Hung my buckets today. A few taps leaked!
Hung my buckets today. A few taps leaked!
50 taps ave. half on buckets half on 3/16
2x3 pan on fire brick / fieldstone arch
started 2012
Nice! I love to see a couple drips when I tap. I tapped yesterday in the snow - no drips then! I'm just north of you, in Chester. My sugar shack is around 900' elevation. I imagine you must be in the same ballpark?
GO
2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
2024: 17 taps
All on buckets
I had a few drips today as well...funny what can get a grown man excited
2018 - 5 reds on buckets with cinder block arch
2019 - 25 reds on drops to buckets
2020 - 55 reds on drops to buckets
2021 - 80 reds on drops to buckets
2022 - 80 reds on drops to buckets
2023 - 80 reds, 15 on gravity, Smoky Lake StarCat Evaporator
I am at 1200 feet here in west Granville
50 taps ave. half on buckets half on 3/16
2x3 pan on fire brick / fieldstone arch
started 2012
2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
2024: 17 taps
All on buckets
Taps in the sun had about a pint of sap each 24 hours later.
50 taps ave. half on buckets half on 3/16
2x3 pan on fire brick / fieldstone arch
started 2012