LIGHT TRACTOR WORK and FUTURE PLANS

Today we smoothed out the ruts in the front yard with the Massey GC1725 tractor loader. Then I explain our future plans for food security, fun, and maybe some income. Thanks for watching! Like, share, sub.

[@sanfordpemberton8053]

Nice! You have a good opportunity to make some syrup there! Worked for a larger scale syrup operation in Northern Michigan. Drilled all our taps at 1.5 inches so you were right close. We would produce about 3200 gallons of syrup from just over 9000 taps. Depending on the year it could be a 40:1 up to a 60:1 sap to syrup ratio. If you don't want to cover the woods in tubing, try adding vacuum to the lines that you do end up with. For every inch of vacuum over 20" you increase sap yield 3-5%.

[@tractorstrailsandlivingfree]

Thanks for the advice! I also saw an operation use RO (reverse osmosis) to concentrate the sap. I never would have thought about spending the money on that but it seemed so effective that I might just consider it. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@sanfordpemberton8053]

@@tractorstrailsandlivingfree Absolutely! We utilized an RO from a retired cruise ship for a couple years before getting a proper one. Worked great and reduced our boiling time by over 25%. It was odd to me at first that the clean water that came out was technically the "waste" from our process. Lol We kept it all and used it for cleaning tanks and equipment. Sounds like you've got great plans. Best of luck!

[@tractorstrailsandlivingfree]

Thanks!

[@LivingOutHere]

That is exciting!! Hope that you make some awesome syrup!! And you said living out here again!! 😂 arbor active on here does maple syrup as well and some tractor stuff. Excited for the content!

[@tractorstrailsandlivingfree]

Yep, wish I was Living out here though. When I made it before, I realized that there's nothing like it. Did I burn a few pans? Sure! Did I spend some late nights waiting to finish? You bet! But the results were worth it.

[@LivingOutHere]

@@tractorstrailsandlivingfree I bet but I bet it sure tasted sweet on some pancakes or french toast!

[@tractorstrailsandlivingfree]

@@LivingOutHere yessir it did!

[@ashleytucker7157]

@Tractors Trails and Living Free did you break some appliances? Sure!