Maple Syrup

We are in a new house, which is on a partially wooded lot. I am hoping we might be able to make maple syrup. I have been learning if this may be a possiblity and when the leaves are back on the trees, I will scope out if we have any of the right trees, Sugar Maple.
The easiest way you can tell if your Maple tree is a Sugar Maple is to look at the leaves. Like the webbing between your fingers, Sugar Maple leaves have rounded notches between the lobes of the leaf. Also, the leaves grow in opposite directions of each other, rather than in the same direction.
For simple homemade syrup, you need to drill a bout 2 1/2 inches into the tree, a tap, and a can or just a jug, like an empty milk jug, and a larger bucket to dump your jug in.
You will fill up one jug on a normal day from late morning to evening. In the height of the season, you'll probably need to change the jug once during the day. The season begins when it is still freezing at night, but in the 40's during the daytime.
You will need 9 gallons of sap in order to make a pint of syrup. Take a large pot and dump a couple gallons in it and let it simmer and simmer down for hours. As it gets lower, keep on adding in more sap until you get it all down the the right consistancy.