i don't think it's done yet, just may stall for a couple of days.
i don't think it's done yet, just may stall for a couple of days.
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
Exactly my thoughts, every season so far there has been a stall of a couple days to a week or so. Too warm for sap weather hasn’t settled permanently on us just yet. Patience!Originally Posted by Pdiamond
All Sugar Maples
2017 7 taps on propane & 5 gal pot
2018 12 taps on propane & 5 gal pot
2019 17 taps on propane & 5 gal pot, Gen 1 barrel evaporator
2020 26 taps 2-22-20 - Gen 2 barrel evaporator, DIY 100GPD RO
2021 cut back some-12 taps Gen 2 barrel evap-too many other projects.
3 days above 60 degrees! Got 150 gals this morning and made some extra dark. Will know Saturday if it's over or not
5th generation
2 1/2 Buckets
815 gravity
2 new flat pans. Back pan now has 16 V's
Rebuilt the block arch 3x12
Homemade pre-heater,steamhood
MES Dolly RO
Every overnight low in my 10 day forecast after Thursday night/Friday morning is 30 or below-I think this was just a “stall”
All Sugar Maples
2017 7 taps on propane & 5 gal pot
2018 12 taps on propane & 5 gal pot
2019 17 taps on propane & 5 gal pot, Gen 1 barrel evaporator
2020 26 taps 2-22-20 - Gen 2 barrel evaporator, DIY 100GPD RO
2021 cut back some-12 taps Gen 2 barrel evap-too many other projects.
We will be up to our eyeballs for the next week or more with freeze thaw cycles just about every day. It's what we have all been waiting for. The warm spell was just a time to clean things up and get ready for the real season. For some of us it was a time for that shot in the arm that we have been waiting to get.
Latitude:N 44° 50' 25.0463"
Longitude:W 85° 38' 57.8906"
New for 2022 (My 10th year) a 9" CDL Vacuum Filter Press
2016/2017 12' X 16' Sugar Shack 6/12 pitch roof W/ 3' X 4' Cupola.
John Deere HPX 4X4 Gator (Pop's left it to me when he died)
New for 2020 HB10 RO In A Bucket, a game changer.
2015 Purchased 50 used Bag holders.
2016 Purchased a home made evaporator and "everything" that went with it.
20 acre Sugar Bush
Truck is squatting!
5th generation
2 1/2 Buckets
815 gravity
2 new flat pans. Back pan now has 16 V's
Rebuilt the block arch 3x12
Homemade pre-heater,steamhood
MES Dolly RO
Good deal!
All Sugar Maples
2017 7 taps on propane & 5 gal pot
2018 12 taps on propane & 5 gal pot
2019 17 taps on propane & 5 gal pot, Gen 1 barrel evaporator
2020 26 taps 2-22-20 - Gen 2 barrel evaporator, DIY 100GPD RO
2021 cut back some-12 taps Gen 2 barrel evap-too many other projects.
I was out today working on firewood for next season and heard "drip, drip" in my buckets. What a wonderful noise to hear (although this lull we've been having here for a few days allowed me to do some cleaning).
Daniel & Eleanor Bliese
Heritage Woods, LLC
SW Michigan
Smoky Lake 2x4 raised flue on Corsair arch
The RO Bucket 80gph Single Post
100 taps on buckets
I am done for the season-pulled taps on Saturday afternoon. Had a long boil on the stovetop to finish the remaining sap. We wound up with just over 13 and 1/2 gallons of syrup (from 50 taps).
Daniel & Eleanor Bliese
Heritage Woods, LLC
SW Michigan
Smoky Lake 2x4 raised flue on Corsair arch
The RO Bucket 80gph Single Post
100 taps on buckets
35 gals of syrup less then last year. Driest season as far as weather, that I can remember.
5th generation
2 1/2 Buckets
815 gravity
2 new flat pans. Back pan now has 16 V's
Rebuilt the block arch 3x12
Homemade pre-heater,steamhood
MES Dolly RO
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