Alert- a preliminary bigsap warning is being issued for the southern reaches of the maple sugaring areas of the united states!!! February 14th is the standard tap in date for this area of bigsap region. Those with buckets and gravity tube may want to wait till closer to the expected sap flow to maximize their results. The vacuum producers need to start acting like theyre at least trying at this point in time. All releasers need to be tested before deployed into service. All tanks should be relatively clean. Evaperators need to be operable, ro membranes need to be handy. Should be at least two syrup hydrometers ready for service, becouse you know your going to break at least one, sap transfer pumps ready, vacuum pumps operable and plenty of clean barrells or jugs. This is only a test but heavy sap flows have not been uncommon in these southern regions in february. Do not be fooled by the 30 below weather. Could be a trick. As soon as good sap weather is predicted a promt warning will be issued. Theron
Here in NW Wisconsin, we went from minus 30 last week to plus 20 today.
With that warm up, the old sugar men get a twinkle in the eye!
We are gearing for end of Feb tapping. Working out the details with the bucket brigade ("no really, you should tap 500 more"), getting the sugar house in order. Time to go is just a month away!
Jeff Emerson
www.emersonsmaplehill.com
3x12 Leader with over air, custom piggyback, 600gph CDL RO
2500 on 25" vacuum
350 4 wheeler, 500 snowmobile, and 1950's Ford 600 tractor, Husqvarna! (261, 372xpBigBore, 562xp), Stihl MS193 for in tree work
This is a full blown BigSap Warning for the southern regions of the Bigsap area. Week after next February Ninth on could be an early warm up. Accuweather has 40 degree weathe predicted. This time of year that could change any day and they could say its going to be 20 below but you never know it could happen. Get your stuff ready if you want to. Normall tapping time hear is Feb 14th anyway so what the hey. If your using new plastic you might want to start sizing trees up charging up the drills. Theron
Theron hasnt done an update in a while, he must be to busy working on vacume pumps and running a nuclear reacter. BIGSAP WARNING FOR CT MA AND SOUTHERN NY WEDNESDAY TRHOUGH SATURDAY. GET YOUR TAPS IN, YOUR EVAPORATOR READY AND CLEAN YOUR TANKS BECAUSE NO ONES BUYING MERSH ANY MORE
02 F350 powerstroke and 89 Toyota 4X4 5 speed sap haulers
16X16 sugar shack
30"X8' raised flue GH Grimm evaporator Smoky Lake Maple front pan!
Sthil MS 460, 026 (2), 009, husky 61, 365, 272, and a 42
2009 41 taps, 2010 72 taps on a barrel evapotator all buckets, 2011 151 taps 34 buckets 117 taps on tubing.
havent been hearing much at all from him, i feel unwarned
7000 taps on vacuum, just trying to get a little better every year.
Theron was getting behind on drilling holes (one of the drawbacks of expansion) and brought in the Northern reserves to assist. They have him so busy, he hasn't got time to post!
I heard he was at a girl scout meeting
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.”
– Thomas Edison
If his weather is anything like it is here, he is probably swimming up to his eyeballs in sap.
Brandon
CDL dealer for All of West Virginia & Virginia
3x10 CDL Deluxe oil fired
Kubota M7040 4x4 Tractor w/ 1153 Loader hauling sap
2,400+ taps on 3/16 CDL natural vacuum on 9 properties
24x56 sugarhouse
CDL 1,000 2 post RO
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Someone really needs to check in on Theron, I am getting worried about him.
I am not sure if he knows how to swim or not!
I can just imagine him running around between the woods and sugarhouse like a chicken with it head cut off.
1st Generation Hobby Maple Producer, you got to start somewhere.
222 Taps, all on Vacuum! No more buckets.
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Surge SP11, Lapierre Hobby Releaser
Modified 5" Filter Press made by Daryl with a Gear Pump
Homemade 2 membrane RO
Kabota RTV Sap Hauler
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