robertman12
11-13-2013, 10:54 AM
Good morning,
I have been on here for a while reading and learning from all you guys! ( thanks by the way)
So I have this problem. I have no family or friends that have the same interest so I don't really get a chance to discuss maple with anyone more than once. Haha ( when I get some spare time I can usually be found sat in a corner reading the forum) I have had the fever for 3 years after I started on my stove in the kitchen with 10 taps. I think about syrup 3 to 12 times a day everyday all year long. Luckily I have an understanding wife who has given me the okay to build a sugar palace!!! ( we have been boiling for 2 years in a shelter logic plastics tent)
So now I have a chance to design a sugar shack. I have been looking at pics and all your recommendations for what is needed and what I should plan for.
I am working on a post and beam floor plan that will have a spot for breakfasts as well as a evap room. It started out as 10x15 then 20x20 now we have decided 20x40 with seperate wood storage .
So I will be busy milling logs this winter... We put out 220 buckets this pas year and I am hoping to do 450 this coming season. My wife and I Did all the collecting by hand with my ATV. Thanks to all your info I may use Tubing and vacuum in coming years. And installing a blower on my arch, and making hoods for my pans, and ro systems and .... And ... And ... You guys are a bad influence!!!
This is my first of many post ( I hope) and once again it is awsome that there is a place lik this that it's okay to talk syrup withought getting rolled eyes haha:)
Thanks !!!
Robert the newbie!
Moncton, nb
I have been on here for a while reading and learning from all you guys! ( thanks by the way)
So I have this problem. I have no family or friends that have the same interest so I don't really get a chance to discuss maple with anyone more than once. Haha ( when I get some spare time I can usually be found sat in a corner reading the forum) I have had the fever for 3 years after I started on my stove in the kitchen with 10 taps. I think about syrup 3 to 12 times a day everyday all year long. Luckily I have an understanding wife who has given me the okay to build a sugar palace!!! ( we have been boiling for 2 years in a shelter logic plastics tent)
So now I have a chance to design a sugar shack. I have been looking at pics and all your recommendations for what is needed and what I should plan for.
I am working on a post and beam floor plan that will have a spot for breakfasts as well as a evap room. It started out as 10x15 then 20x20 now we have decided 20x40 with seperate wood storage .
So I will be busy milling logs this winter... We put out 220 buckets this pas year and I am hoping to do 450 this coming season. My wife and I Did all the collecting by hand with my ATV. Thanks to all your info I may use Tubing and vacuum in coming years. And installing a blower on my arch, and making hoods for my pans, and ro systems and .... And ... And ... You guys are a bad influence!!!
This is my first of many post ( I hope) and once again it is awsome that there is a place lik this that it's okay to talk syrup withought getting rolled eyes haha:)
Thanks !!!
Robert the newbie!
Moncton, nb