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Post by Tooln on Apr 3, 2019 15:13:02 GMT -6
Collected today. 127.8 gallons testing 3%. Several pails were full to the top.
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Post by daydreamer on Apr 3, 2019 16:19:30 GMT -6
Have you shared a pic before of your cooking set up? I’d be curious to see that.
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Post by Tooln on Apr 3, 2019 16:26:01 GMT -6
Have you shared a pic before of your cooking set up? I’d be curious to see that. I do not cook, I sell the sap to a neighbor who cooks it down. He's got a really good setup. His evaporator is 20+ foot long, he has a RO unit, filter setup all USDA approved. If I remember right he cooked down 30,000+ gallons of sap last year.
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Post by daydreamer on Apr 3, 2019 16:27:35 GMT -6
Have you shared a pic before of your cooking set up? I’d be curious to see that. I do not cook, I sell the sap to a neighbor who cooks it down. He's got a really good setup. His evaporator is 20+ foot long, he has a RO unit, filter setup all USDA approved. If I remember right he cooked down 30,000+ gallons of sap last year. Holy shit, that’s crazy but probably needed. Seems like it would be hard to dabble in this.
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Post by Tooln on Apr 3, 2019 16:31:40 GMT -6
The guy works for the township and there is not a lot going on this time of the year. He's got some big bucks tied up in his operation, but also makes big bucks.
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Post by Tooln on Apr 6, 2019 14:41:11 GMT -6
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Post by Tooln on Apr 10, 2019 14:36:42 GMT -6
Update, a little more today than last time. 33 gallons testing 3.4%. If the temps drop down as predicted with the upcoming storm I may get one last pull. After today's it put me at 389 gallons.
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Post by batman on Apr 10, 2019 15:42:16 GMT -6
Update, a little more today than last time. 33 gallons testing 3.4%. If the temps drop down as predicted with the upcoming storm I may get one last pull. After today's it put me at 389 gallons. Makes me want to sing. 389 galllons of sap got to haul, 389 gallons of sap....
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Post by Tooln on Apr 10, 2019 17:31:17 GMT -6
Update, a little more today than last time. 33 gallons testing 3.4%. If the temps drop down as predicted with the upcoming storm I may get one last pull. After today's it put me at 389 gallons. Makes me want to sing. 389 galllons of sap got to haul, 389 gallons of sap.... Last year's sing would have been long 1876.5 gallons of sap.
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Post by Tooln on Apr 14, 2019 20:23:58 GMT -6
Got 57 gallons today testing at an even 3%. The wife has also (finally) caught on to the back up camera. Today her feet got wet and cold so she sat in the truck while I put the tractor away. When I got back to the truck she said let me put my boots on and guide you to the trailer. Told her not to worry I got this. She said you won't be able to get hooked up right away without me guiding you in. I told her you just wait. As the truck got closer to the trailer it started to give the warning beep. She then looked at the camera called me an ass and hit me.
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Post by Tooln on Apr 18, 2019 13:25:59 GMT -6
Pulled the taps today. This year with 50 taps I collected 446 gallons with an average test of 3.10. A far cry from last year's 1876 gallons with 155 taps.
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Post by Tooln on May 4, 2019 15:51:46 GMT -6
Final phase of tapping is grooming the trails that got rutted up. I hook the drag to the wheeler and this does the trick. New trail just a little wet yet. Thank God for a whinch with a 50' cable.
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