Originally Posted by
Bbc.396
I often see people talking about sap runs, I think thay mean that they get sap in bursts? i have used about 10 buckets for fun up until last year, I had 45 taps on vacuum. I never had sap runs. I seem to get about 40 to 50 gallons of sap per day on average until I ran out of wood and pulled my taps. Are sap runs somthing cause by location whare its warmer?
Yup. Your description of how the sap runs for you sounds as bizarre to me as my description of it coming in bursts, as you say, does to you. I'll get a gallon per tap one day. A half gallon per tap the next two, and then nothing for four days, all depending on the weather.
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, 5.3 gals
All on buckets