Left this am before things thawed and came home at 5pm to just under 1 gpt. Had to chase a few leaks but got the vac. back up to 27" and sap is still flowing well. Should be an interesting few days with warm temps. and then some sugar snow for open house weekend. Looks like I'll be boiling tomorrow...
About 750 taps on High Vac.
2.5 x 8 Intens-O-Fire
Airtech 3 hp LR Pump
Springtech Elite 500 RO
14 x 24 Timber Frame SugarHouse
16 x 22 Sap Shed w/ 1500 gal. + 700 gal. tanks
www.littlehogbackfarm.com
.75 gpt today testing 2.6, sap moon!
Sap ran last night and I woke up to 4500 gallons in the tank. Sap is still running at 150 gph but should pick up during the day. My vacuum is down to 25.5 in the woods so today I plan to find and fix the leaks.
Spud
we had hoped for an all-night run, but we ended up freezing around midnight with temps as low as 22F. I went down around 1:30AM to find pump cavitating due to the freeze. I hadn't bothered to set the regulator, thinking we'd stay in the mid 30's all night but no luck. hopefully this cold valley will work to our benefit in a few weeks...
4700 hundred taps
7.5 hp Airtech Liquid
2- 1.5 hp CDL electric releasers
Moderate freeze up here on the hill. Sap ran all night lightly (just some areas froze, others didn't). About 8,000 gal of sap at 2.6 Brix being concentrated right now. Will most likely boil tomorrow.
Realized I should include a cautionary note....we store our concentrate in a refrigerated bulk tank until we boil. If we didn't refrigerate it, we would boil it immediately -- concentrate does not store well.
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Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Trees woke up finally yesterday, bunch of 1/2 full buckets, one overflowing and the 3/16 ran all night ! Looks like I will have my first ( and latest ever ) boil this weekend ! Hope the temps stay good for at least next week !
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
3rd boil of season. And, our first barrel ever.
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Ken & Sherry
Williston, VT
16x34 Sugarhouse
1,500 taps on high vacuum, Electric Releaser & CDL Sap Lifter
Wood-Fired Leader 30"x10' Vortex Arch & Max Raised Flue with Rev Syrup Pan & CDL1200 RO
https://www.facebook.com/pumpkinhillmaple/
Philip Young, a teacher at Essex Middle School, in Essex, VT, sent me this photo earlier today of the sugar content in the sap bucket from one of their trees. They do a unit on maple. This is straight from the tree - NOT concentrate. He's called me in the past to talk about the sweet trees there. You don't find them like this real often.
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Last edited by DrTimPerkins; 03-21-2019 at 11:55 AM.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Sweet Jesus!Originally Posted by DrTimPerkins
Jake
smoky lake 2x6 drop flue SSR on homemade arch
235 taps on 2 gast 1550s and lappiere releasers
24x12 sugar house
2019 Kubota L2501 work horse
Holy Mackerel, imagine having 100 like that
Sugaring for 45+ years
New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around
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