That's it, buckets are new this year, I tapped trees last year on road near Leahy's place, but found 31 trees right on the hillside to tap. They are perfect for a gravity tubing setup, but I haven't decided to do that just yet.
First year boiling under cover too, so lots of upgrades.
Been by your place hiking the Notch, bet you guys see lots of wildlife up there !
31 Taps in 2011 with buckets, Barrel evap
45+ Taps for 2012 with buckets, 2x5 Dryer Arch with steel pans ! 8x11 Sugar Shack, Dump Stations,
60 Taps for 2013- Insulated Dryer arch, AUF,
2014 watched from sidelines...
70 Taps for 2015 - dryer arch, new 2x5 divided pan from Smokey Lake with a float box !
70 Taps for 2016 - added a preheater and new grates for the Dryerator.
80 Taps for 2018 - Dryer arch got new front and door
I'm on board too! With this cold weather lately it's all frozen solid!Originally Posted by smokeyamber
yes lots of wild life and I took a couple of deer last year one rather big at 193lb and son got a bear . I just put in all new lines last fall as my first set up did not work well . This set up is working very very well. The steep of the bank you have is ideal for the tubing.
110 taps W.F Mason 2x3 and two turkey friers for finishing
2011 expanding to a Mason 2x4 with a blower increasing taps to about 200
2011 Hurricane Irene rips thru my small sugar bush cost me to lose 20% of taps
2014 I have reworked my lines for 2014
32 taps on 5/16 line with check valves
57 taps on 3/16 line with check valves
55 buckets with total tapped trees of 144
Dont have any scientific explanation, but sometimes sugar separate completely from ice in bucket, leaving a very little qty of sweet sap in it. other times, you can see in the ice block the difference of color in the middle when is really hard frozen. maybe is freezing time, very fast, slow, than could make the difference??
200 Buckets 2015
14 x 16 Cabane ā sucre
2 x 5 Cantin evaporator
Well here is a scientific explanation!
I haven't waded completely through it but freezing rate does seem to be a factor.
Last edited by RileySugarbush; 03-28-2011 at 04:49 PM.
John
2x8 Smokylake drop flue with AOF/ AUF
180 taps on sacks
75 on 3/16 tubing with shurflo
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
John
2x8 Smokylake drop flue with AOF/ AUF
180 taps on sacks
75 on 3/16 tubing with shurflo
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Ice
I have heard the same thing. We don't throw it away. I used to help friends with their operation, they sold syrup & didn't pitch it.
New sap guy
46 taps & buckets
Home made stainless evaporator.
WE have tested some ice that we thawed and got better than 1 percent. We now keep it all.
well I kept it all this weekend (No choice)
we only go up on the weekend & I run a tube to a 6 gallon pail on the ground
it was -18 & -22 on Thursday & Friday, so I had nothing but 35 6 gallon icebergs
I will boil it when it melts LOL
Then again it is all in fun , & I have at least 15 chords of free wood that is just for my maple fun
Wood is plentyfull & free around here , they build new roads every year & the guy who cuts the trees down is my neighbor
we are freinds & he dumps a few trees a week at the end of my driveway all cut to 6ft
Last edited by 70 Buick; 03-28-2011 at 07:27 PM.
"Well here is a scientific explanation!
http://www.foodscience.uoguelph.ca/d...reeztheor.html "
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So in two sentences or less what does this really mean???
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