Looks like March 16th for me to tap in.
Looks like March 16th for me to tap in.
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!
Most taps are in near my house (68 there) and putting in 30 on 3/16 at our new remote site tonight to have them all in by Thursday. Bring on the warm-up!
42.82N
2015 - Small operation. 25 buckets. One excited 5 year old and one 35 year old that feels 5 again.
2016 - One year older. New Homemade 2x4 Arch, Smoky Lake Pan and looking at 52 maples, 17 box elders and 2 walnut trees.
2017 - Shurflo 4008 hooked to 42 stingy silver maples and a few Norways. A couple buckets on sugars and Norways. 10 box elders.
2018 - ...a few more taps.
2019 - ...more taps on 3/16 gravity. This spiral is heading downward in a hurry.
2020 - 4x400 RO - RB20 (uh-oh!)
Ill be putting all my taps in today. Don't know how many yet, probably ~80. Its time to get started!!
2014 - 15 taps
2015 - 20 taps
2016 - 25 taps
2017 - 60 taps - added sugar shack and first evaporator
2018 - 70 taps on Bags
2019 - 90 taps - new 2x4 corsair with hybrid pro pan from Smokey Lake
Put 185 taps out today in Manitowoc County not one drip of sap. Navigating through all the snow in the woods was a treat!
Started to trickle this weekend. North slope sugars on 3/16 have run a bit (not sure how much). Nearly .5gpt off my silvers on vac. Big (3') trees started to wake up yesterday afternoon. Sun today but still a bit cold. Fingers crossed they wake up a bit more for Tuesday-Wednesday.
42.82N
2015 - Small operation. 25 buckets. One excited 5 year old and one 35 year old that feels 5 again.
2016 - One year older. New Homemade 2x4 Arch, Smoky Lake Pan and looking at 52 maples, 17 box elders and 2 walnut trees.
2017 - Shurflo 4008 hooked to 42 stingy silver maples and a few Norways. A couple buckets on sugars and Norways. 10 box elders.
2018 - ...a few more taps.
2019 - ...more taps on 3/16 gravity. This spiral is heading downward in a hurry.
2020 - 4x400 RO - RB20 (uh-oh!)
We put in 140 taps Saturday on 3/16 tubing. It ran enough on Sunday to flush out lines so we could put lines in tank. Will hang some bags today and see how that goes. 42* and sunny tomorrow so I don't want to miss an early run. Everyone better get ready!
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
I went for a walk and picked up all the bags that had blown off in the storm the other night. Several taps were slowly dripping. Have around a quarter gallon in many of the bags. I think the season might officially start tomorrow!!
2014 - 15 taps
2015 - 20 taps
2016 - 25 taps
2017 - 60 taps - added sugar shack and first evaporator
2018 - 70 taps on Bags
2019 - 90 taps - new 2x4 corsair with hybrid pro pan from Smokey Lake
Man did I hustle to get 370 taps on so far... Looking forward to what tommorow brings!
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!
Freaking temp controller on my Shurflo was acting up this morning. Reading about 12C low and bouncing around now and then - and the pump was off. Not sure if it's related to the rain or not - everything except the temp probe was dry (inside a tote). Just disconnected the two leads for the 12v and pump and wire nutted them together to get through the next day or two until new controllers (ordered a pair) show up. On a positive note, the remote trees I have this year on 3/16 took off yesterday. I don't have the desired 30' after the last tap on my runs, but the vac gauge on top of the longest run was reading 19" and sap was flowing well. Awesome. Now, to keep sap from spoiling with this crazy warmup on the way....
42.82N
2015 - Small operation. 25 buckets. One excited 5 year old and one 35 year old that feels 5 again.
2016 - One year older. New Homemade 2x4 Arch, Smoky Lake Pan and looking at 52 maples, 17 box elders and 2 walnut trees.
2017 - Shurflo 4008 hooked to 42 stingy silver maples and a few Norways. A couple buckets on sugars and Norways. 10 box elders.
2018 - ...a few more taps.
2019 - ...more taps on 3/16 gravity. This spiral is heading downward in a hurry.
2020 - 4x400 RO - RB20 (uh-oh!)
I only had about 15 gallons yesterday off 155 taps on 6 runs using a shurflo with 3/16 into a manifold but it was only pulling 16 at the pump until I found a squirrel chew in one of the drops then it went to 24. The other one had the 3/4 main pull apart so no sap there. The trees we running some but still need some thawing. I put in another 25 on bags and 5 gallon containers and most were dripping.
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
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