Getting a decent amount of sap today. Not sure if the trees ran all night or if they woke up early this morning. Weekend and Monday look good, but long range forecast is not looking good.
Getting a decent amount of sap today. Not sure if the trees ran all night or if they woke up early this morning. Weekend and Monday look good, but long range forecast is not looking good.
got 90 gallons tonight around 5:30 PM and trees were still dripping. Tomorrow could be a decent run if we get some sun. Weekend is looking awesome
FINALLY...things have really busted loose here, which I'm going to attribute to the rain and the resulting hydrostatic pressure but, yeah, it was running like a jet engine on all of our taps up on the hill this evening. The weekend through Monday/Tuesday look awesome and I'm off work.
Put up my other 50 drop-line taps into 5 gallon pails to do some catch-up. Here we go!
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2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
2017: SAME
2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
2023: SAME
2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system
Hey ADK! What elevation are you at? I'm at 600', only got about 30 gallons tonight but I think it's a great sign considering the colder temps. This weekend and Monday are going to be gushers!Originally Posted by ADK_XJ
More like 250-300 here. Yes, I was surprised how well it was running given the temps...bodes very well for tomorrow.
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2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
2017: SAME
2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
2023: SAME
2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system
Nice! Good luck this weekend!
Shew, today was the day...it ran HARD from sun-up to sun-down and I emptied buckets 3 times. It was more sap than my ATV could haul in one run so I spent a good long while out in the woods today but I'm not complaining one bit.
The RO is going to run all night and I'll likely do my final boil of the year tomorrow.
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2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
2017: SAME
2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
2023: SAME
2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system
About 300-350 gallons of sap Friday - Sunday. Thought we would get more today (Monday) but just didn't get long enough of a freeze to reset the trees. Season is over, temps for the next week are not good and I'm tired! Will end up with around 17 gallons of syrup, same as last year. Crazy, today our syrup got lighter and ended up delicate!
An intense weekend plus for me. I boiled Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Made 4.25 gallons in that time. And we collected another 30 gallons of sap this evening. This has helped my underwhelming totals. Hoping our altitude gives us a bit more season, but it's 37 right now and I don't see freezing temps for another few days. I'll see what runs tomorrow in the rain and boil again Thursday. Maybe the last batch?
Pete
2017- 17 taps, 3 gallons, stove-top insanity
2018- 36 taps, 10 gallons, Oil tank evaporator
2019- 24 taps, 7 gallons
2020- 27 taps, 5.75 gallons
2021- 42 taps, 8 gallons
2022- 48 taps, 8.5 gallons
2023- 50 taps, 15 gallons
2024- 46 taps, 9.5 gallons
Oil Tank Evaporator build
A little south of ya'll, the sap quality took a dive for me. We had a good run over the weekend and into Monday (3 gallons/tap) but the last 2 days have been so warm the sap is really clouding up. My wood supply is telling me the season is over as well. We will be around 20+/- gallons of syrup this season. Upwards of 2000 gallons of sap. Boiled some and sold some to my buddy.
2014 6 Taps Block Arch and momas canning pot, 3 gallons YIKES
2019 100 taps and a new adventure with a home built arch.
2020 90 taps, my wife and I and a Bucket RO...
2021 112 taps and a modified Bucket RO.
2022 120 taps, modified Bucket RO a Wife, Son and Springer
2023 ~110 taps Nothing new
2024 90 taps health issues, family
2025 75 taps New RO Bucket filter canner
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