A year ago today I was all done, just over 2400 gal/sap boiled off - Today, i'm at 600 gallons boiled - Need some more good weather!
Difference a year makes
A year ago today I was all done, just over 2400 gal/sap boiled off - Today, i'm at 600 gallons boiled - Need some more good weather!
Every season's different.
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.
Which is exactly why we like to do 2-3+ years of research on some things before we talk about them.Originally Posted by maple flats
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Sap production here is 1/3 of last year.
2x3 Mason
35 taps
12x16 sugarhouse
I got bumped up to 1100 gal/sap with the mini heat wave, that helps -
If your taps are not too old you should get at least another 600 gallons this coming week if the weather holds to what is predicted.
Might even leave you approaching last years numbers.
While every year is different ... in the end they are all pretty much the same ... just the delivery is a bit different.
And I am not sure why it has become hip to forget about the back half of March a potentially still good Maple Sugaring season in southern NE.
It seems like more people contemplate tapping in December then in March.
But hysteria runs far and wide these days in all aspects of our society.
Last edited by Sugar Bear; 03-14-2021 at 10:22 AM.
If you think it's easy to make good money in maple syrup .... then your obviously good at stealing somebody's Maple Syrup.
Favorite Tree: Sugar Maple
Most Hated Animal: Sap Sucker
Most Loved Animal: Devon Rex Cat
Favorite Kingpin: Bruce Bascom
40 Sugar Maple Taps ... 23 in CT and 17 in NY .... 29 on gravity tubing and 11 on 5G buckets ... 2019 Totals 508 gallons of sap, 7 boils, 11.4 gallons of syrup.
1 Girlfriend that gives away all my syrup to her friends.
n = 1 never looks as good in the rearview mirror as it does in the windshield.
3,100 taps
60 cfm flood
HC2
5 by 14 oil
Brian
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