What did you do today not on your truck...

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Between fixing the fuel crossover switch on the 85 and finishing up the console on the 72 I found time to boil sap . Second is after 20 gallons down starting to amber up

I would love to understand this process...

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

I would love to understand this process...

Pretty simple maple sap is between 2 and 4% sugar. When you boil it down (evaporation) you concentrate the sugar. Takes on average 30 to 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. Your also concentrating the maple taste. Going to try birch and black walnut next year

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Pretty simple maple sap is between 2 and 4% sugar. When you boil it down (evaporation) you concentrate the sugar. Takes on average 30 to 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. Your also concentrating the maple taste. Going to try birch and black walnut next year

Thanks, I had no idea it took so much to make a small amount. That explains why the real syrup is expensive.

[72c20customcamper]

Would be nice if it came out of the tree all done

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Would be nice if it came out of the tree all done

Yeah, like people used to think that I just walked out in the woods and picked up corral poles already cut to 16.5' and 4" diameter on both ends with all the limbs trimmed off neatly - just FREE not forest service lease or anything...

[72c20customcamper]

And I’m smoking a chicken too on my Weber charcoal grill

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

And I’m smoking a chicken too on my Weber charcoal grill

Chicken looks good. Now I'm hungry.......

[67C10Step]

Daughters boyfriend came over with a problem. His security lug nuts were stuck and he had broken the “key” tool in one of them. His tires are super bad and getting new ones tomorrow but no tire shop wants to tackle getting the security lugs off.

Welded nuts to the end of each of them and spun them off. One other lug nut was messed up by another tire shop so I drove a deep well impact socket on that one and spun it off. He had a new set of all lug nuts so we installed those before he left.

[Troy Sr]

I did some yard work and did some work on my '55 Chevy Belair 2 Dr Ht's floor.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by 67C10Step

Daughters boyfriend came over with a problem. His security lug nuts were stuck and he had broken the “key” tool in nine of them. His tires are super bad and getting new ones tomorrow but no tire shop wants to tackle getting the security lugs off.

Welded nuts to the end of each of them and spun them off. One other lug nut was messed up by another tire shop so I drove a deep well impact socket on that one and spun it off. He had a new set of all lug nuts so we installed those before he left.

That deep socket trick is a real eye-opener when someone comes in to have a tire changed, without the key. Hammer that socket on (we had a split one that worked great for this) and spin the "locknut" off. McGard's? What McGards?

[Just call me Sean]

I once bought a rear end from a junkyard and the rims had security lug nuts on them. The guy grabbed a torch and I had to stop him. I don't want it if you're going to melt the damn thing. Just leave the rims on dude.

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Between fixing the fuel crossover switch on the 85 and finishing up the console on the 72 I found time to boil sap . Second is after 20 gallons down starting to amber up

This has got to smell amazing. I'd probably eat a dozen pancakes and four or five waffles per day while that process was going on.

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Going to try birch and black walnut next year

And I wondered about that, if you could use the sap from other trees. I'll be interested to hear how that turns out next year. The only option I have is a single birch with an 8 inch trunk, haha. Could probably only get a tablespoon out of it and boil it down to 1/8 of a teaspoon to get a taste.

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by LT7A

And I wondered about that, if you could use the sap from other trees.

If I tried that, I would probably tap a tree with poison sap.....

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by Stocker

If I tried that, I would probably tap a tree with poison sap.....

No poison oak sap!

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

No poison oak sap!

Nah.... after decades of stomping around outdoors, I have a pretty good idea what poison oak looks like!

Did I mention I hate that stuff?

[72c20customcamper]

Should get about two gallons the boiling temp is 214 right now looking for 216.6 About 6 degrees over water boiling . At my elevation water boils at 210.6

Have to watch it from now till it’s done very easy to get a boil over

[72c20customcamper]

It’s at 115 so I’ll be finishing it off on the stovetop in a large SS pot . Just thought ya might like to see the funnel . It’s an old photo flash cone works great . Filter is a cheap new T-shirt works as well as the pricey syrup filters and only cost 2 bucks at wallyworld

[Redneck Rydes]

Well we finally go some nice weather up here today,went for a walk to the pond and saw some Canadian geese,they were laughing at me,probally spent the winter on my pond in SC,damn Covid,then went into the driving shed and saw a Jackalope run out of there,havn't seen one in years,then heard a squeeking sound in there,and there are 3 babys there,cute little things, before they they get their antlers,so it was a good day after a cold Canadian winter,lol.

[1slo64]

Spent a good bit of the afternoon working on the quarter panel and fender flare on my dad's 66. Also drove it around for the first time in about 8 months.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by LT7A

This is got to smell amazing. I'd probably eat a dozen pancakes and four or five waffles per day while that process was going on.

Yes it smells great when it gets to the amber color . Up and till then it's just steam

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Yes it smells great when it gets to the amber color . Up and till then it's just steam

Roses are red and violets are purple
Sugar is sweet and so is maple syrple

[CG]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Roses are red and violets are purple
Sugar is sweet and so is maple syrple

You Tube

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Redneck Rydes

Well we finally go some nice weather up here today,went for a walk to the pond and saw some Canadian geese,they were laughing at me,probally spent the winter on my pond in SC,damn Covid,then went into the driving shed and saw a Jackalope run out of there,havn't seen one in years,then heard a squeeking sound in there,and there are 3 babys there,cute little things, before they they get their antlers,so it was a good day after a cold Canadian winter,lol.

We shoot those little buggers here in Iowa. They dig up the gardens something fierce with those antlers.....and they are mean!!!

LockDoc

[Steeveedee]

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