Things were waking up here, still alot of dry buckets. Got around .2 gal per tap, though I am very happy to see my new 3/16 run at 26in of vacuum !
Things were waking up here, still alot of dry buckets. Got around .2 gal per tap, though I am very happy to see my new 3/16 run at 26in of vacuum !
31 Taps in 2011 with buckets, Barrel evap
45+ Taps for 2012 with buckets, 2x5 Dryer Arch with steel pans ! 8x11 Sugar Shack, Dump Stations,
60 Taps for 2013- Insulated Dryer arch, AUF,
2014 watched from sidelines...
70 Taps for 2015 - dryer arch, new 2x5 divided pan from Smokey Lake with a float box !
70 Taps for 2016 - added a preheater and new grates for the Dryerator.
80 Taps for 2018 - Dryer arch got new front and door
Same here. Only about 1 gpt of sap so far. Trees are still thawing out. The driveway still has a lot of ice on it (not slush) and isn't muddy, so that indicates the trees are still mostly frozen too. They'll be thawing out a bit more today before they freeze up again tomorrow.Originally Posted by smokeyamber
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Pulled in over 1 gpt in 24 hours from thurs. afternoon to friday afternoon. Processed over 1500 gal of sap from this week and a portion of the 400 gal. ice cube from February. Sweetened the pans and made almost 20 gal. of AR. I didn't have a chance to check sc but I'm thinking it's higher than last year due to how much syrup we made.
Sap ran ok in the afternoon the last two days but still not too impressive despite the 60F temps. Slowed way down overnight despite no freeze. Sure felt nice to work outside in a t-shirt. We lost a lot of our snow here and most of the woods is now open.
Overall a good start to the season. We'll see what the next week brings.
About 750 taps on High Vac.
2.5 x 8 Intens-O-Fire
Airtech 3 hp LR Pump
Springtech Elite 500 RO
14 x 24 Timber Frame SugarHouse
16 x 22 Sap Shed w/ 1500 gal. + 700 gal. tanks
www.littlehogbackfarm.com
I think it's almost still early for gravity collection, I put my three buckets out this week and maybe a gallon combined. Lot of people are going to be hurting tapped way too early!!! Everybody needs to ignore the bigger producers that start in December it's not necessary for anybody with less than 10,000 taps
18x30 sugarshack
5100 taps high vac
3x10 inferno with steampan
7'' wes fab filter press
10'' cdl air filter press
D&G 3 post reverse osmosis w/recirculation
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