I also pulled taps yesterday as well. Finished the last 60 gallons....sap was at 2% but it's been a very good season, IMO. Sad to say, it's finish-up the Near and start the cleanup.
I also pulled taps yesterday as well. Finished the last 60 gallons....sap was at 2% but it's been a very good season, IMO. Sad to say, it's finish-up the Near and start the cleanup.
2025 - 48 taps, all but 8 on gravity tubing
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X16 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
It seems this has been the year of new records every week. We finished 42 gallons of syrup this weekend. Thats over half of what we made all last year and half of our best year ever. Processed just over 2000 gallons of sap and the bottled tally sits at right about 144 gallons. Its nice to see the results of the work you put in the woods. We are 100% off grid, solar powered and 100% on vacuum. We tapped the first week of February and taps are still flowing great. It seems this week will be another good one!
West Sumner Sugar House
West Sumner, ME
800 +/- Taps - 2 x 8 CDL Venturi Converted To Forced Draft AUF
6 Shurflo Solar Systems - MES Dolly 300
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Yes, new records and the old ones are being smashed. 2300 gallons of sap here from Tuesday thru Friday last week. Got all caught up by yesterday afternoon. No signs of buds here yet, 1 more week by the looks. Depending on how it runs after the freeze we will be pushing 100 gallons of syrup. Shelves are and almost all the barrels are full! Boil on!
305 taps on 2 Shurflo's, 31 taps on 3/16" and 229 taps on gravity. 565 in all
Mountain Maple S3 controller for 145 of the vacuum taps
2x6 Darveau Mystique Oil Fired Evaporator w/ Smoky Lake Simplicity Auto Draw
Wesfab 7” filter press
A great year no question. Ran out of wood before sap, first time that's happened in years.
Smoky Lake 2x8 Raised Flue
Mason Arch
5 Buckets
300 Gravity
120 High Shurflo vac
7" Wes Fab Filter Press
Mason Finisher
Mason Water-Jacketed Canner
Sap started running again yesterday but not very hard. The trees are about done but we will see how today goes. The end is near, probably do our last boil this weekend and start soaking the pans.
305 taps on 2 Shurflo's, 31 taps on 3/16" and 229 taps on gravity. 565 in all
Mountain Maple S3 controller for 145 of the vacuum taps
2x6 Darveau Mystique Oil Fired Evaporator w/ Smoky Lake Simplicity Auto Draw
Wesfab 7” filter press
Nice run at the end here. Sugar content is down but have around 650 gallons of sap. This weekend is it for us and we will end likely just under 100 gallons of syrup. Awesome year, ready to clean up and move on to other projects though.
305 taps on 2 Shurflo's, 31 taps on 3/16" and 229 taps on gravity. 565 in all
Mountain Maple S3 controller for 145 of the vacuum taps
2x6 Darveau Mystique Oil Fired Evaporator w/ Smoky Lake Simplicity Auto Draw
Wesfab 7” filter press
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