The tractor ran out of fuel in the woods while we were collecting.\u00a0\u00a0 We checked the fuel level before we started the tractor and it was good.\u00a0\u00a0 We were almost done when it ran out.\u00a0 We heard the engine sputter and then it stopped.\u00a0 The big question was would it start?\u00a0 Given the problems we had we were concerned.\u00a0\u00a0 It did not start.\u00a0 It would not even turn over.\u00a0 So we were out in the woods with a dead tractor.\u00a0 Jumping it does not work well.\u00a0 The tractor is 6 volt.\u00a0 Cars and trucks are 12 volt.\u00a0 12 volt jumping to 6 volt is problematic and potentially dangerous.\u00a0 We were close enough to the building that we could string together three extension cords so we could connect the battery charger.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But even after charging it would not turn over.\u00a0\u00a0 So we had 125 gallons of sap in the tank and dead tractor.\u00a0\u00a0 It was getting dark and snow was forecast.\u00a0\u00a0 We got a hold of someone with a 4 wheel drive truck.\u00a0 Connected the tow rope and pulled it.\u00a0 Within\u00a0 a few feet it started.\u00a0\u00a0 Got the tank of sap back to the building.\u00a0 And the tractor to the garage.\u00a0\u00a0 Its not clear what’s wrong with the tractor.\u00a0 Its never started this hard.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
About 27 overnight.\u00a0 Up to 36 today.\u00a0 Cloudy and snow showers all day, but not an accumulation of snow.\u00a0 We may get snow tonight.\u00a0\u00a0 We did see the sun for an hour or so late this afternoon.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
We bottled 6 \u00bd gallons of syrup this morning.\u00a0 We checked the buckets and the ice had melted.\u00a0 Its forecast to be below freezing the next few days.\u00a0 Since the sap is liquid now we wanted to collect it.\u00a0 Picked up 425 gallons of sap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The tractor ran out of fuel in the woods while we were collecting.\u00a0\u00a0 We checked the fuel level before we started the tractor and it was good.\u00a0\u00a0 We were almost done when it ran out.\u00a0 We heard the engine sputter and then it stopped.\u00a0 The big question was would it start?\u00a0 Given the problems we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-season96"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mapleacres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}