January Journal/Happy New Year

[tessiersfarm]

Revi I have a sister blower to the one I ended up putting on my new rig. If you would like to play with it, its yours. I will even help out if I can if you need some cutting or welding done. Let me know and maybe we can meet up sometime.

[Big maple]

Be carefull with those blowers. You need to insulate the back sides of your doors at least, I saw a set of cast doors that were curled up like pretzels form adding a blower to a non-insulated arch front. The air tight arch fronts actually have a square tube around the door with holes drilled in them agled towards the door to keep it cooler, and they still get hot even with 2" of fire blanket for protection.

[PATheron]

ALERT, ALERT, BIGSAP, BIGSAP!!!!! Upper 30s and close to 40 here this weekend, you guys think I should tap or are the trees just so frozen up I wont get jack? What you proud professionals think. Would I get any BIGSAP or just get disappointed? Theron

[Dave Y]

Theron,
If I were you I'd go tap everything I could right Now! Go put you snow shoes on and tap though the night. I wouldn't stop tapping till 1 hr befor super bowl kick off. Cause If you don't you may not get back into the woods till May!
Good Luck!

[mountainvan]

Theron, unless you have lots of help and can get all your taps in quickly, start tapping. My son and I dug out where the tanks go in the woods today. Tomorrow we'll put the tanks out and finish a couple mainline fixes in my big bushes. Saturday is another trip to town for more tanks. Sunday we'll finish putting out 5/16 that we take down every year. Monday I'm starting to tap!! With as much snow as we have it's going to be slow going.

[PATheron]

Ill try putting a few out and see how I make out. Dont want to jump the gun too much. Dave- Slow steady growth, thats me. You dont think Id be out there all night running around the woods with my headlight and cordless yelling "BIGSAP, BIGSAP" do you? Theron

[mapleman3]

Good luck THEEEEROONNN Hope the sap is with you !!!

I got a lot done today, arch is done pans are on.. hood maybe tomorrow night if I clean the pans good.

Have another sugarer coming tonight to take a look at things, always fun to show off the setup and talk maple!!

Have to pick up some end of line fittings tomorrow and get back in the woods Sat/Sun Have a helper with me on Sat, and the family on Sun. Busy weekend but the weather looks nice, high 30's

[Maplewalnut]

Theron-see you in April. Between you and Matt wouldn't be much sap between Pa and maine to go around this year!

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

Theron,

Still too early, it is still January. No sense in tapping yet until the trees and ground get thawed a little. These temps will help, but one thing you have to remember this time of year is yet, it may hit the high temp predicted but it spends half of the day getting there and the other half cooling back down, so the high temp may only last a few minutes or an hour or so.

[Cardigan99]

Sheeeesh.. It's not even February yet. We tapped 1st wkend in March last year and it was too early.