Best Boil For The Buck

[Maple Man 85]

I am in the process of quoting evaporators and am looking for the best boil for the buck. I am tempted to make a Frankenstein evaporator consisting of a steam way by leader, a rap raider from sunrise metal and smoky lake arch and syrup pans. By looking at the evaporation rates in theory a person should be able to make a midsized evaporator (4x12) perform like a much larger. Although I am looking input I am interested in what everyone else is boiling on.

Maple Man 85

[Bucket Head]

The best boil for the buck would be whichever combination gets you the hottest fire and the most surface area exposed to that fire. Look closely at whats available to you and see how you could mate it all, or even modify it a bit, so you can get the best boil rate.

Its fun building the Frankensteins. I had one for years, improving it a little bit each year!

Good luck.