North East Ohio 2023

[Sugarmaker]

You guys next door to the west are doing good!
Several sugar makers here making syrup every day and are over half a crop at this point.
Keep boiling!
Regards,
Chris

[johnallin]

As for the benefits of using a local dealer? I needed some parts to repair the CDL sap lifter...quick call to Fred, trip to the store, pick up parts and all was good before lunch time. You don't get that with E'bay..

Do people still use EBAY??[/QUOTE]

Probably not...just showing my age...
You getting any sleep lately, gotta be getting tired.

[johnallin]

You guys next door to the west are doing good!
Several sugar makers here making syrup every day and are over half a crop at this point.
Keep boiling! Regards, Chris

And to think I tapped about as early as I've ever ...but still late for the party. This is looking like 2012

[heus]

A couple of firsts for me. One, I blew a filter press hose in half. The one between my CDL diaphragm pump and my filter press. It sounded like a gunshot and made quite the mess. Like most people with filter presses, I have blown a paper before but never even heard of a hose blowing in half. These are the silicone brewery hoses that Smoky Lake sells. I will be switching back to a clear milk hose which is much stronger material. The pressue built up because I allowed the press to cool off between batches. Secondly, I boiled the cloudy sap from our warm run last mid-week. Expecting low sugar because of the bacteria, I was surprised to see 3%. I had to double check because I couldn't believe it. Going out to collect here shortly. My test tree outside my house window ran all night.

[johnallin]

Jason, Leader uses stainless braided hose between the pump and the Clear Press...you won't blow that up.

My 330 gal tank is overflowing this morning...must have run all night, it was empty at 7pm yesterday.

[DrTimPerkins]

The pressue built up because I allowed the press to cool off between batches.

Use the bypass valve to slowly introduce hot syrup into a filter press that has cooled off. This will allow it to warm up more gently and (hopefully) avoid spraying syrup all over the place...although it's almost a requirement that this happens at least every now and then. When it does occur, I always end up with the Def Leppard song "Pour Some Sugar on Me" running through my head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIB9Y4OFPs

[heus]

Use the bypass valve to slowly introduce hot syrup into a filter press that has cooled off. This will allow it to warm up more gently and (hopefully) avoid spraying syrup all over the place...although it's almost a requirement that this happens at least every now and then. When it does occur, I always end up with the Def Leppard song "Pour Some Sugar on Me" running through my head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIB9Y4OFPs

Thanks Dr. Tim. Like a genius I did not have the bypass hose hooked up.

[MapleCreekFarm]

Anyone else in NE Ohio seeing lower sap flow over the last week? It seems the sap is just not running as much as I would expect for the weather.

[Kh7722]

Anyone else in NE Ohio seeing lower sap flow over the last week? It seems the sap is just not running as much as I would expect for the weather.

We need rain, or snow. Very dry in woods. Mud makes sap

[johnallin]

Still coming in over here. Pulled about 450 gal 1.5% since last night and the CDL Hobby can’t keep up.
Normally recirculate in my sap tank to 4-5% but not today.
Coming in almost as fast as I’m squashing it!
Don’t understand it as we are pretty dry here also.
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