
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Thank you
I change out my drops and tees yearly so I just wanted to make sure.
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
2017 - 49 taps on gravity, 6 on buckets.
2016 - 19 taps on new 3/16 tubing, 24 on buckets
2015 - 51 taps, 26 buckets
2014 - 50 taps, 14 buckets, steel railroad toolbox converted into arch, new 2X3 continuous flow Phaneuf from Homestead Maple
2013 - 33 taps, 12 buckets, steel railroad toolbox converted into arch, steam table pans
2012 - 26 taps, 10 buckets, steel railroad toolbox converted into arch, steam table pans
West Sumner Sugar House
West Sumner, ME
400 +/- Taps - 2 x 8 CDL Venturi - 2 Shurflo Solar Systems - MES Dolly 300
https://www.facebook.com/WestSumnerSugarHouse
If our 3/16” line works good, I think I’m going to try:
Year 1: all new with smartspouts
Year 2: new tees and zap bacs
Year 3: new tees only
Year 4: all new again and restart cycle
Only 34 taps for us so not really a cost issue. I do not plan on trying to clean the lines.
270 taps on 2 Shurflo's, 31 taps on 3/16" and 120 taps on gravity. 421 total for 2021 season.
Mountain Maple S3 controller for 145 of the vacuum taps
2x6 Darveau Mystique Oil Fired Evaporator w/ Smoky Lake Simplicity Auto Draw
Wesfab 7” filter press
IBC totes in the woods, 800 Gallon CDL bulk tank at the shack
How about boiling taps for 10 minutes like you're purifying water? Will that kill the bacteria? I'm essentially thrifty at heart, but I don't want to sacrifice sap flow just to save $20. I have been boiling taps each year since 2013 just because it seemed like a good idea. I boil my drill bit too.
2x4 concrete block arch with three steam trays
Separate warming stove/steam tray
2016 12 taps, 3 gallons
2018 15 taps, 7 gallons
2019 38 taps, 13.6 gallons
2020 40 taps, 13.7 gallons
Mostly sugar maples, a few reds on 200 year old homestead
I've done that and had good results. Now saying that those have been taps for buckets hanging on trees and taps with tubing down to 5 gallon buckets. I do add baking soda to the water while boiling, then put the taps in.
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 gal syrup
2021 - going for 50 bags and 50 on tubing
Probably a silly question, but why the baking soda?
2x4 concrete block arch with three steam trays
Separate warming stove/steam tray
2016 12 taps, 3 gallons
2018 15 taps, 7 gallons
2019 38 taps, 13.6 gallons
2020 40 taps, 13.7 gallons
Mostly sugar maples, a few reds on 200 year old homestead
Helps to clean some of the wood debris off the taps.
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 gal syrup
2021 - going for 50 bags and 50 on tubing