Not good at all. Trees ran for a couple of days and pretty much stopped as it never got below freezing at night . Hopefully we get some cold nights to at least save the season . I have a gallon of syrup so far
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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One of my friends just took up making maple syrup. He's having a field day with just a dozen or so trees in his back yard tapped. I'm not sure what amount he's up to, but he said he has a few quarts to drop off for me already. We're getting reasonable temps during the day, and still keeping near freezing over night. I assume from what you've mentioned, thays what keeps them producing well?
Well, I must have gotten the right guy with the solar company. He's been in communication with me a few times today. I may have to fire the system up, so they can run diagnostics. Which has a possibility to add more damage so he said it will be a last ditch effort if they can't get the data needed before i shut it down after the tree fell.
Sounds like the contractor want to come out and pull the roof to fully assess the damage either Friday or Saturday. Seems like things are slowly coming together.
Sounds like the contractor want to come out and pull the roof to fully assess the damage either Friday or Saturday. Seems like things are slowly coming together.
To "what" the damage?
Good morning all. Overcast day here although it isn't supposed to rain until Saturday which ironically was when I was planning to do some treework for the first time in a year.
Yes, that's what keeps them producing well. Actually, slightly below freezing is the best. Somewhere in the mid-upper 20s range. And daytime highs in the 40s.
Maple syrup production around me has been terrible this year for that reason. It was to cold at the beginning of January. Then later in the month it looked like we might some ideal weather for it, but no. It was still either to warm or to cold.
February came and we had three weeks straight where it didn't even get above freezing and the lows were below zero.
Now that it's warmed up, it's been the warm. We've had highs in 50s and 60s and lows in upper 30s to middle 40s.
Yes , the trees are running today
Here are some photos of some wild black cherry I cut up today. This tree fell during Helene in September, and sometime in October I cut it up into rough "log" sections for later processing. Today I finally took some time to chunk it into firewood-sized sections. I was surprised that there was still enough sap to have the same color reaction you're seeing. Usually I see this only on live trees, but I guess maybe since the leaves were still on it when it fell, these sections were big enough to still be holding sap (?).
In the photo below, the cut showing the rotten center is an old, weathered cut from October, for comparison. The other cuts are fresh this morning.
Hope this helps. Safe cutting!
That is hilarious.Apparently the sites filter won't less a s s e s pass.forgot the extra s at the end.
What is a guy supposed to say if he is talking about many donkeys lol.
Well, now I have a conundrum. Stopped at my dealer to get parts for the CS400 I'm fixing up with my oldest son.
I made a comment that he should throw in the new 462 sitting there. He said he'd make me a helluva deal. I asked him how good. He looks on the computer and says, "How about $800 out the door PHO?"
I had to leave quickly because CAD kicked in hard. After thinking about it I think I should buy it, sell the MS460 and have the 462 ported.
What say you?
I made a comment that he should throw in the new 462 sitting there. He said he'd make me a helluva deal. I asked him how good. He looks on the computer and says, "How about $800 out the door PHO?"
I had to leave quickly because CAD kicked in hard. After thinking about it I think I should buy it, sell the MS460 and have the 462 ported.
What say you?
That’s a very good deal to pass up, I’d say yes ,
I would keep the 460 as a good, strong back up saw to the 462.
It's only money, go to work and make more. A good saw keeps your family warm way better than 8 pieces of paper.
I dare you to tell my wife(CPA, CMA, CFM) that. Plus I'm of german descent and live in WI. Lots of us still haven't spent our baptism money!
