thanks for your input all ,think we are asking $42
thanks for your input all ,think we are asking $42
I think I'm a dollar high on the 8 oz ($8) and 12 oz ($10) but right on on the Pint ($12)Originally Posted by jmayerl
I was hoping I could charge a little more cause I only have 41 Taps and I know this year I'll be turning people down so I can keep a year's Supply for me!
This Summer I'm gonna go through my woods and mark all my Maple Trees and hopefully hit 100 to 150 Taps next year and run tube to big storage Containers... Got a lot of thinking and prepping to do this summer cause 85 buckets in the woods will not be fun!
2012- Can't Remember 1st year...
2013- 41 taps made 13 Gallons of Syrup
2014- 20 taps made 5.5 Gallons of Syrup
2015- 43 Taps made 10 Gallons of Syrup
2016- 43 Taps...
Don,
My prices are in line with yours. I may add a dollar for the more expensive maple leaf bottles though. I am only filling a dozen that customers can buy as gifts. Ha! I have 85 bags and it takes a while to collect but they don't all run at he same time. Hope to see them dripping a bit today.
Paul
New to sugaring 2013
100 taps in silver maples
43 roadside taps and
57 in the woods.
Plastic leader taps, plastic bags
and a homemade PVC cover,
Total cost per tap $1.74
Homemade block arch
with 4 stainless pans
I told the little old lady next door $42, and she said "No...That's not enough. It's an awful lot of hard work. Here, you take $50."
So OK, I guess the price is $50 this year.
Ahhhh, the slippery slope. Welcome to it!
2 x 6 A&A raised flue w/ preheater, OFA & UFA
600 gal Zero tank
125 taps on vacuum w/homemade releaser, 70 on gravity, 75 on buckets + a partner with 100 more buckets
7" short stack Wesfab press
Homemade water jacketed canner
Polaris Ranger sap hauler
Two English Setters to keep watch on things
Ha I have 148 buckets and pails 1 1/2 hour job with my family Thursday by myself took a little over 2.5 hours but had to replace 5 bags with leaks in corners
First year 2012 34 taps 4 steam pans on blocks
2013 130 taps on homemade sap bag holders trying new fuel oil tank and 2 x 4 divided pan made 42 gallons of liquid gold
2014 Bought English tin drop flue 3 by 10 pans each 5 ft long Made arch for them. 83 taps on gravity 138 taps on sap bags
2015 268 taps on gravity short season oonly made 52 gallons
2016 328 tap on shurflo sold sap to help pay for stainless pans
Don getting tired but here in Middleville I'm charging $50 for a gallon $30 for 1/2 gallon, quart $18, 12 oz glass and plastic pint $12,
First year 2012 34 taps 4 steam pans on blocks
2013 130 taps on homemade sap bag holders trying new fuel oil tank and 2 x 4 divided pan made 42 gallons of liquid gold
2014 Bought English tin drop flue 3 by 10 pans each 5 ft long Made arch for them. 83 taps on gravity 138 taps on sap bags
2015 268 taps on gravity short season oonly made 52 gallons
2016 328 tap on shurflo sold sap to help pay for stainless pans
were in chenango county, we charge 15 for quart 8 for pint, 28 half gallon, 50 for gallon
3x10 lightning evaporator drop flu stainless with hoods and auto draw,custom front pan and blower
500 taps on gravity
100 on buckets
tongue n groove hardwood sap house 12x15
7.3 power stroke and f-150
Ford 1510 diesel compact tractor
210 gallon collecting tank
325 gallon collecting tank
1 mitsubishi 1 inch pump.
I get $48 gal, $27/half gal, $16/qt, $9/pt, and $5/half pt. All in jugs, Then I have glass that is much higher, like a 500 ml glass leaf @ $21.
Dave Klish, I recently bought a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
There is a add on VT craigslist for $38 / Gal. That seems kinda low. I have seen folks getting $55/gal. I probaly wont be selling any this year.
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