So what do you have planned new for this season????

[Buckeye mapler]

3rd gen. what is the difference? I am not familiar with the different terms.

[KenWP]

A face cord is usually 4foot x8foot by 16 inchs deep and a full cord is 4 ftx8 ft x 4 ft ot otherwards 128 cubic feet and a face cord is 42.666666 cubic feet. Face cords were designed by crooked wood dealers to trick people into thinking they got a deal on wood untill it's delivered and they find out its a puny pile of wood.

[MartinP]

A cord is 4' x 4' x 8' , a face cord is 16" x 4' x 8', 1/3 of a cord/ At least in my neck of the woods.

[MFarmall]

Looking to add 30-50 taps and more tubing, get the float box on, and put a hood and pre-heater on. Also add reverse flow to syrup pan. Putting up 4 more light fixtures around evaporator and have finished enclosing the "Sugar Crib" (thanks 3% Solution for the name). Adding a 75 gallon feed tank for the pre-heater. Figure see how these improvements work next year before go with many more taps.
Mel

[jason grossman]

we are doing good!, lots of new things in our bush! new 2" dry lines going in, probably 200+ new taps , a new 14x22 pumphouse/ tank building is about done. it will house the vaccum pump and workshop, a new electric releaser and 400 taps that will go in in 2011. and 2 800 gallon stainless round bottom tanks. then after sugar season in 2010 the basement will go in for or 24x24 sap storage/ processing building and commercial kitchen. 5lbs per tap is no longer good enough it will be 11lbs per tap from now on!!!!

[maplemat1]

well where do i start . bought a 3x10 max flue evaporater with steamaway ,a 600 gallon a hr ro and adding about 3000 taps . main line is done on about 2000 right now .evaporater is moved in and stack is cut in still busy thinking of how to set up ro . where are u located buckeye? i'm in chardon, ohio.

[Buckeye mapler]

I am by Wilmington, just a hop skip and a jump from you! JK. About 4 hours from you. You are getting set up for a good season it sounds like. Hope the sap is flowing heavy this year, that way we will know if we are where we want to be with the taps we have in. When do you all start tapping up there?