I’m wondering too if Monday is the last day! Whata season! What if there is another week left?Originally Posted by WI Sugarpop
I’m wondering too if Monday is the last day! Whata season! What if there is another week left?
2x6 Smokey Lake raised flue w/AUF
16x30 Sugar Shack
7" SL SS filter press
Smokey Lake water jacketed finish pan & bottler
350 RO
517 taps and I seem to keep finding more!
Figured it's time to wake this thread up! Everyone getting ready? All set here for whenever the weather says go. I am really glad I put my tubing up during the nice January weather!
42.82N
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I have most of my woods work done thanks to the warm spell in early January. Long range forecast looks like 3 to 4 weeks before tapping. Good luck this year.
Smoky Lake 2x6 dropflu pans and hoods on homemade arch
Smoky Lake 6 gallon water jacked bottler
Concentric Exhaust
250 Deer Run RO
325 taps
Stumbled into the opportunity of a good lot of sugar maples from a coworker not too far from home. Good slope, enough drop at the end to make 3/16 worth it. So, time to scramble to get that going - need tubing, storage, fittings, transfer pump.... The little 2x4 is going to be working hard if the season ever shows up
42.82N
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I looked at last year, I finished up April 23rd.
1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!
Tapped 3 trees today to test & 2 were dripping well. I'm in Racine, so I may go ahead & tap all tomorrow. Previou years I had tapped sooner, but with all this snow... It still may be early, but I have to be done April 8th no matter what
2017 - 6 taps, steam table pans over open firepit
2018 - 2023 48 taps on buckets, 15 g Syrup, Smokey Lake 2x3 evaporator, RB10 Reverse Osmosis - runs on Solar Panel in Shed, Garden tractor with 31g water tank to collect
Got another dozen trees I can add, but do I have the time?
42.77° N
Good to know! I'm planning on waiting out the next cold snap. Let us know how they run this weekend.
42.82N
http://www.wsmaple.com
Changed my mind, I will wait a week or so to tap. Test taps going well today, but all that solid cold coming in next week has convinced me to wait. I'm usually a few degrees warmer than the weather forecast but the fore cast seems to keep changing lower and lower
2017 - 6 taps, steam table pans over open firepit
2018 - 2023 48 taps on buckets, 15 g Syrup, Smokey Lake 2x3 evaporator, RB10 Reverse Osmosis - runs on Solar Panel in Shed, Garden tractor with 31g water tank to collect
Got another dozen trees I can add, but do I have the time?
42.77° N
Keep us posted. I am putting a test tap out after the first of March. I am about 2 hours north of you and will also wait out the next cold snap.
80 Taps on Buckets
Smoky Lake 2x4 Continuous Corsair Arch
Slurping Sap Since 2011.
Doesn't look like anything happening for awhile. A year ago today we had 640 gal of sap collected already. I need to make a quick trip to Tuscon March 4 thru 7 so when I get back, we will get tapped in. Then it may be fast and furious.
280 taps, over half on 3/16 natural vac
14 x 20 sugar shack
Homemade 2 by 8 arch
Smokey Lake 2 by 8 dropflue pans with hood and concentric exhaust
7 in filter press and Smoky Lake bottler
3 generations working together
Wife that guards our syrup
43.74° N
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