December Journal

[3% Solution]

3rdgen,
Just looked, did it on the National Weather Service.
Yowzers!!!!!!
I can't imagine that much snow in a 48 hour period!!!!
I guess you folks aren't moving around too much are you!!!!!
Better you than me, keep it right over there!!!!!
Did get some of your lake effect squalls that came through here yesterday and last night.
Happy shoveling!!!!!

Dave

[Rhino]

8 inches of snow where i live. Got all our clients plowed out yesterday. Today i had to run and pick up a new induction fan for our evaporator, found one on ebay. 330 total miles driven. better then shipping it though. Last season early one morning we didnt realize there was a pallet that was plastic and all of a sudden fire was shooting out of our induction fan, lots of sizzling in the fire box, and that smell of plastic burning in the air. That fire was so hot, that our 10 bladed induction fan paddles went from being flat to horseshoe shaped. really screwed up our draft pull. old one would work for a 8...10...or 12 foot rig but not our 18 footer. buddy of mine said i should of been watching all the temp guages at that time instead of watching the fire shoot out the fan. they probably all were maxed out. Saturday going to plow out the syrup shack. glad i fixed all the obvious pipeline problems a week ago. snow and cold make it just that more harder.

[Dennis H.]

Just receive the rest of my stuff today for finishing up the tubing, saddles and check valve spouts, and more 5/16 tubing.

It just will be a few days till I can get to it, I need to change the front hub/bearing on my Explorer. I am also hoping for a little warmer temps if possible.

I have been working on another tubing tool. This one will be for putting in the droplines. I will post some pics of its construction.

It sounds like you guys up north are getting the brunt of the weather these days, sorry to hear that, atleast we don't have mud!!

It is getting closer now, less than 2 months to go time.

[Brookmaple]

When that storm from the south eased up, our north-west winds really start to kick in. Third day in a row of no school for the kids. Going on 75 cms of snow in three days (for you imperial guys that's about 30 inches).

I wish the first run was only two months away!

[KenWP]

We have some snow here. Not a whole lot but enough to shovel. Supposed to be cold tonight and then warm up a bit tomorrow.
Slowly getting things built here.

[Revi]

The sugarhouse is snowed in and it's too cold to do much work anyway.

I think I'll change the sensor on the security light, because it goes off and on all night.

Real winter has arrived here.

Three months until tapping here.

[Revi]

I just checked out the Altmar, NY area on the NWS. It says you are going to get another 2 feet in the next couple of days. Wow!

I have been to Oswego and it had an amazing amount of snow.

It looks like you get even more up in Altmar.

[3rdgen.maple]

Yes sir Revi it can be pretty brutal here at times. There are some manditory items we need to have. 4 wheel drive, Something big to push the snow around, and a stocked cuboard and a freezer full of venison.
Almost forgot, a step ladder to pull taps.......

[Whitetail24]

Could you guys can send some snow my way may be for Christmas, seems the storms bypass us here on the north shore of Lake Erie. So far only a trace of snow the grass is still green. Has been cold and very windy the last few days and has provided many dead falls.
Whitetail24

[paul]

talking about dead fall, come to central VT we got plenty of that on Wed.and plenty of up rooted trees, our bush is a total mess, going to take quite a while to clean up after this one. If you havent been in your bush yet you may want to take a walk.