Checking what VT sugar makers are doing

[wiam]

Last night put us right at 200 gallons. At the end my old Seprotech HP pump got louder. Hope it lasts.

[wsugar]

Hey rusty if you get to tired bring the sap to east poultney.Im loving this,this is what we all dream about. Making two or three barrels a night. Bring it on for another two weeks. Or longer!!!!

[DrTimPerkins]

FINALLY a good run! 2.5 gal sap per tap today. A few more like this (maybe tomorrow) will definitely put us back on track.

[GeneralStark]

FINALLY a good run! 2.5 gal sap per tap today. A few more like this (maybe tomorrow) will definitely put us back on track.

What do you mean by today? What sort of time frame are you referring to? It didn't really get going here today until about 10:30 as the Hogback blocks the sun in the morning. It was running over 100 gph for most of the day but once the snow started it slowed down a bit. It may still be running....but it's kind of nasty out so I don;t want to walk to the sugarhouse.

With the 200 gal. left from yesterday and the approx. 550 I pulled in by 5 pm, I made another 15 gal. of Golden Delicate this evening. Looks like we will get a freeze tonight. Sugar came back up to 2.2% with last night's thaw. Tonight may be the last freeze for a while, but I should be able to get another week out of the season...at least.

[Sugarmaker's dad]

Good day today. 9,100 gallons from 8,000 taps. Filled 5 more barrels. It's nice to be done before midnight.

[spud]

Good day yesterday and sap ran 1200 GPH most of the day. Got over 9000 gallons. Snowed last night and the branches are covered with snow. Should be another great day. Still waiting for the 1.5+ GPT runs. Good luck everyone.

Spud

[GeneralStark]

A solid 3" of snow here, and a good freeze. Could be a good day again today if it warms up enough. Trees and sap lines are coated in snow....possible thunder storms tomorrow and no real freeze in the forecast. Ahhh April

[DrTimPerkins]

What do you mean by today? What sort of time frame are you referring to?

A 24-hr period would be the best approximation. In some cases we have chambers in the woods that collect sap until we measure and then drain them. 24 hrs is typically the maximum amount of time. So that run would have been between 5pm on Tues and 5pm on Wed, with the bulk of that coming in on Tuesday evening from 5-9pm and then from 10am-5pm on Wed. Once the sun hit the trees in good shape it was like a fire hose going in to each of the releasers for a good while. It shut down between those times and then shut down again last night (Wed night) around 9pm. It was the first (and only) good run of this season so far. With that, we're at 46.5% of our minimum goal of 0.5 gal syrup/tap. (Hoping for another run like that again today and tomorrow.

[GeneralStark]

A 24-hr period would be the best approximation. In some cases we have chambers in the woods that collect sap until we measure and then drain them. 24 hrs is typically the maximum amount of time. So that run would have been between 5pm on Tues and 5pm on Wed, with the bulk of that coming in on Tuesday evening from 5-9pm and then from 10am-5pm on Wed. Once the sun hit the trees in good shape it was like a fire hose going in to each of the releasers for a good while. It shut down between those times and then shut down again last night (Wed night) around 9pm. It was the first (and only) good run of this season so far. With that, we're at 46.5% of our minimum goal of 0.5 gal syrup/tap. (Hoping for another run like that again today and tomorrow.

Ok, thanks for the clarification. 2.5 gpt in the span of say a 10-12 hour sap run (like yesterday) would be very impressive at least in my experience. I had two almost 2.5gpt 24 hour runs this season, and hoping for another today into tomorrow...

[sjdoyon]

25 degrees this morning and another four inches of snow
Had about 4,000 gallons come in yestrrday. Still not running yet, should get going next week.