I did the buckets just like yours for 2 years. Last year, I did 35 trees on 5/16 tubing on gravity to 55gal drums. This year I tapped 40 and added a shurflo vacuum pump system into a 275 gal ibc tote. I’m getting at least double the sap this year than last year.
@edmcdonald8487 that's awesome! I was going to go vacuum this year but didn't get everything around in time. I can't do gravity cause I have like 0 elevation here. I am still considering changing things up next year! Congrats on the good season!
Great to see your caught up and collecting sap. 10g so far did two boils and 2liters of syrup so far. Hope this next week is productive 😊can’t wait to see your evaporator steaming 😊
How many trees did you tap this season?
None trees!
Looks like it's getting warm the next few weeks. Might be a one and done type of season!
I did the buckets just like yours for 2 years. Last year, I did 35 trees on 5/16 tubing on gravity to 55gal drums. This year I tapped 40 and added a shurflo vacuum pump system into a 275 gal ibc tote. I’m getting at least double the sap this year than last year.
@edmcdonald8487 that's awesome! I was going to go vacuum this year but didn't get everything around in time. I can't do gravity cause I have like 0 elevation here. I am still considering changing things up next year! Congrats on the good season!
Great to see your caught up and collecting sap. 10g so far did two boils and 2liters of syrup so far. Hope this next week is productive 😊can’t wait to see your evaporator steaming 😊
Thank you! We had a good run and then it got cold. Now I'm frozen in the buckets. Lol waiting for it to warm up the next few days to be able to boil.