(I will try to remember this next year, and get things done earlier, ) That's funny right there! this is maple syrup. it seems that it doesnt matter how prepared you think you are, usually you aren't. lol
(I will try to remember this next year, and get things done earlier, ) That's funny right there! this is maple syrup. it seems that it doesnt matter how prepared you think you are, usually you aren't. lol
Right you are.... You caught me believing my own BS again...Originally Posted by whatever
. Thought I had got a jump on things this year... but you are correct. I will never be "ready"
A public ROW is not the same as Crown Land. Only the township/county that owns from fence to fence could demand a permit to tap roadside trees. The CO who told you that was overstepping - I'd have politely told him to go away and check the laws again.FYI, if that's Crown land be careful, I had tapped trees on the side of a road before and a conservation officer came along and said I need an L.U.P.(Land Use Permit) to tap trees on Crown land.
What a tax grab that is. Had to pull my taps right then. 10 taps
this is Northern Ontario though
5,000 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
10" CDL Wesfab Filter Press
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Got my collection system in place last night... I lost out on a good day's run yesterday... but the tote should be filling today.
Next 14 days are still looking promising... but those "perfect" swings are forecasted for late next week...
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What’s up peeps?
Tapped 80 trees on Sunday. All on buckets and they produced 150 litres in a little over 36 hours. Haven’t checked brix yet. Fingers crossed it’s close to 2%
I got 67 on lines put in on Monday up on the Bruce peninsula. Was slowly dripping the past few days. Going to be tapping more this am and looking forward to my first boil of 2020. Got a new 4x2 pan and 1x2 preheating pan on a new arch. Should speed my rates up over previous years. Bring it on 2020. Anybody else on the peninsula getting good runs yet?
225 taps 180 on vac 45 on natural gravity lines.
2x6 drop flue with auto draw.
Home built 3 x400gpd ro
2017 kubota M7060hdcc12
2019 can am defender
2017- first year 80 taps 22x36 home made arch and pan.
Ughh- Just looked at the 14 day forecast again and the night time temperatures have all jumped up by 2 or 3 degrees.... Those perfect -5s are now at -1 and -2... In my experience that is not really cold enough... Fingers crossed that things change back.
I missed Monday's run... Tuesday netted about 250L now, from 165 taps.... Didn't check the sugar level yet.
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Last edited by wmick; 03-04-2020 at 06:51 AM.
Well let’s just hope this maple season is better then my snowmobile season was this year. Mother Nature is really making it hard on us this winter to have fun outside.
225 taps 180 on vac 45 on natural gravity lines.
2x6 drop flue with auto draw.
Home built 3 x400gpd ro
2017 kubota M7060hdcc12
2019 can am defender
2017- first year 80 taps 22x36 home made arch and pan.
Well I'm swamped just collected 160 gals from 60taps 100 tested at 1.5% I think some rain got in it... And the other 60 at 2.2% so hoping it freezes a bit tonight so I can Chuck ice.
2017 45 taps 43L
2018 55 taps 50L
2019 60 taps ~75L avg sugar 3.3%
2020 60 taps 70L
2021 60 taps cant remember
2022 60 taps 95L
2023 60 taps 75L New baby came day off boiling started, gave away 1200L of 3% didn't have time.
Mark. Where are you located and how much time between collecting?
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