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    Drove past the woods today and I see alot of those stubley cornstalks sticking up. with the temp ubove 40 deg today i think we may have lost enough snow that I can get into my woods this week. Unfotunatly though they are calling for freezing rain tomorrow and that is supposed to turn to more snow tomorrow night. Just hope we loss more snow than we gain from this system.
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    Out of 90 taps I collected close to 90 gallons. Alot of frozen stuff though.
    130 taps on buckets
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    2005 Artic Cat 4x4
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    I finally got the rest of my taps out. Down on the hillside, some of the trees have not warmed up enough, but I do have 100 gallons in the tanks after today so I will get to boil again soon! Those hillsides are going to be rough going for awhile with all the snow and rain.
    2' x 6' / Kawasaki Mule 610/twin 35 gal. tanks
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    Heus, that doesn't sound too bad. Unfortunately I was out of town this weekend and couldn't have tapped anyway. Maybe I can get a few in tomorrow afternoon. Give me a call when you start boiling.

    Jeff
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    226 taps, 2X6 evap with homemade piggyback
    "Four Corners Farm"
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    Default A Bit of History

    Quote Originally Posted by heus View Post
    Jeff,
    Out of 163 taps I got about 70 gallons of sap today. The big trees are barely running but the smaller trees are running like crazy. Almost all of this sap probably came from less than a quarter of my trees. My gravity tubing is running ok, metal buckets not much at all. Drop tubes into 5 gal buckets are running real well. Hope to have enough to boil tomorrow night.
    Heus,
    Wonderful looking sugar shack. I look to build one simular this year.
    Enjoyed your website.
    Doc
    A Bumbling Beginner
    70 taps, drops into buckets down by the lake.
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    Default It wil go this week

    weather looks to break next week we will put in our 150 this week

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    This coming Sunday will be tapping day for us. I'm just hoping that the snow doesn't get much deeper before then. They are saying maybe another 5" tonight/ tomorrow.
    Jeff
    226 taps, 2X6 evap with homemade piggyback
    "Four Corners Farm"
    Jefferson, Ohio

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    well this friday the 5th is going to be official tapping day for me. it supposed to be 36 and only a little snow. then the white stuff is supposed to be done after that . . . well see.

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