value in evaporators

[Brent]

I am in the final stages of sorting out who to order a new 2 x 6 from
I got a quote for a D&G made in Montreal that knocked my socks off, and one from Patrick Pfaneuf that would come in below the price of the D&G AND include the pre-hearter and a steam hood (split steam hood I think)

I also have an offer for a new Waterloo that is about the same price as the Pfaneuf, that I can pick up new. No risk of delayed delivery.

I know some of you guys have all of these. Is there anything to justify the 30% higher price for the D&G?

your comments would be appreciated.

[gmcooper]

I have never owned a D&G evaporator but the new D&G catalog just came and they seem very high compared to the others. I know prices are going up but even last years cat. prices are higher than everyone else.

[hard maple]

Best time to buy a new rig is in the spring when everyone has their sales.
All the prices will be going up when the new catalogs come out.
I think there's a couple of 2x6's for sale in the classified section.
Some of the company's are overpriced for some things and underpriced for others.
Most sugarmakers have a mix of each.
I bought my 2x6 in 2006 and paid around 3800.00 for it

[MR Electrician]

ok so why not build yr own
theres a set of pans on e bay for under 500
or go to atkinson he has a few used pans too

[Brent]

Wait till the spring for a sale. Nope. I picked up another 100 buckets yesterday and 5 storage tanks. The Half Pint wont keep up. I'd love to build my own but I have a real job. Part of the reason for the tanks and a 2x6 with pre-heater is so I won't have to take EVERY day off when the sap starts running, like I did last year. Maybe this year only every other day.

[jemsklein]

the link has pics of the evaporator we built

[Brent]

Jemsklien

I had a look at that and figured it would do much more than the Half Pint.

Cute place to park a tractor.

[jemsklein]

thank you that was my brother going joy ridding

[Brent]

Joy ride .... looks like he wanted to go swimming with his tractor on.

[MR Electrician]

uhm yea thats robert if he could he would marry a tractor
thats his joy in life .:confused:

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

With all of these high prices north of the border, I don't hear much complaining about Leader's prices anymore.

[Brent]

If I was buying a Leader today, I sure wouldn't be complaining. But the value of the Half Pint that I already have, is almost Half what it should have been today.

But that's nothing you or I can do anything about. A bigger question for Americans is going to be what happens to the price of syrup with the Quebec
price up so much in terms of US $. I think there will be a glut of unsold syrup in Quebec a year from now.

Thank God they don't have sugar maples in China.

[gmcooper]

Brent
Give them time and China will find a way to mix bambo juice and industrial waste and call it maple syrup and Walmart will buy it by the tanker load.
Mark

[H. Walker]

Brent

I've seen a lot of pans and the only differance in them is price. D & G is no better than any other. Patrick gives a life time warranty????? But I do know that if you have a problem in the near future he will come to your place and fix it.

Go with the best price!!

[Breezy Lane Sugarworks]

Patrick is great to deal with. I just bought a pan from him and it is excellent quality and he delivered it himself (I don't know how far he will go?) because he didn't trust the shipping company. I would buy from him again and would reccommend him to anyone.

[maple flats]

GMCooper, I read somewhere a while bach that China HAS planted sugar maples. I have no clue when they will be big enough to tap. It seems like they were planted in a grid pattern. This is getting scary. I wonder if Walmart put them up to it.

[jemsklein]

it is true here is a linkwww.mortonarboretumphc.org/feature%20articles/Plant%20Selection/Tree%20Provenance%20July%2030,%202004.pdf

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

....and they will boil the syrup in containers painted with lead based paint........

[MR Electrician]

....and they will boil the syrup in containers painted with lead based paint........

and they will collect the sap in rubbermaid totes that were supplied by wallmart.
while driving a chinese built massey ferguson.
built from scrap steel that was imported from america.
:mad:

[gmcooper]

They will package the syrup in containers made from recycled plastic shopping bags from Walmart that we paid them to take from us.