Albany county 2015

[Mountain Winds Farm]

Started tapping over the weekend,looks to be a cold February but we want to beat any big snows. Just picked up the new R/O today, should make for a whole new learning curve for this year1042710427

[Sunday Rock Maple]

Nice HC2! What size pipes will you plumb it with? We have one on order and our pipes are currently 1", I'm wondering if we need to go bigger?

[sugarman3]

you will love your ro,just a suggestion,concentrate 50%-60% to start off with till you get used to boiling concentrated sap,much different than boiling raw sap,also will make more syrup faster on evaporator,hope you have a filter press,almost a necessity .GOOD LUCK ,willing to offer any help,had my r.o for 12 yrs,panic sets in when it breaks down.fortunately it has only happened once.added a expansion kit 2 yrs ago to existing r.o,now i concentrate to 15%-18%.make 12gallons syrup per hr on my 3 by 10 leader revolution with max flue pan

[sugarman3]

Hi brian
1 in should be ok,i got springtech 600 and i have a 1 in feed
vern

[Mountain Winds Farm]

we are running 1-1/4 into the feed pump, 1" out to to head tank . In the woods all morning rerouting one main line for better flow and adding 700' more to pick up more taps.Long term weather ( if you can believe it)calling for extended cold through February so we may have lots of time to finish all the details.