evaporator level

[Tickle]

hello all ,was wondering how important is to have the continuous flow evaporator completely level,i have evaporator on cinder bock fire box on ground no concrete pad yet.

[optionguru]

Very important, just use some shims to level it up until you get the pad.

[Tickle]

okay thanks i will shim it to level it

[DoubleBrookMaple]

Make sure you have a stable base of some sort after leveling. In 2013 mine settled from firebox ground thaw and it became quite tilted and out of kilter. This is what I started with and it did not hold up. I was very disappointed.
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[Sugarmaker]

Stable base. I dug a a hole 3 feet deep, poured a footer and laid block to support the firebox portion of the arch. Drilled a hole 3 foot deep under each leg and poured concrete. Still have seen the evaporator move a little about 1/4 to 3/8 inch out of level the last two years due to frost. It does make it trickier to make syrup, need to watch the levels.
Regards,
Chris