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11-04-2009, 05:39 PM
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You know your hooked when
You burn through more wood in a month boiling sap then you do to heat your house for the winter.
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Jeff 150+ taps, on health spouts Delaval 75 with homemade releaser Leader Patriot pans for 2010 Homemade Hoods and preheater 2x6 conventional Lightning Arch converting to High effiecientcy arch 12x18 sugar house 400gal bulk tank and still lookin to get bigger 
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#52
11-04-2009, 06:15 PM
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When We started this little adventure back in 1988 we did batch boils and finished on a stove. The stove was at my nephews house and after the first season he had to repaint the kitchen and family room from all the steam
 I was 1300 miles away by then and didnt help
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1100 on vacuum 3X10 Waterloo Small oil fired with pre heater. 24X36" gas fired finishing pans 10X16 Evaporator room 16X24 kitchen+bottling room. vacuum pump called the BEAST new Gast vac pump 2 Bernard double extractors HOLLY GRAIL of bottlers 20 gallon coffee maker 7" filter press Allis Chalmers B Alot of family and friends to help Old yellow lab called Maple
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#53
11-04-2009, 06:38 PM
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I think the absolute proof I have a addiction is the fact I actually am here reading all these post's instead of reading the local paper which is in French by the way or helping with supper.
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150 taps instead of the 30 planned for. Hmmmmm Plans to expand to a few more if possible. I just might be crazy.( make that I know I am) Time to start working on Maple.
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#54
11-04-2009, 06:59 PM
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I think the absolute proof I have a addiction is the fact I actually am here reading all these post's instead of reading the local paper which is in French by the way or helping with supper.
I can relate to that. 
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2X6 deluxe Phanuef Adding 200 more every year 28 years left of building a Hobby into a retirement time burner.
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11-04-2009, 07:01 PM
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I made supper!!! but I am suppose to helping the kids in the shower but I escaped for a quick trip to the trader!!!!
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may your sap be at 3% Brad 200 on gravity + a few buckets 2010 season who knows maybe more??? 2x6 ss phaneuf 10 x 12 sugar house (already planning to expand  ) I Have the maple sickness!!!!  less than 4 months away!!! Can't wait until February 
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#56
11-04-2009, 09:55 PM
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You know your hooked when
Its 12am and you want nothing more than to shut down and go to sleep, but you can't stand the thought shutting down when everything is running so well and you only have 100 gals left to boil down.
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Jeff 150+ taps, on health spouts Delaval 75 with homemade releaser Leader Patriot pans for 2010 Homemade Hoods and preheater 2x6 conventional Lightning Arch converting to High effiecientcy arch 12x18 sugar house 400gal bulk tank and still lookin to get bigger
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#57
Today, 12:09 PM
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You know you're hooked when...
The secretary says "you guy's are getting a bonus this pay", and you instantly start thinking of what maple related purchase you can spend it on! Instead of the house, vacation, etc.
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Andy's Own Maple and Honey Andy Kinter (4th + generation maple producer) 886 taps in '09 probably 1,100 or more in '10. Where I'll have the time, I'm not sure! 3x10 woodfired raised flue small bros. (planning on natural gas for 2010) 2 hives (that I don't spend enough time on) http://photobucket.com/mapleack
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