January Journal

[PATheron]

You can just come over anytime around the end of the day. By then Im tired out anyway. Im just going to try to get a ton of work done this weekend. I want to come down and see your setup. Next year your going to be on vac. Well get your dad trained on it. It wont be a big deal. Ill have to look at your woods and figure out something easy for you.

[waysidemaple]

Sounds good to me. I already think I know where I will put in one sap ladder eventually. I think so far im doing it all right haha. Looks good to me anyway. About how far up 549 are you from route 6? Im not exactly sure where your at.

[Brian Ryther]

Remember Brian you have to keep track of the time that is involved in maintaining the vacuum system verses the "jerry system" verses how much is made and then your total hours times your going welding rate and then let me know which loses the least money. LOL

Jerry, The time thing is a very sticky / trickey thing. I could spend 60hrs week welding and make more money then I need, but give up one big thing FAMILY. I am fully aware that my sugaring time is worth 1/10th of my welding rate. But 1) The side effects arent known to cause cancer in California, 2) I don't have to work with miserable whine a** "they dont pay enough" people, I wont be blind when I am 50, I could go on and on. And Jerry If you did not love sugaring as much as me and everybody else on the trader you wouldn't be on hear trying to egg us all on.

[mapleack]

Just got home from the sugarhouse, working on plumbing in the new bottling room. About two inches of new snow between going in and quiting for the night. Still snowing steady dry powder. Wish I was in Vermont skiing!

[Farmboy]

I hung some more laterals today. It's slow going walking through 2 feet of snow with a crust on it hanging laterals by yourself. Going to mass maple producers annual meeting satuday and getting a two handed tubing tool so I can put in my drop lines. Next week my buddy is going to help me finish up tubing after school. Hopefully the snow we have will give me some more time till the season starts. Biter don't need any more.

[802maple]

Jerry, The time thing is a very sticky / trickey thing. I could spend 60hrs week welding and make more money then I need, but give up one big thing FAMILY. I am fully aware that my sugaring time is worth 1/10th of my welding rate. But 1) The side effects arent known to cause cancer in California, 2) I don't have to work with miserable whine a** "they dont pay enough" people, I wont be blind when I am 50, I could go on and on. And Jerry If you did not love sugaring as much as me and everybody else on the trader you wouldn't be on hear trying to egg us all on.

Brian
Too many on here had their blood presure to low so I decided to wind it up. I now understand why I can't see, sparky did it to me. Don't forget "OLD SCHOOL" all the way

[Maplewalnut]

Brian
Don't forget "OLD SCHOOL" all the way

Agreed. As my signature suggests, NEVER under estimate the power of the almighty BUCKET (and 7/16ths spout). Can't bring myself to get rid of the roadside trees even though they are a pain to collect. Its my gambling fix, walk up to the bucket and pop the lid. Never know what you are going to find. Even better when your walking up and a 16qt bucket is over flowing even though you emptied it yesterday!!!!!!!!!

[collinsmapleman2012]

got out of school early today, snowin pretty good. hoping to get my speech done, its about sap collection innovations in the past 100 years. this makes a great reference site!!!

[802maple]

got out of school early today, snowin pretty good. hoping to get my speech done, its about sap collection innovations in the past 100 years. this makes a great reference site!!!

I would be glad to help if you need some quotes, I have gathered with horses to high vacuum tubing systems

[Dennis H.]

Man the Trader is picking up the past few weeks, I think I am starting to smell sweetness in the air.

Colder than I blues blazes here. The few days are top be down right cold.

Not much else needing done so I am lurking around here on the trader to past the time or playing the Wii with the daughter!