The OC-4 is being worked on by a local mechanic.It is in a heated garage. I have the garage my father had when he sold Olivers, but we still haven't got the guy who worked in it moved out yet. He was our mechanic when we sold Oliver and afterwards he sort of stayed with the understanding that he worked on our machinery for the rent. Well, those arrangements never work as well as advertised and now that we are winding down Pops estate matters, getting rid of the guy is like pulling sticktights from your pants! He is a neighbor, after all, and his health is not the best anymore either, so I am trying to be patient. So SOMETIME in the future, I will have a three stall garage big enough to work on anyhting we own. We have 173 taps by count behind the barn and Fri. and Sat. we gathered 190 gals of sap and delivered it to the guy who boils it for us. This guy is a close friend I went to school with and his son and my oldest son went to school together and are best friends. We had my 11 yr. old grandson and my 11 yr.old granddaughter do most of the gathering. I stayed on the sap wagon and emptied the buckets, and my son Marc drove tractor and did some of the gathering, but the two kids did most of it. Neither of these two put any of the buckets out, so getting them into some kind of effiecient routine was kinda like herding chickens the first 15 minutes or so, but they got it down pat shortly and did a good job. I put the 8 yr. old granddaughter in charge of making sure everyone got their empty gathering buckets back. The trees are froze up today and will be tomorrow and Tuesday, too. Wed, Thurs. and Friday is supposed to be in the mid-40/low 50's and high 20's at night. I expect we are going to be busy next week. Last year we delivered something like 350 + gallons of sap on 98 taps and this year we have gathered 300 gals in three gatherings. So we should do alright this year,even if it turns out to be a short season. We should have a few extra gals of syrup to sell. Next year we intend to tap all of our trees ourself and will have a bit over 400 taps. Hopefully, I will have had a knee jpoint replacement and be well on the way to healed by then and it will be a lot easier for me to get around the woods. I hope to get through the summer (and hunting season) and then i will have to face the inevitable and get it over with.