Sugaring in Missouri
We tapped on February 3rd and I got the last of the taps pulled yesterday. We had 42 taps out this year and during our five or six week season we made 29 5/8 gallons of syrup. It was a great season compared to last year, we made about six gallons but we had about a dozen less taps. We hope to expand a little next year building a new sugar house and reverse osmosis system. I still have some cleaning up to do but its about done.
Matthew
Highly modified Leader Half Pint with Smoky Lake 2 x 4 Raised Flue
14' Grain Bin Sugar House
152 taps on 3/16 tubing
MES Dolly 100 RO
Homemade filter/canning tank with an electric water jacket
Kubota RTV 1100
http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...Maple%20Syrup/
if I do the math correctly, you got almost 30 gallons from 42 taps? that works out to close to .7 gal per tap...thats a ratio most sugarmakers would die for...
what types of trees?
sounds like a great season...
Eric Johnson
Tucker Mountain Maple Co-op
1400 taps in 2013
2.5 x 8 CDL pellet arch and Smokey Lake pans
Lapierre 600 RO
Member of Andover/Salisbury Maplehaulics anonymous
www.tuckermtn.com
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Got to be buckets or a bucket with a line on each tree.
Brandon
CDL dealer for All of West Virginia & Virginia
3x10 CDL Deluxe oil fired
Kubota M7040 4x4 Tractor w/ 1153 Loader hauling sap
2,400+ taps on 3/16 CDL natural vacuum on 9 properties
24x56 sugarhouse
CDL 1,000 2 post RO
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Good job! That's impressive for 42 taps. I'm hoping for 7-8 gal.
Congrats
136 on high vacuum for 2019
A&A 2X8, raised flue evaporator
hood, parallel flow pre heater and air over fire
12X28 sugar shack
We have all hard maples and tap them about three feet off the ground with a hose running to a 4 1/2 gallon bucket. We get the buckets from a grocery store, they get their cake and donut icing in them.
Matthew
Highly modified Leader Half Pint with Smoky Lake 2 x 4 Raised Flue
14' Grain Bin Sugar House
152 taps on 3/16 tubing
MES Dolly 100 RO
Homemade filter/canning tank with an electric water jacket
Kubota RTV 1100
http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/j...Maple%20Syrup/
Thats an amazing ratio. I only get about a quart per tree each year
3X10 Lappiere Cross Flow Raised Flue
Lappiere 250 Turbo RO
800 ish taps??? for 2015
rossellsmaple.com
MAY THE SAP BE WITH YOU
Nearly the same as done, here in NE Kansas.
Pulled 10 taps a few minutes ago. 67 degrees outside, in the 70's tomorrow. No freezing weather predicted for at least a week.
The sap bags are just fly catchers and mouse traps the last few days.
Tilled 3 gardens this afternoon, planting potatoes later this week.
Way too short of a season this year.
Very amazing ratio. I only get about a 1/2 quart per tree. Most of my trees are tall streight pole type trees with small tops. I'm just getting started at turning woods into a sugarbush,,,, I've got a long way to go at thinning things out.
2012 200 taps on buckets,,, Built me a 2' X 11' arch,,, hope to put most on tubing next year.
2011 100 taps on buckets, 30x 60 flat pan
2009 63 taps on buckets,,,, 30x60 flat pan
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