Bigsap Warning 2010

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Brandon, Saw Theron today for 5 minutes, always in a hurry ya know. We haven"t seen or heard from him in weeks thought he got ate by a bear while searching for leaks in his tubing. He has just been sooooo busy trying to keep up. So maybe if he sees this he will get on here and catch everyone up on whats be going on at the Pierce and Sons Sugar House LOL!!

How's your season going as you are not very far from Theron?? Are you getting bit with the bad weather bug it seems most are getting??

[PATheron]

Brandon-As of tonight were between 1000 and 1100 gallons, and Im darn glad to have it. Been a tough season to make much syrup. My sugar is low, 1.5 normally and hardly any freezes. Im just trying to keep the vac as high as possable. I know Ive been slacking but I dont do good staying up at night. Im good out of the hole first thing in the morning but to get this sap processed I have to do it that night and it kills me. By 8 oclock Im ready to go to bed. Im a woods man. I can make sap I just hate processing it. Were doing good though and I dont have any complaints. My gravity neighbors are struggling to get anything at all. Im very thankfull for what the vac is giving me. Im going day by day and just trying to do the best job I can. Learned a ton this season and my equipment is working very well so Like I said Im having a great season but I dont have any ideas what my numbers will be. Ive had a week and a half with out even a freeze. Temps are like 65 degrees, its like making syrup in the summer time. I havent missed any tricks yet I dont think so Im happy. Theron

[Parker]

YOU HAVE TO WANNNNNNTTTT IIIITTT!!!!!!! THis has been a tough on weatherwise for sure,,,BUT YOUR MORE THAN EQUAL TO THE TASK,,,,"NEVER GIVE AN INCH" KEEP ON GIVING THEM HELL!!!!!

[Thompson's Tree Farm]

Things are looking good here in NNY. Rained all day yesterday and last night. Still raining now. Went and picked up more drums yesterday and put my mark on more if I need them. Pumps are off today and everything gets washed. Had one guy I buy sap from come in with 380 gallons last night from 350 taps on vacuum. He is now a true believer. Low tonight 28, forties tomorrow. Teens after that with a high Friday of 30. Then Big Sap Weather for sure. We are going now, moisture and cold Don't plan on sleeping after Friday for a while. Look out Theron, I'm on your tail and if you don't WAAAANNNTTTt it bad enough, I'm gonna pass your numbers, even with 500 less taps.
Doug

[gator330]

Doug,

Glad someone in New york is making syrup. It's been in the sixtys here all last week. Cooler and rain today but trees are making buds. Bad season for us!!!!! Went from two foot of snow to green grass over night.

[PerryW]

The rain pushed out about 60 gallons of sap, mostly from my buckets. Dumped about half of the sap (too yellow). Going down now to boil it up.

Awaiting the freeze here wednesday night. I will wash the tanks wednesday and be ready on thursday morning to dump the first sap pushed out of the lines and walk my lines to check for leaks. But don't wish too hard for cold weather or we may go into the deep freeze for 2 weeks.

We may still be making non-buddy syrup. The pond I use as a end-of-season sign is about thawed out so only a couple more warm days would most likely produce buddy sap.

I'm sitting at 89 gallons (75% crop) now and still hopeful that I can make near full crop.

EDIT: 11:45 All cleaned from a 30 minute boil, so make that total so far at 90.5 gallons. A gallon of barely Grade B color, but still good tasting.

[sapman]

Left the woods yesterday at 5 with maybe 300 gal. in the tank. Returned today at 3 and 1300 gal in there. Surprise! I knew it felt like great sap weather, but without a freeze I figured it wouldn't get going yet. That's still not quite 2/3 ga./tap, but better than it's been for awhile! Now if it'll clear up, I'll be happy. Never thought I'd be glad 1.5% sap, but it is an improvement.

[Russell Lampron]

Tim it's good to hear that you got some sap. That RO will take care of the 1.5% problem.

[PATheron]

Ok guys, Taps have been in since end of January, Had maybe two freezes in the last two weeks, been lots of days in the 60's. Vac has been on the whole time. Used regular new adapters. Great looking temps for the next week. They gonna run? Theeron

[PATheron]

Doug- You might beat me. How many gallons you at? Theron