Ontario Wind Storm
All,
We were devastated by the 'Derecho' wind storm in Ontario this last weekend. The brunt of the storm passed right through one of our forests, it was totally leveled. We lost 8,000 of 11,000 trees in that forest. The other forests were ok - only 1-2% of the trees were destroyed.
Prior to this event, I couldn't even have imagined that this type of damage would be possible. I am at a loss for words.
Tony
PCFarms - Producer of Maple Syrup and Distributor for H2O and DSD
2019 - 30,300 taps
2020 - 34,000 taps
2021 - 38,000 Maple taps, 1000 birch taps
Oh my!
I had heard of the storm but didn't realize how bad it was -- a very difficult providence.
Your profile implies a man of strong vision. May you keep that as a focus as you walk through this very hard time.
3,100 taps
60 cfm flood
HC2
5 by 14 oil
Brian
I am sorry to hear you lost so many trees. This storm was very long and destructive. It started out west in the U.S. and continued onward. Where we have our travel trailer in the northern part of Michigan they had baseball size hail. The insurance guy will be up there some time next week to asses the damage.
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
So sorry to hear about your the loss of your forest. I knew it was bad in the Uxbridge area, I did not realize it was that bad.
We were expecting severe weather here, but in our area, besides from some loud thunder and rain, there was very little damage.
Edit: I read now that an EF2 Tornado was confirmed in the Uxbridge area.
Last edited by Swingpure; 05-24-2022 at 10:56 PM.
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
DYI Vacuum Filter
2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
That's terrible, so sorry to hear that. What a mess. We had nothing like that here in Maine but did get some golf ball size hail over the weekend. Luckily no serious damage for us.
305 taps on 2 Shurflo's, 31 taps on 3/16" and 229 taps on gravity. 565 in all
Mountain Maple S3 controller for 145 of the vacuum taps
2x6 Darveau Mystique Oil Fired Evaporator w/ Smoky Lake Simplicity Auto Draw
Wesfab 7” filter press
Tony - so sorry to hear that you sustained that much damage. I know how hard you and your brothers have worked to build up your operation in such a short period of time.
We got hit hard with probably a few hundred mature century maples down in a couple pockets but nothing close to that magnitude. It seemed the storm hit the oldest trees the hardest. We watched the wind come at us like a wall pulling water upwards off the lake. It was all over in probably 90 seconds.
4,600 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
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That's so sad, it's a sugar makers nightmare. I'd get a processor in there and turn them into firewood to recoup your losses.
That’s a sugarmakers worst nightmare next to forest fire. Sorry to hear about your loss.
Sugaring for 45+ years
New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around
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