[AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad

Sat Mar 14 20:06:41 PDT 2009

So for the new old tractor seems to be doing ok.  I have used it just a
little bit dragging a disk and it didn't blow up so that is a good sign! 
Worst thing about it so far is the shift linkage is worn and if you aren't
careful it'll get caught in low range and reverse at the same time.  Then
if you're lucky you can play with the range shifter and get it straightened
out, and if not you have to shut down and move the linkage back into the
right place at the floorboard.

Been calling it a '69 but checked the serial # and it's actually a '70
model.  Last year for the 856 was '71 so it's one of the later ones.

Al

> [Original Message]
> From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 3/14/2009 3:28:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
>
> Al, that is something Mike should do at the Farm.  Have a Cane day.
>
> How is your new IH working out?
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 3:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
>
>
> >A fellow in our neighborhood still make some syrup.  To me his last batch
> > wasn't as good--I think some of it might have scorched a little.
> >
> > My dad remembers his maternal grandfather making gallons of syrup from 
> > cane
> > every year.  He said it was somekindofgood!  Back then that was the main
> > sweetener that people here in this part of the countryside had.
> >
> > Al
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> Date: 3/14/2009 2:09:14 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
> >>
> >> yeah he had the thing built on a trailer.  The main problem he had was
> > they
> >> couldn't get burners under it that would get it hot enough.
> >>
> >> Every year at the NC State Fair they have a cane syrup display up and
> >> running for the entire week.  It's wood fired of course.  That pan is
> >> probably as big or bigger than the one my friend built.
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Bob McNitt" <nysports at frontiernet.net>
> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:31 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
> >>
> >>
> >> > Charlie,Wow! 8x16? No wonder he had trouble.
> >> >
> >> > Paul, don't feel bad. I know several people who tried their hand at
> > making
> >> > syrup at home with less-than-expected results. I blame it on some of
> > those
> >> > "farmette" on-line how-to web sites that post articles w/o ever
trying
> > the
> >> > operations involved.
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> > From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> >> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> >> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:05 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Bob the pan that my friend built was a big one.  More like 8' x 16'.
> > He
> >> >> didn't do to well making syrup.  He spent all that money on a pan
and
> >> >> fixed
> >> >> up and old cane press.  Then he had a crop failure on his cane
patch.
> > I
> >> >> don't know if he tried it again the next year or not.  His health
> > turned
> >> >> bad
> >> >> about that time and he has since died after a long fight with
cancer.
> >> >>
> >> >> Charlie
> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> >> From: "Bob McNitt" <nysports at frontiernet.net>
> >> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> >> >> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> >> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:25 PM
> >> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>> Henry's right ... w/o a sap pan, appropriate firebox and covered
> > shelter
> >> >>> bldg, you'll be wasting sap. As I recall, our pan was about 5x3.
You
> >> >>> might
> >> >>> consider seeing if anyone nearby you is sugaring and review their
> >> >>> operation.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> >>> From: "Henry Miller" <hank at millerfarm.com>
> >> >>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> >> >>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >> >>> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:23 AM
> >> >>> Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> If you haven't figguered out how/where you are going to boil the
sap
> >> >>>> don't
> >> >>>> bother starting.   I learned this the hard way when I was 14.   My
> >> >>>> neighbor had the spouts, and buckets were easy to find.  Nobody
had
> >> >>>> anything useful for boiling sap.  We ended up with about 200
gallons
> > of
> >> >>>> sap, and were dumping some for lack of storage!  (I'm not sure how
> > much
> >> >>>> we
> >> >>>> dumped, I think we were collecting 10 gallons a day)
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> What we tried was a hot water bath canner on a barrel wood stove.
> >> >>>> Never
> >> >>>> got hot enough to boil anything despite plenty of dry wood to work
> >> >>>> with.
> >> >>>> I was told my friend's parents had tried boiling in the house a
few
> >> >>>> years
> >> >>>> before, but the house got all sticky.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> You don't need everything now, but if you don't have a plan and
all
> > the
> >> >>>> equipment on order, you could be wasting time.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>On Mar 13, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Paul Waugh wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>> I will try the copper pipe and screw. Thanks
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>Ask around the town. You may find someone who's got buckets full
of
> >> >>>>>the made-to-purpose spigots that simply tap into the hole, and
who 
> >> >>>>>is
> >> >>>>>not planning to use them now.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>You'll need some buckets, too.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>Note: about one barrel (50 gallons) of sap is needed for a gallon
of
> >> >>>>>syrup.  You'll need a big pile of sawmill scraps to feed the fire.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>Roy
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>Roy Morgan
> >> >>>>>k1lky at earthlink.net
> >> >>>>>529 Cobb St.
> >> >>>>>Groton NY, 13073
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
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