Been waiting for someone else start the season thread but......
We finished tapping Friday, got tanks cleaned & up line pump in place. Lines are getting pretty well flushed out, hopefully start storing sap later on today.
Been waiting for someone else start the season thread but......
We finished tapping Friday, got tanks cleaned & up line pump in place. Lines are getting pretty well flushed out, hopefully start storing sap later on today.
Murray
Somewhere around 800 - 900 taps on Atlas Copco vacuum
1 Sap Ladder & 1 can
2 1/2 x 10 Waterloo/Small, with Piggyback & hood,
Air over & under fire
CDL autodrawoff, Homemade drawoff/filter tank with pump,
Lapierre Sirofilter, modified steam pan bottler
We finished taping yesterday also. Sap was running a bit, temperature is starting to cooperate. Possible snow storm coming mid week. Have a great season.
675 taps
I also got all my taps in. Some of the trees were running real good yesterday
Maple syrup enthusiast
We've had pretty runs, Sunday & Monday being the best, just so so since. Been alright though, we've bottled 3 times this week, up to 21 imp gallons (95 litres). Next week looks ok, high temps don't look that high, but we'll take it.
Murray
Somewhere around 800 - 900 taps on Atlas Copco vacuum
1 Sap Ladder & 1 can
2 1/2 x 10 Waterloo/Small, with Piggyback & hood,
Air over & under fire
CDL autodrawoff, Homemade drawoff/filter tank with pump,
Lapierre Sirofilter, modified steam pan bottler
Seems like a slow start to the season. Down here near Sussex I haven't had the trees run in consecutive days. Hopefully the weather starts to turn warmer
Maple syrup enthusiast
Been slow going, but we're getting some. Bottled 8 or 9 times, up to 60 gals or so(270 liters)
Murray
Somewhere around 800 - 900 taps on Atlas Copco vacuum
1 Sap Ladder & 1 can
2 1/2 x 10 Waterloo/Small, with Piggyback & hood,
Air over & under fire
CDL autodrawoff, Homemade drawoff/filter tank with pump,
Lapierre Sirofilter, modified steam pan bottler
We're done! Ended up with 122.5 imp gallons (557 liters). It was a weird year, never had good runs,weather was really warm & sunny enough. Now it's very warm! All good though, we're ok & had some fun.
Murray
Somewhere around 800 - 900 taps on Atlas Copco vacuum
1 Sap Ladder & 1 can
2 1/2 x 10 Waterloo/Small, with Piggyback & hood,
Air over & under fire
CDL autodrawoff, Homemade drawoff/filter tank with pump,
Lapierre Sirofilter, modified steam pan bottler