Hot Plug Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 It's that time of year !!! Lots of damage in our sugar bush ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Dinan Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Looks like tree rat damage!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billonthefarm Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Friend of mine taps trees and he has troubles with squirrels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Plug Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Its that time of year here in South Eastern Ontario ... snow is about 2' deep medium crust very little frost in our wood lot .... hopefully I'll be all tapped by Wed night .... I am lucky to have a good friend give me a hand this week my girlfriend is a great help aswell ( and makes a good lunch ) 😊 Hope everybody has a safe and prosperous maple season ! Ready on not here we go !!!! Best Regards HP 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Termites will make trenches in Styrofoam insulation round here. I'm not sure they actually eat it. Looks like small mammals to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 @vtfireman85 is an excellent squirrel resource…. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 HP is actually more southern Canadian than I am, but I think he has laws limiting his squirrel hunting to bow and arrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc.Can.IH man Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 46 minutes ago, Hot Plug said: Its that time of year here in South Eastern Ontario ... snow is about 2' deep medium crust very little frost in our wood lot .... hopefully I'll be all tapped by Wed night .... I am lucky to have a good friend give me a hand this week my girlfriend is a great help aswell ( and makes a good lunch ) 😊 Hope everybody has a safe and prosperous maple season ! Ready on not here we go !!!! Best Regards HP “Lucky to have a good friend give me a hand“ Is that a cry for help?🤔 “And makes good lunch“ 🤗😋 If you are talking about me… You know I eat all your profits! Right? 😂 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qc.Can.IH man Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Looks like you’re going to have to use your hose splicer a lot! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 34 minutes ago, Qc.Can.IH man said: Looks like you’re going to have to use your hose splicer a lot! Those are the most expensive threaded rod couplings and vice grips you will ever own. $45 worth of hardware store parts $450 tool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Plug Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 2 hours ago, vtfireman85 said: Those are the most expensive threaded rod couplings and vice grips you will ever own. $45 worth of hardware store parts $450 tool Yes sir . .. we have to " right off " some of the profits around here cause Dale will eat the rest of them !!! Not a cheap tool for sure but I will say when your out fixen lines by yourself there and extra pair of hands I don't have HP 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisNY Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 I thought Trudeau banned those termites🤷🏻♂️ We all know Connie is the one keeping you 2 on the straight and narrow! Guys have been collecting sap here the past couple weeks. No snow to work in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Plug Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 3 hours ago, vtfireman85 said: HP is actually more southern Canadian than I am, but I think he has laws limiting his squirrel hunting to bow and arrow. Well we are still lucky here guys as we can still use our pepper spray over here .... the problem is as I'm sure most of you are aware is you have to be alot closer .... so when Dale comes over I might tie some peanuts on the back of his coat !!! Shhhhhh don't say anything !!!😁 HP 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Plug Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 1 minute ago, ChrisNY said: I thought Trudeau banned those termites🤷🏻♂️ We all know Connie is the one keeping you 2 on the straight and narrow! Guys have been collecting sap here the past couple weeks. No snow to work in. Connie is all smiles 😃 Well I should have been tapped a while ago aswell but I got called in to work a week of nights on the blower Chris so unfortunately I'm behind here .... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Any outside shots of the blower @Hot Plug? Looks like quite the snow eating machine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Plug Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 23 minutes ago, DavCut said: Any outside shots of the blower @Hot Plug? Looks like quite the snow eating machine! There oldies but goodies DavCut 1970 " SnowMaster Sicards " V12-71 Blower Engine 534- V8 Ford Chassi Engine ""There all buisness "" HP 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitty Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 13 minutes ago, Hot Plug said: There oldies but goodies DavCut 1970 " SnowMaster Sicards " V12-71 Blower Engine 534- V8 Ford Chassi Engine ""There all buisness "" HP Your ears must hurt from running that for weeks afterwards unless they were able to mount the Detroit a few miles away from the cab 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Plug Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 My ears Hum for the first couple of days then is it goes away Bittyy😩 HP 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavCut Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 7 hours ago, Hot Plug said: There oldies but goodies DavCut 1970 " SnowMaster Sicards " V12-71 Blower Engine 534- V8 Ford Chassi Engine ""There all buisness "" HP Not to derail your original thread @Hot Plug, but how did you earn that seat? Not many can say they’ve run a rig like that. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Plug Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 9 hours ago, DavCut said: Not to derail your original thread @Hot Plug, but how did you earn that seat? Not many can say they’ve run a rig like that. 😎 Oh Derail away .... that privilege comes from 45 years of running various types of Heavy Equipment .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 15 hours ago, Hot Plug said: My ears Hum for the first couple of days then is it goes away Bittyy😩 HP WHAAAAAAT! Did you say HP? Must be one of the few places in the general Northeast with enough snow to blow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Plug Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 55 minutes ago, TomH said: WHAAAAAAT! Did you say HP? Must be one of the few places in the general Northeast with enough snow to blow! Ya , crazy winter for sure Tom ... not much snow here ,we had 5 Cold days here all winter - 25 ... zero frost in our wood lot so when the snow cover leaves it'll be all over . As VT would say Falala la la la laaa... Will see what happend here HP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearclash Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 This looks to be a similar snow loader rig? Good application for a 2 stroke Detroit. Wind ‘em up and throw the load on them. I would be pushing that Detroit harder than this operator is, but maybe there is something I don’t know . . . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 20 hours ago, Hot Plug said: Well we are still lucky here guys as we can still use our pepper spray over here .... the problem is as I'm sure most of you are aware is you have to be alot closer .... so when Dale comes over I might tie some peanuts on the back of his coat !!! Shhhhhh don't say anything !!!😁 HP Speaking of pepper spray, I can tell you that this does shoot 18 feet. Just FYI. https://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Strength-Technology-Flip-top-Included/dp/B09HQ1G7GD/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1NBPINVJ8N427&keywords=vexor+pepper+spray+gel&qid=1676300053&sprefix=Vexo%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyUjRMVTIxTTM0TUVFJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjE4NTUyMjJDQVJQMThDM1NUVCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMjI5MTkxMlFDUjFBVUtEVlVLQyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Plug Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 10 hours ago, Gearclash said: This looks to be a similar snow loader rig? Good application for a 2 stroke Detroit. Wind ‘em up and throw the load on them. I would be pushing that Detrit harder than this operator is, but maybe there is something I don’t know . . . That's one of them blowers right there Gearclash ... not me in the seat there that company has 4 of them old horses .... he's not working her to hard there when she's really loaded there's a definite moan from the engine .... HP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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