Found this online: A video a neighbour did for the local tourism board of my Grandfather doing syrup. Thought some folks might find it interesting. Happy to say we're still doing it pretty much as he did:
https://youtu.be/un4ru_gncFo
Keeping it Old-School
Found this online: A video a neighbour did for the local tourism board of my Grandfather doing syrup. Thought some folks might find it interesting. Happy to say we're still doing it pretty much as he did:
https://youtu.be/un4ru_gncFo
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing it.
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
Awesome. Love the horses and love your grandfather's take on sugaring esp when comparing what he does to those using pipeline.
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Around 300 taps on tubing, 25+ on buckets if I put them out
Mix of natural and mechanical vac, S3 Controller from Mountain Maple
2x6 W.F. Mason with Phaneuf pans
Deer Run 250 RO
Ford F350
6+ hives of bees (if they make it through the winters)
Keeping the day job until I can start living the dream.
What a wonderful video, thanks for sharing. You grandfather seemed like a humble man. Those horses would sure come in handy during early sugar season. I am fighting 1 ft of snow collecting with my ATV. Wish I could tell my ATV to move forward as I am collecting like those horses.
Dan of Jack & Daniel's syrup.
2021 - First time tapper, 40 TAPS, 7 GAL syrup, 400gpd RO
2022- 105 taps, 17 gal syrup, 2x 400 gpd RO
2023- 143 taps, 27 gal syrup New 12x16 shack. Lost my father in law Jack who helped me build it. New Badgerland filter press.
2024 - 210 taps, 37 gal syrup, 6x 400gpd RO Procon pump
That is very cool, they sure worked hard!
Murray
Somewhere around 800 - 900 taps on Atlas Copco vacuum
1 Sap Ladder & 1 can
2 1/2 x 10 Waterloo/Small, with Piggyback & hood,
Air over & under fire
CDL autodrawoff, Homemade drawoff/filter tank with pump,
Lapierre Sirofilter, modified steam pan bottler
That's awesome. Not so sure about that last line: "Nobody will miss us". That sounds like a lot of humility. Anyone who watches this can't help but care for your grandfather and what he does. I guess that's kind of the point, eh?
Thanks for sharing.
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
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
A good reminder that all we're really doing is boiling water. This stuff ain't rocket science.
16x24 Timber Frame Sugar House
Mason 2x4 Evaporator
90 trees on buckets
Nice video! Thanks for posting that.
Years ago at the VVS maple Conference, Steve Childs gave a presentation on bucket collection efficiency. He asked what was better for it, a team of horses or a tractor? He had done it both ways. Everybody thought about it for a while, then after a long pause he said, "I tried it a lot of times, but the tractor never came to me when I called to it".
Steve
2014 Upgrades!: 24x40 sugarhouse & 30"x10' Lapierre welded pans, wood fired w/ forced draft, homemade hood & preheater
400 taps- half on gravity 5/16, half on gravity 3/16
Airablo R.O. machine - in the house basement!
Ford F-350 4x4 sap gatherer
An assortment of barrels, cage tanks & bulk tanks- with one operational for cooling/holding concentrate
And a few puzzled neighbors...
http://s606.photobucket.com/albums/t...uckethead1920/
Great post!
3,100 taps
60 cfm flood
HC2
5 by 14 oil
Brian
What a lovely video! Thank you for sharing it!
2024 - 16 taps - buckets on our best producing trees, still boiling on a block arch with slight modifications/refinements over the years.
2021 - 25 taps - all buckets
2013-2020 - 30/41 taps: discovering which trees were the best producers
2012 - First year - 21 taps in our backyard - block arch evaporator with 3 steam table pans!
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