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    Ran VERY WELL here in Clark County today--about twice what my best day was last year with just a couple more taps. I hooked up that Surge SP 11 and Bender Dairy releaser to 10 trees here at the house. MOST IMPRESSIVE!!! Every time I looked, the catch pail was running over. Finally had to rig up a bigger barrel. WOW!!!

  2. #12
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    sap ran good in manitowoc today got 350 gal, be buisy for a while
    Inthewoods Sugar Bush
    22 x 26 Sugar Shack (and growing every year)
    3 x 8 CDL Dallaire cross-flow raised-flue evaporator with hood
    Home-built custom Intensofire arch
    600 taps on vacuum and 300 pails for 2013
    H2O 600 R.O.
    Bernard double releaser
    SP22 vacuum pump
    Golden Retriever named Sawyer
    http://www.inthewoodssugarbush.com/
    http://s628.photobucket.com/albums/u...nersinthewoods

  3. #13
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    On Tuesday we collected 76 gals. It ran a little today but didn't collect. May run good tomorrow. Right now we are at 808 gals. of sap and a little over 20 gals. of syrup. Almost all light amber this year.
    150 on 3/16 gravity 2018 and 120 sap sacks
    14 x 20 sugar shack
    2014 New custom 2x6 arch "The Firestorm" w/ preheater, AUF & AOF
    Smokey Lake pans and water jacket bottler
    2024 new 2x8 set of drop flue pans and hood from Smoky Lake. Lengthen our arch.
    Just a hobby but seems like more work every
    year
    3 generations working together
    Wife that guards our syrup
    43.74° N

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    My trees ran really well the earlier part of this week, but have been tapering off over the past few days. I had a really good batch of light amber cooking last night, but then I went and put a few too many pieces of cedar on the fire and it got dark in a real hurry. I don't have a hygrometer to test the sugar content, but I suspect it's starting to fall a little based on my firewood consumption to syrup ratio.

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    I'm just West of Mt. calvary. Just finished up the last of the sap. Anybody in the area throw a sugaring party at the end of the season? Small operation with home made equipment.
    sweet addiction.
    Larry

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    Well, I guess we're done for this year. It didn't run on Friday so we finished everything Friday night and then when I got up Sat. morning I thought that it will probably really run during the day so I checked the bags at 11:00 and only a few taps were running a little. Our taps were in for about 5 weeks so I think they are starting to heal up and its getting so close to the end so it doesn't pay to ream the holes. God blessed us with 22 gals. of syrup from 858 gals. of sap. Four more gals of syrup then last year. Two batches were dark and the rest was light. No surgaring party that I know of, Falconer. Not unless you're having one. How did you do this year? It has been another fun year especially since we boiled inside this year. I hope everyone has a good summer.
    150 on 3/16 gravity 2018 and 120 sap sacks
    14 x 20 sugar shack
    2014 New custom 2x6 arch "The Firestorm" w/ preheater, AUF & AOF
    Smokey Lake pans and water jacket bottler
    2024 new 2x8 set of drop flue pans and hood from Smoky Lake. Lengthen our arch.
    Just a hobby but seems like more work every
    year
    3 generations working together
    Wife that guards our syrup
    43.74° N

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    It was a good day today. We got 85 gal. from 142 taps. The squirrels are having fun biting the bags.
    150 on 3/16 gravity 2018 and 120 sap sacks
    14 x 20 sugar shack
    2014 New custom 2x6 arch "The Firestorm" w/ preheater, AUF & AOF
    Smokey Lake pans and water jacket bottler
    2024 new 2x8 set of drop flue pans and hood from Smoky Lake. Lengthen our arch.
    Just a hobby but seems like more work every
    year
    3 generations working together
    Wife that guards our syrup
    43.74° N

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    Location
    Monroe, WI
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    Default Bags and Squirrels

    Quote Originally Posted by WI Sugarpop View Post
    It was a good day today. We got 85 gal. from 142 taps. The squirrels are having fun biting the bags.
    What type of bags do you have? I've got to get some more bags after this year, so if there is a difference I'd like to know. I've been using blue bags for a couple years and haven't seen a problem with squirrels. Maybe I've just been lucky? I read on the forum somewhere to put duct tape on the bottom edge of the bag because the squirrels don't like that.
    10 acre woods
    20 bags, 40 pails
    Custom cooker
    Juda, WI
    (So far south, we can walk to IL)

  9. #19
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    Plymouth, WI
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    I'm thinkin' "Sugarpop" might be munchin' on a peanut butter sanwich when he's hangin' bags! ;-)

    Oh,..........we got 24 gallons from 40 taps today at 12:00.
    Last edited by Pete S; 03-07-2010 at 09:03 PM.
    Badgerland 2x6 drop flue to fire in 2015
    Sugar Shack functional 2013.
    Home Comfort wood cook for pancake sampling.
    Hoping to grow the operation in 2017-18

  10. #20
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    Brillion, Wisconsin
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    Default Not running fast yet

    My Sugar Bush is running a little on most of the trees, but by my cousin's, when you get one third of the way in from the south, nothing is running yet. His bush has a lot of trees that aren't maple and he has too much shade from them. I got 19 and a half gallons from 90 taps with 3.75% sugar which seems to be dropping each day. Started at 5% a few days ago.
    First year 2009
    18 taps on 12 trees
    boiled in 3 gal. pot on electric stove in garage
    2010
    111 taps on 93 trees
    boiling in 200 gal. stainless tank, wood fire
    3 sided sugar shack

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