December Journal

[Dave Y]

Brian,
Where is it I will pick it up!

[Amber Gold]

Last weekend a friend came over and we got most of the addition put on. I ran out of sheathing or I would have had all the roof done the project complete. I'll get the rest completed Saturday morning. Also buying shiplap siding to reside the SH so it looks more presentable.

I got pads leveled out for my 850 gal round bottom tank before the big freeze. Once I get the siding's on I can get that under my new addition.

I have 1.5 weeks of vacation starting the 23rd so my plan is to get all my woods work done...just my high mainline w/ sap ladder, 2 short mainlines, and adding some more taps.

After the woods are done it's just little things until the season starts.

[KenWP]

Well things are on hold for a couple of days untill it gets warm enough to want to really do something out side. Have to get used to it being below zero F .
At least the trees can start on their long journey thru the winter now.

[Sugarmaker]

DaveY,
Beware we will be invading your sugar shack this weekend!

Brian,
Hope you got the syrup to its destination! and resumed you trip.

Chris

[danno]

Okay Red you got me curious and I looked it up and from what I found the average here is around 118 inches. Not that much. That is almost 10 feet but I know last year and a few previous ones we had single snowfalls that measured 4 to 5 feet at a time so Im thinking that is some old data. Not to mention I have some pictures from last year and the year before where the snowbanks are above the road signs which are like 7 or 8 feet high and that was after they cut the banks back earlier in the week. You make me wanna move.

3rdgen -

I think your selling yourself short - think your snow average has got to be closer to 200" year. Our average just up the road from you (and a bit higher) is closer to 250" and last year we did about 400". Ofcourse, last year we had a fast start and had almost 100" by Thanksgiving.

[220 maple]

Expanding Slowly
90 % of Mainline installed, I have 3 400 foot sections of 3 quarter inch pipe to finish. Hired the land owner son to help me on his christmas break, he is a fast learner! we put up 2500 feet of tubing today. This was the first time he was out in the bush. He was shocked how many Maples is on their property.
If I can get 75% of them tapped it is going to create a couple extra gallons of sugar water.

Mark 220 Maple

[Dave Y]

Sugarmaker,
Bring as many as you can put in your truck , including the bed! Make sure you have sun glasses.

[3rdgen.maple]

danno you must be refering to your redfield piece. I was just thinking about last year alone and we had 3 specific storms that I remember where we had a total of 14 feet of snow just with them. I am willing to bet that data is really wrong that I looked up as well. Man you think wow that is alot but we get quite a few warmups and and alot of it melts within a short period of time. I always take some time of about the second week of January for steelhead fishing because for as long as I can remember we get a nice week or better warmup. 3 years ago it was in the 60's on my Bday in january. I was fishing in a sweatshirt in alot of snow.

[Rhino]

wired a 5 horse motor and mounted it onto our new induction fan. The motor i got from a auction, (like brand new). hooked it into the 220 outlet and the darn thing spun counterclock wise. fan is supposed to run clock wise. No wire diagram on the century motor, so i called around ,and the local motor rebuilder (who is now retired) is going to reverse the poles for me. Motor that was on the fan was a 1725 rpm, this 5 horse is a 3450 so i am hopeing that we have so much draw that i can crack the back door on the arch to regulate the draw and also let it suck cooler air up to the impeller blades. Tomorrow morning we will take the old fan off the sugar house roof and hoist the new one up there. The unit is 230 pounds so we will use the loader tractor and then drag it up the roof with a rope. Hope to get done in time to ice fish a few small lakes i never fished before. Mild weather this weekend, in the mid 20's so a person should work a little but also play a little right?? December sure is flying by!

[3rdgen.maple]

Rhino is it a 3 phase motor or a single phase?