My trees ran good all night in Washington county. Many bags have 2+ gallons. Ill have to make my first trip out to empty later today.
My trees ran good all night in Washington county. Many bags have 2+ gallons. Ill have to make my first trip out to empty later today.
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
Picked up 250 gallons yesterday on about 250 taps. It was still flowing when I left but slowing down pretty good. Will get the rest tapped tonight hopefully.
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
We collected 380 gals today. What a mess with melt water running thru the woods with bags. And then there was the rain. Oh well, now we are boiling where it is high and dry.
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 picked up another 310 gallons yesterday so I will boil tonight. WI Sugarpop if you see my 2 barrels and tote with a brand new shurflo going toward Sheboygan let me know. I had the stuff in the woods but not hooked up yet. I have not been down there but its a good bet it went down river.
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
First boil with the new Smoky lake evaporator starting in a few hours! Pretty excited to break it in. Then I looked at the forecast and concerned that syrup season might be kind short... Forecast doesn't have it getting below freezing starting late next week. Could we really only have a 10-14 day season??
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
Yeah, I have basically that same forecast. It really could be that short....ugh. Last few days have been great, but if the forecast is what it is and doesn't recover, I'll have nowhere near the season I did last year even with about 25 more taps. Accuweather is showing colder temps further out, so I suspect we'll keep going a bit. Going to be fun keeping things clean when lows are around 40 for 4-5 days.Originally Posted by gatzow
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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!)
In 2012 we only collected 5 days and it was over. Bob, l sure hope your stuff didnt float down river.
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
Supersapper I thought I was going to have to pick up my tank from the neighbors! The river in our sugarbush is up ~4' and swelled 30+ yards
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!
I'm going to check on it today, hopefully if the river got that high it just push it into the woods more and got hung up.
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
I got 160 taps on bags done Saturday and collected 85 gallons today. I have about 50 more taps to put in Monday now that the water has receded. 50/50 split between silvers & sugars. I had about 40 taps on sugars last year that never produced - good news is these trees produced more today than all last season. This one man operation is going to shurflo pumps next year! Just caught the weather - pretty warm next weekend!
2013 - 25 taps - 2 turkey fryers
2014 - Taps on Bags
Home Built 2 x 6 arch, autodrawm sap hauler
RO - 100 GPH
2015 - 450 taps on bags.
2016 - Zero Taps - Moving -
2017 - 175 taps, Home Built Filter Press
2018 - 175 taps
2019 - 200 taps
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