Making a large volume of sugar

[emericksmaple]

Does anyone out there use a 140 qt mixer for making sugar? If so how many gallons can you do at a time? How do you heat it? We have a 30 qt mixer and can do 2½ gallon at a time. Looking to go bigger. Much bigger.

[GeneralStark]

You could get the biggest mixer in the world but you would still have to figure out how to boil the syrup to a high enough temperature. High pressure steam is the only option and you would have to invest some serious $$$ and make a seriously large amount of sugar to make it worthwhile. Bascom's and Butternut have cracked that nut...

[fred]

just using the math thats 12gal batches. bigger issue is space and climate control to sift and "cure" time.

[220 maple]

A camp near you in Garrett County Maryland made over 3800 pound of Sugar last year, they must have some easy way too make that much. Doesn’t a gallon produce 8 pounds? That over 450 gallons of syrup turned into sugar?
Mark220maple

[fred]

Doesn’t a gallon produce 8 pounds?
Mark220maple

We only get 5.5# per gal sometimes 6#. gallon of sap is 8# and syrup is 11#

[OneLegJohn]

This is how you do it, Matt. Spray drying... only $135,000 for a decent used system.

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