Our tractor is just able to lift this 4,000 gallon tank now that we’ve added some counterweight in addition to the loaded tires. We have 7 of this sized tank so now they’re much easier to move around than before when we dragged them around using chains.

Our new sap truck! Well new to us anyway, it does have 250,000+ miles on it. We’ll be attaching a 5,025 gallon poly tank to the bed once it arrives later today.

Before tubing our new properties we always like to have a selective cut done by our forester. This frees up canopy space for our maples to grow, eliminates undesirable species and damaged/slow growing trees, and of course produces lumber! This time we decided to keep two trailer loads of timber for future projects. A local Amish mill cut up 3,500 board feet for us. We’ve already used some of the tulip poplar for one of our pump houses, and we plan on using some of the oak and cherry for furniture once it finishes air drying.