A minor detail that I forgot to mention is that I just got the RO bucket this year so 100 gallons started out at 200. I waited way to long to make that purchaseOriginally Posted by levic900rr
I think you should get an RO and finish it all in 5 hours
2014 - Cinder block fire box, 2 roaster pans (thanks Mom), mix of 11 red and sugar maples tapped, 1.75G syrup.
2015 - Same fire box reconfigured for Smoky Lake 24" x 33" pan. 17 taps on 16 trees with tubing to 5 gal buckets. 114g sap down to 2 3/4g
beautiful syrup.
2016 - Cinder block fire box is holding up fine. 20 taps, 155 G sap, 3.37G syrup. Great fun with friends.
2017 - 21 taps on 5 gallon buckets. Good sap runs and reached my goal of producing 5 G syrup.
I gotta try the bucket ro. 16-24 hour boils are aging me.
2006 - 12 taps on open fire
2011 - 50 taps new 2 x 4 flat pan + warmer
2012 - 65 taps new 16 x 16 sugar shack
2013- 75 taps and no more, well maybe 85 now
2016-97 taps
1 Lab and my wife's Springer
Good one Chris.The term your looking for might be "sleep deprivation"?
Regards,
Chris
1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!
JW, This may be a shock to you but it may be the answer you're looking for. I use a 42" X 42" flat pan and I typically started boiling on Friday afternoons and boiled continuously until Sunday mornings. Granted, it wasn't always at a rolling boil, but I would process 250-300 gallons per batch. Since then, I retired, I increased tap count and purchased 2 RO buckets and now I will do about 500-600 gallons per batch over 2 days. Good luck to you.
1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!
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