Schenectady-Albany-Saratoga Counties

[The Heldeberg Sapper]

I did 49 taps on gravity tubing on Tuesday and have only gotten about 5 gallons from them so far. Its been pretty cold over night and not as warm as i thought during the day. Lack of sun really keeps things froze up. Its looking like today should be a bit better and then next week should be solid. Cant wait for the first boil, ive got the rig all ready to go. I currently just wheel it out of my garage for every boil and put it back after but this year i might be getting a 10x10 metal roof leanto from a buddy to setup under. That would be nice, i just have to make it happen.

[Aslowrie]

Just brought in today's haul. Better than yesterday, but still not great, about 2 gallons on my 23 taps. The good news is, most of the trees were flowing, if only a little and a few were dripping reasonably fast. I suspect I'll have a bit more when I wake up in the morning since it looks like the cold won't set in until midnight.

Hopefully it went better for you all.

[crzypete]

Collected all of our taps this afternoon with my kids. Maybe 25 gallons. It was still flowing, but not exactly the robust week I was hoping for. Maybe a boil on Sunday?

Pete

[MRFNY]

Boiled yesterday, only 35 gallons so it was a quick boil. Always good to get the evaporator fired up for the first time each season. I should have a decent amount to collect today as some of my better buckets were about half full in the afternoon and still dripping pretty good.

[MRFNY]

Just took a walk and checked some buckets. Should have roughly 100 gallons after collecting!

[MRFNY]

Had about 85 gallons after Saturday collection. Ran 50 or so through the RO and boiled that today. The other 35 gallons froze solid in one of our holding tanks, lol. The RO is going to save so much time and wood, incredible!

[Aslowrie]

I'm still jealous, I got a grand total of only 4 gallons by Saturday morning. Out of curiosity, how many taps did you run this year?

The RO was game changing for me too. Built one last year and it's awesome to take 75% of the water out. I went from being under water with my 16x30 pan to casual weekend boils. Biggest thing for me was that I could store my concentrate in my chest freezer so I could boil when convenient.

[MRFNY]

I'm still jealous, I got a grand total of only 4 gallons by Saturday morning. Out of curiosity, how many taps did you run this year?

The RO was game changing for me too. Built one last year and it's awesome to take 75% of the water out. I went from being under water with my 16x30 pan to casual weekend boils. Biggest thing for me was that I could store my concentrate in my chest freezer so I could boil when convenient.

We did our normal 100 taps. We're pretty far behind normal production too, and the long range forecast is not looking very good. Hoping to get some big runs this week at least.

Everything I read about RO said you were going to wish you got one a lot longer ago. Boy were they right!

[crzypete]

Made 3.5 quarts of golden delicate yesterday. Filtered easily which was a relief after last year. MRFNY, did you buy a commercially made RO or assemble it on your own? I am keep contemplating one, but don't have the motivation to drop $500 on the RO bucket.

Pete

[MRFNY]

Made 3.5 quarts of golden delicate yesterday. Filtered easily which was a relief after last year. MRFNY, did you buy a commercially made RO or assemble it on your own? I am keep contemplating one, but don't have the motivation to drop $500 on the RO bucket.

Pete

Nice job Pete!

I bought the RB15 from RO bucket and got the upgraded pump option. I mounted everything on a board, so it's still easy to move around. If I could figure out how to post pictures on the site, I'd post a few!