New sugar shack

[daverobitaille]

Finished my new sugar shack. All free wood and materials. It is small but will be better than boiling at home in the back yard and in the open weather.

Going for 200 taps this year!

This was planed to be just a roof over the evaporator and ended up with this!
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[optionguru]

That will certainly be better than outside in the rain and wind. I'm making the leap this year as well, seems like all of my boil days have some weather issue to fight. Good luck

[daverobitaille]

I decided to build where there was a old shack 40 years ago. You can see the cement stove they made and some left over buckets on the pictures. It was like an archeological site! lol

[maple flats]

Great improvement. You'll like boiling inside far better.

[Quabbin Hill Farms]

Hey its whatever works for you,I am sure you will be much more comfortable in there than outside.Looks good!!

[TerryEspo]

Love it, I predict open door and windows open fully, once you get the boil going.
Way better to have a roof and walls instead of out in the weather.
Nice job.

Good luck.

Terry

[Shepp]

Nice Dave. I envy you! My wife says I can't build a sugar shack until I build her a log cabin. Hmm maybe a log cabin with an evaporator in the middle.lol

[daverobitaille]

Sounds like a good plan. Kill 2 birds with one stone! LOL>

Dave

[Newbie18]

What Do You Think?

I have a 10 x 14 garden shed on a concrete base. I was going to put evaporator along one side with an 8" chimney up through the roof. Was thinking of getting 2 used range hoods and putting them above pans and exhausting them outside.
My arch is an old oil tank that I have cut into an arch and welded all open areas. I cut off the top and welded on a piece of angle iron that will accommodate a 2x4 pan. A blower will force air in the bottom, under the great for the wood. Any ideas would be appreciated