January Journal/Happy New Year

[Maplewalnut]

Dennis- the pump will handle way more taps than I can ever throw at it. I took a walk yesterday and I may be able to hook up 400-450 over time but I will only have 250 on line this year. should be an intereating year equipment wise, first year without a flat pan, very little buckets and now vacuum. Needless to say my wife just shakes her head!

[mapleman3]

What a gorgeous day today... almost high 20's out, sunny... just a super day to be in the woods... between yesterday and this mornings snowfall we got around 8-10" up there in the north Bush! I thought we would use snowshoes but My Son and I trudged all day through it. we tightened the mains up and side pulled where we could. Had lunch and saw a mouse running around the truck, cute lil bugger, we tossed him a slice of pepperoni which he surprisingly accepted immediately! guess he smelled us cooking lunch.... being my son and I are in the boy scouts, I a leader and he's up to Star scout .. we like hot meals and cook on the spot !!! Mac and Cheese and hot cocoa today!!

I still have a few more things to finish on the mainlines but should be ready to pull the 5/16ths next Sat and Sunday! maybe get most run... I want to be complete with Drops and all by Feb 1st.

It feels great to be out doing something in the woods!!

I starting to think that I may leave the 100 taps out back on vacuum out this year to give the trees a break, also want to redo my vaccume settup there, I want to have a tank down in the woods but keep the vacuum up in the back barn. So I will sell my electric releaser and get a small(real Small) mechanical releaser. and just pump the sap up to the sugarhouse when the tank is full. I think for that woods I can get better run without lifting up the sap ladders.

that will still give me 600 taps for this year

[dano2840]

today was a very nice day here in vt, but it was one of those 1 step fwd and 2step back days for me, uuuuuuhhhhhhhhggggggg, got the last of the main line up and done, and finished up the lats, on my middle main line, spent the weekend at dad's, took his snow 'sheen out most of the weekend and made track and ski tracks alllllllllllllllllllllllllllll over the neighbors field, i got onto the road going back to dad's and realized the ol girl goes alot faster on something hard then in powder, ducked back into the field and went to the bottom of the road, and punched it and put the coals right to 'er. man i got up and got going in a hurry, maxed it out at about 95 not bad for a ol 340. funfunfun, hehehehehe, now i gotta get my own sled something i can jump like a ski doo mxz or mxzx atleast a 500

[Sugarmaker]

All you guys hanging tubing has me worried that I may be running behind! I did order some plastic slip rings does that count for anything? Guess not. I have thought about stringing tubing does that count? No again. Well I guess I will have to start getting things rounded up and head out into that big roadside sugarbush soon. Last year I was out in zero weather setting up new lines. Maybe I will be smarter this year and wait till it warms a little and the snow goes down a little too? Not planning to expand but always looking for a new group of good maples.

Chris

[Clan Delaney]

today was a very nice day here in vt, but it was one of those 1 step fwd and 2step back days for me, uuuuuuhhhhhhhhggggggg, got the last of the main line up and done, and finished up the lats, on my middle main line, spent the weekend at dad's, took his snow 'sheen out most of the weekend and made track and ski tracks alllllllllllllllllllllllllllll over the neighbors field, i got onto the road going back to dad's and realized the ol girl goes alot faster on something hard then in powder, ducked back into the field and went to the bottom of the road, and punched it and put the coals right to 'er. man i got up and got going in a hurry, maxed it out at about 95 not bad for a ol 340. funfunfun, hehehehehe, now i gotta get my own sled something i can jump like a ski doo mxz or mxzx atleast a 500

Work first, then play. Good practice. Carry on.

[mapleman3]

Chris.. it all falls into place every year doesn't it... somehow we all work it so that we are boiling when it's time!!

I lease a bush, and it's a watershed, so I'm not allowed in to put up tubing until the 15th of Jan... then the tubing has to be down by the 30th of april... every year..... so I am in as soon as I can to get everything set

[jrthe3]

today may be the big day i think i mite fire up the vacuum pump and test out the releaser just have to finish the sap trap and wire it up


jim you would not happen to know the part number out the t stat you got for your vac pump i looked it up there is like 20 different ones

[dano2840]

Work first, then play. Good practice. Carry on.

thats the only play ive done at all since i started in the woods, but the woods work isnt work, so have i been playing the whole time?

[maplwrks]

DanO---Did you find a ride to the Middlebury Maple school??

[dano2840]

not yet, i would like to go though, but as of now i dont have a ride