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  1. #101
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    I usually shoot for the week of school vacation, or the week after depending on sports for the kids and plans for the vacation week. I have some new trees to tap this year and created a vacuum filter so eager for the season. Have a great season!

    Mark
    2019 Cinderblock stove and 3 buffet pans. 10 taps
    2020 Wood stove with flat pan. 13 taps - 3.5 gallons of syrup
    2021 Wood Stove with flat pan. 15 taps - 4 gallons of syrup
    2022 Wood stove with new flat pan. 10 taps - 4 gallons of syrup
    2023 Same set-up. 10 taps - 4 .5 gallons of syrup
    2024 10 taps - under 2 gallons

  2. #102
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aaron Stack View Post
    Welcome to 2025 Everyone.

    Aiming to be ready to go the first weekend in Feb and going back to 50 taps this season. Long term forecast was showing an ice box through the 20th but now says things could open up sooner so now our watch begins. Hope everyone had a great holiday season and an even better sugarin season coming up.
    Over here in Savoy at 2,000' elevation I am always a full month behind you guys. But looking forward to a great season.

    The trails to my sugarbush run through a spruce/fir swamp, and when I don't have adequate snowpack my trails become unusable. Last year the snow was gone 3 weeks into the season and we had to shut down early.

    We had a 3 acre hemlock/spruce/fir stand logged Last winter and over the summer I spent a lot of time cutting to length and hauling all of the "rat tails" to the wet areas on my trails and laying down hundreds of feet of corduroy. I probably moved 200 8' poles. So I will now be able to navigate out to the sugarbush without tearing up the trails if the snow melts. That's my one big improvement for 2025.

    Looking forward to hearing about everybody's season.
    16x24 Timber Frame Sugar House
    Mason 2x4 Evaporator
    90 trees on buckets

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigschuss View Post
    Over here in Savoy at 2,000' elevation I am always a full month behind you guys. But looking forward to a great season.

    The trails to my sugarbush run through a spruce/fir swamp, and when I don't have adequate snowpack my trails become unusable. Last year the snow was gone 3 weeks into the season and we had to shut down early.

    We had a 3 acre hemlock/spruce/fir stand logged Last winter and over the summer I spent a lot of time cutting to length and hauling all of the "rat tails" to the wet areas on my trails and laying down hundreds of feet of corduroy. I probably moved 200 8' poles. So I will now be able to navigate out to the sugarbush without tearing up the trails if the snow melts. That's my one big improvement for 2025.

    Looking forward to hearing about everybody's season.
    That's great news! Hoping the weather allows you a nice long season, now you're prepared for it!

    At 8 or 900 feet, I'm way ahead of you, but well behind many here. The long term forecast is making it more and more likely I'll be tapping around Feb 8. I still have a little work to do to get ready (putting drop tubes together) but aside from that I just need to pull my gear together and watch the forecast with bated breath.

    GO
    2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
    2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
    2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
    2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
    2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
    2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
    2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
    2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
    2024: 17 taps, 5.3 gals
    2025: 17 taps
    All on buckets

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