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    WHINDING DOWN??????WHAT KIND OF TALK IS THAT??? STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT (slap-slap) THE GODESS WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR DONE!!!
    Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
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    theron, are you using a settling tank. if you put the in comming sap in a tank and let it settle and pump off the top and and dump the rest down the drain. will save you alot of time and agravation. i started using my settling tank yesterday. i had a valve welded 4 inches above the bottom drain. to emty that tank. dump bottom down drain not worth dealing with. less chance of ropey consentrate
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    Thats a great idea Maplecrest. I needed to learn something today and you were the teacher
    Success is not final,failure is not fatal.It is courage to continue that really counts

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    Jeff- That makes good since. The way mine works is the plumbing all hooks to the bottom of my semi trailer. Maybe I can rig something up. Thanks Theron

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    You should be able to put a pipe in from the top. It would be a little tricky to get started but after you do it should work fine.
    Success is not final,failure is not fatal.It is courage to continue that really counts

    “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”

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    Jerry- I was going to do that but found I could put a two inch fernco in the bottom hole with an elbow and it seems to tighten up real good. Im going to try that. Jeff- AWESOME IDEA!!! Ok guys, Im taking bets see whos right. Since Ive been running these ring pumps once season started Ive never seen it over 32 degrees and not have sap running. Last year when I quit in April I was still getting a gallon per tap across the road when I turned the pump off. Thursday and Friday its going to be 75 and sunny here. No more freezes from this point on. Will it run with it 75 degrees? Whens she going to stop? Drilled the holes mid January. New plastic adapters, no check valves. Theron

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    Just trucked in another 800 gallons. Looks like were going to have a full 3000 gallon compartment plus some for Dad to try Jeffs new trick in the morning. No quit in these trees. Looks pretty red though when I look across the hill. Just got to thinking about it and I think Im averaging around 400 gallons a freeze this year. Thats not bad, Just think If I had 4 or 5 freezes in three months, be right in the chips. Im going longer than you PARKER, YOU BETTER GET YOUR BIGBOY PANTS ON IF YOUR BOILING LONGER THAN I AM BROTHER!! 75 DEGREES HERE WE COME, ITS GOING TO RUN HARRRRRRRRRRDDD!!!!!!!! Thee( no half gallon man but can do a quart in the summer, got to count for something)rooon

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    What do you do when the neighbor is looking at his grain drill and the sap line, electric line crosses the field he wants to get at?? 1350 gallons, 2.2%, 280 CV new drops, 19" vac. from Friday to Sunday??

    70's here by Tuesday and am really just beginning to get BIGSAP!
    Mark

    Where we made syrup long before the trendies made it popular, now its just another commodity.

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    No cage tanks allowed on this farm!

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    Had to use Parker's sleep fast technique last night. Summer is just around the corner and I have to figure out how to get the hay equipment ready while boiling! Still making decent dark amber and won't have to resort to Jeff's settling tank for another day or so. Might get one more freeze tonight. Headed out to pump sap and tend the RO. Keep plugging Theron, You still might beat me.
    Doug

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    Guys- I put an add in the trader to maybe trade my 3 by 10 for a 4 by 12 oil and I got a private message back that I havent opened. Its from someone that goes by mayermk@earthlink.net. That doesnt sound like a maple trader name. Should I click on it and see the personal message or is it some computer crashing deal? What do you computer guys think? Theron

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