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Post by Tooln on Mar 5, 2017 13:07:10 GMT -6
Putting the taps out today. I forgot how much work it us. Collecting goes a lot faster.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 5, 2017 14:31:00 GMT -6
Nice job Tooln.
How many taps this year?
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Post by Tooln on Mar 5, 2017 15:48:49 GMT -6
Nice job Tooln. How many taps this year? Goal is at least 150 try to get 200. I put in 75 today. Last year I had just over 100. I've got pail's enough for 260 but I really doubt I'll use them all. The property would support well over 1000.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 5, 2017 17:18:02 GMT -6
I meant to run up north of my place about 10 miles this weekend, but I didn't get it done. There's a guy up there who taps and cooks syrup on a decent scale. I don't think he's tapping yet, but I won't know for sure til I run up there.
Good luck Mike, hope you have a great syrup season
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Post by ace on Mar 5, 2017 18:24:30 GMT -6
Do you cook it yourself too?
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Post by Tooln on Mar 5, 2017 20:34:31 GMT -6
Do you cook it yourself too? No. I have a guy that's less than 5 mile from me who I sell it to. Last year I got 746 gallons of sap
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Post by badbrad on Mar 6, 2017 13:33:06 GMT -6
Do you cook it yourself too? No. I have a guy that's less than 5 mile from me who I sell it to. Last year I got 746 gallons of sap
What is the going rate for a 5 gallon pale of raw sap?
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Post by badbrad on Mar 6, 2017 13:39:28 GMT -6
That is a lot of pales instead of the bags. Where do you store all those pales?
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Post by Tooln on Mar 6, 2017 14:17:25 GMT -6
No. I have a guy that's less than 5 mile from me who I sell it to. Last year I got 746 gallons of sap
What is the going rate for a 5 gallon pale of raw sap?
That is a lot of pales instead of the bags. Where do you store all those pales? I have no idea of what the going rate is. A lot depends on the sugar content. It can be as low as .25 & up. I built a shelf under the lean-too. Since the pic was taken the shelf has been made larger and I have plastic containers for the lids. These pails are nice because they come apart when stacked together.
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Post by badbrad on Mar 6, 2017 14:19:01 GMT -6
Well just give me an idea if you don't mind. What did 746 gallos of sap yield you last year? Just curious.
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Post by Tooln on Mar 6, 2017 14:31:31 GMT -6
Well just give me an idea if you don't mind. What did 746 gallos of sap yield you last year? Just curious. I really don't remember what it was Brad. He has different options. Buy it outright, trade for processed, trade bottled syrup, or cook and bottle and give you half. We took 12 quarts of syrup and were paid the balance. It was somewhere just under $200.00 if I remember right. I'm not really doing it for the cash, but it makes a big difference on property tax's. Ag vs rec.
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Post by badbrad on Mar 6, 2017 14:35:42 GMT -6
Well just give me an idea if you don't mind. What did 746 gallos of sap yield you last year? Just curious. I really don't remember what it was Brad. He has different options. Buy it outright, trade for processed, trade bottled syrup, or cook and bottle and give you half. We took 12 quarts of syrup and were paid the balance. It was somewhere just under $200.00 if I remember right. I'm not really doing it for the cash, but it makes a big difference on property tax's. Ag vs rec.
Gotcha. I was just curious what the sap was worth.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 6, 2017 15:15:23 GMT -6
Brad,
It takes 40-55 gallons of raw sap to make a gallon of syrup. around here they are getting $60 gallon for finished syrup. Maybe $45 wholesale. The guy doing the boiling gets most of the money. I'm guessing $.20-25 per raw gallon depending on sugar content and color of water.
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Post by Tooln on Mar 8, 2017 18:18:43 GMT -6
Sunday I installed 75 taps. Went today and collected and got 159 gallons that tested 2.4%. From the time the wife and I left home and got back was 2 hours that included a 17 mile trip, to the property, collected, haul to the neighbor 5 miles away and back home. Saturday the plan is to put out another 75 taps.
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Post by buckvelvet on Mar 9, 2017 8:03:24 GMT -6
What all kinds of trees do you tap? I know that sounds stupid but I seen somewhere where folks were tapping things other than just Sugar maple.
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