Thanks for commenting @countryinspired! Everything you see in the post in terms of equipment and strategy is custom made by the families who are harvesting the sap from this stand of trees. They work really hard for the 8 weeks of the sap harvest. They all work full-time, so nights and weekends are taken up, but it's worth the investment. They have built, a very social sugar shack, often holding turkey and ham dinners up there for all the people who help with the process. It's magical really...but no kidding aside, a lot of work too.