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whitetail farms
07-12-2012, 12:15 AM
Ill have 300 at the most taps next year in upstate NY and was gonna get a 2X6 but i found a great deal on a 2X8,would that be too big for my operation?,thanks nick
Thompson's Tree Farm
07-12-2012, 05:09 AM
A 2x8 will be fine.
Russell Lampron
07-12-2012, 06:05 AM
Ill have 300 at the most taps next year in upstate NY and was gonna get a 2X6 but i found a great deal on a 2X8,would that be too big for my operation?,thanks nick

300 taps pretty much the max for a 2x6. A 2x8 will give a little room to expand. We all know that you will find more trees to tap!
nymapleguy607
07-12-2012, 07:01 AM
A 2x8 will work good. Evaporation rate for a 2x8 is approx. 50GPH so you will still have some long boils on really good runs.
802maple
07-12-2012, 07:22 AM
There is never to big an evaporator, just to few taps. With 300 taps I would even say that you are not oversized at all but on the border of being to small
jmayerl
07-12-2012, 12:51 PM
300 taps pretty much the max for a 2x6. A 2x8 will give a little room to expand. We all know that you will find more trees to tap!
It all depends on how much time you want to spend doing it. I had no problems with 800 taps on a 2x6. I like to run it all day rather than running a larger one for only a few hours. Most evaporators work best after the first 90 minutes or so.
Russell Lampron
07-12-2012, 06:42 PM
It all depends on how much time you want to spend doing it. I had no problems with 800 taps on a 2x6. I like to run it all day rather than running a larger one for only a few hours. Most evaporators work best after the first 90 minutes or so.

I'm doing 800 taps with my 2x6 now. I have an RO and concentrate into the upper teens most nights. I rarely boil for more than 3 hours, most of the time it's 2 hours or less. I've got to many things to do to boil all day or all night.
whitetail farms
07-12-2012, 11:41 PM
okay well its a pretty nice one i think its a leader the guy hasn't emailed me back yet but he only wants 21 hundred with the stack its a pretty long drive but i think im gonna go for it
802maple
07-13-2012, 03:54 PM
If it is a good unit, then you should be the new proud owner
tuckermtn
07-13-2012, 07:03 PM
be aware of lead solder in pans...
AdirondackSap
07-13-2012, 07:21 PM
Yes beware of lead soldered pans alor of people will just tell you its english tin pans. If your just starting out most dont know that they are lead soldiered and try to push them on newbies who dont know better not saying you.
whitetail farms
07-13-2012, 07:43 PM
in the picture it looks like stainless steel but i cant get a hold of the guy
mountain man maple
07-14-2012, 09:53 PM
Are any older Grimm stainless pans Lead soldered? Mine has a 88 at end of serial number so I assumed it is from 1988?
tuckermtn
07-15-2012, 04:47 AM
my flu pan is a 1990 Grimm. It was special ordered with lead-free solder. Most manufactures began switching over in the early 1990s.

you can always test- get an inexpensive lead- test kit from a hardware store for testing plumbing pipes, etc for lead.

not saying that if it has lead solder it is the end of the world, but buyer beware. I think UVM extension has an info sheet on lead solder issues.