Finished today. 534 gallons from 995 taps.
Finished today. 534 gallons from 995 taps.
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
Nice...congrats.Originally Posted by wiam
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
I usually get about .5. Last year was .4
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
Wiam, I live in Wheelock and would enjoy coming to see your woods setup and talk practices with you.
Remember to keep on ticking while the sap is dripping.
2016- 50 buckets. Made 4 gallons.
2022- 3750 taps + Smartrek! Made 1300 gallons.
2023- 3750 taps after removing a pump house and connected two woods. Made 800 gallons.
2024- 3750 taps 1384 made.
Nothing fancy here. 1500’ vac line to woods is too small. Except for small (50 tap) new line I added this year newest drops are about 7 years old. Most of my 30p laterals are close to 20 years old.
William
950 taps
3 X 12 Thor pans on a Brian Arch
CDL 600 expandable
Weelock… Sheffield Heights? Most dreaded section of 91 even during nice weather.
Roughly 300 taps on a hybrid 3/16 gravity/Shurflo vacuum system.
12x16 Solo build timber frame sugar house.
RO Bucket RB-20 with 2nd booster pump(screaming for a coffee break)
Mismatched Grimm Lighting(Vermont) 2x4 raised flue/ Small Brothers(Quebec) 3x3 syrup pan on modified oil tank arch.
“This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” - Al
No words were ever said more true.
Remember to keep on ticking while the sap is dripping.
2016- 50 buckets. Made 4 gallons.
2022- 3750 taps + Smartrek! Made 1300 gallons.
2023- 3750 taps after removing a pump house and connected two woods. Made 800 gallons.
2024- 3750 taps 1384 made.
Last day boiling, still running on upper section but want to avoid buddy sap. Of course today its snowing on the mountain.
3x10 Leader Inferno Arch
14,200 Taps
2 - 14 HP Indiana Vacuum pump
1800gph Lapierre RO
10" Lapierre filter press
2 - 25,000 tap Lapierre releasers
3 - SS 1500 gallon tanks
1 - SS 8,400 gallon tank
8x8 Argo ATV
50k John Deere generator
24'x32' sugarhouse
I see you have a 3*10 inferno? Max flue oans? How does that handle 15k taps? What's your concentrate level? Best we can get is about 35-45 gph syrup production. Just curious about your setup
18x30 sugarshack
5100 taps high vac
3x10 inferno with steampan
7'' wes fab filter press
10'' cdl air filter press
D&G 3 post reverse osmosis w/recirculation
This came up on my You Tube feed by The Maple News this morning. Tapping starting in November and processing sap all winter into spring.
The key being are that the lines are on vacuum the whole time, preventing them from closing up from the bacteria.
https://youtu.be/TZZkf0Mky8Q
The setup in the video is slightly larger than my cinderblock evaporator.
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
DYI Vacuum Filter
2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
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