Too much snow!
While the last few days were certainly not a record, I had my issues. My plow on my F350 quit operating on early Tuesday. I tested and found the solenoid that runs the pump motor was faulty. I finally got it replaced today, but then the 32" of snow, in the driveway to the sugarhouse was so deep I had a few inches over flowing the plow blade even though it was fully angled. I pushed in about the 900' to the end, and then widened an area enough to turn my long truck around (It is a crew cab with an 8' box). I pushed back to the road, and repeated 2 more time in and out. The truck was not heavy enough to move the banks much at all.
I'll have to use the tractor to push lanes open every 10-15' to give the snow a place to move so I can widen the driveway enough.
I will then need to pile some snow in more crowded areas near the buildings.
I've got to pack more syrup to fill an order, a guy wants a medium sized wholesale order, and I need to be able to haul my water tank for 75-100 gal of water so I can clean the equipment before I can pack any syrup. Normally I'd have enough inventory to fill the order, but my sales have skyrocketed since Covid, and I ran out of some sizes. The customer wants Dark in a specific assortment of sizes, and I still have 2 barrels of dark, so that's good.
Now, tonight's forecast says another Nor'easter is heading our way. That will be 3 in two weeks time. ENOUGH!
Dave
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.