How much do you boil in a bay?

[Hkb82]

Just looking to hear how much you guys are boiling in a day from your set up. Please include pan size and heat source. This year I am using a 20x36 inch pan on a home made arch. Trying to figure out how much I can do. I understand each situation will differ but trying to get a rough idea. I don't want to tap more then I can handle. Thanks again

[RollinsOrchards]

We can turn 150 gallons of sap into stem every hour with a wood fired 4*12. Maybe more as it is hard to figure with constant gathering and whatnot.

[wnybassman]

Just looking to hear how much you guys are boiling in a day from your set up. Please include pan size and heat source. This year I am using a 20x36 inch pan on a home made arch. Trying to figure out how much I can do. I understand each situation will differ but trying to get a rough idea. I don't want to tap more then I can handle. Thanks again

If that is a flat pan I would expect you'd get about 5 gallons per hour evaporation rate.

[barnbc76]

Mine is a 25x37 flat pan on a fuel tank arch, i but i also have 2 boiling pots on the front and a preheater copper coil around the stack, and a small blower, it averages about 7-9gal/hr. Typically will do 30gal in a 4hr evening havent had more than that at a time to see how much we could handle, i imagine 50-60 probably. I have 25 taps.

[Sinzibuckwud]

I can process 110 gallons in 40 40 30 batchs in an 18 hour shift on a 2x2 flat pan homemade evaporator with a pre-heater. Burning 2 yr seasoned hardwood, 2ft long, split down to almost kindiling mixing in pine and a huge pile of birch bark.
I run only 3/4 to an inch deep in the pan.

[Sugarmaker]

We try to boil all that we gather each day which can be as high as 1000 gallons of sap, (avg is around 500) on our 3 x 10.
Regards,
Chris

[ennismaple]

I pushed a little over 7,000 gallons through our RO and evaporator in a single day last year. That's a record I really don't want to break! Anything over 5,000 gallons makes for a very long day.

[GV2]

I have a 2x 3 flat pan and homemade outdoor firebrick/granite field stone arch with 6' of 6" stove pipe. In the 6 or 7 years with this set up I can barely crack 5 gallons an hour with seasoned hemlock small splits, though I believe 6 gallon per hour is the advertised limit. I added an Urban farmer duct booster fan (http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/222408972359?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true) this year and still can't crack it, even with son-in-law help! Still having fun though and making some great stuff this year.

[Big_Eddy]

Sounds typical for a 2x3 flat pan. Do you have a door? How deep is your sap? You'll be hard pressed to beat 6 gal/hr consistently. Maybe once in a while but not all day

[GV2]

Big Eddy, I use an old wagon tailgate for a door and keep the sap at about an inch and 1/2 or less. Agree, with at lot of work I can get 6 gallons an hour going, but not all day! I do have a few warming pans placed on the field stone. I think this is where I need to focus my next round of improvements.