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Brandon- Its amazing to watch that guy make syrup. He just stands there and it just comes off and through the press and into barrells. Im going to have to figure out how to do that too. I think at some point Im going to get an autodraw and a new press maybe that will run continuously like that. Its air powered. Make it a lot easier than the way I do it now. Fun to go see. Dennis- I think for little runs Ill use my four wheeler and make some trips. Its so close to the house wouldnt take long. If I get some big runs maybe Ill get dads tractor. I could haul a lot that way on good days. What I need to get soon is a real beefy truck. Ill figure out what to do with it when I get it. Theron
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Its not that hard to make huge amounts of syrup per hour, as it is to pay for the equipment to do it. When I used to boil on 17000 taps and a 5x14 oil fired with 4000 gallons an hour of RO we made 130 to 140 an hour. Of course it was going in a about22 to 24 percent. It makes a huge difference.
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802,
I see you have changed your signature . You are around my age. And I am far from over the hill just near the top.
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Yeah right I am on top looking both ways, I think I will go back to the other side, I liked it better there. Not so many hip replacements and Back surgeries on that side.
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802, when you made that much , you must have a warehouse full of barrels with syrup in them!! where do you put it all during the season??
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man auto draw off [I]new[I] filter press ahhahahahaha im getting a new evaporator i dont need all that fancey technology ahahahahah:D
but that doesnt mean i dont want it...................:(
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Theron,
If you have a truck of any size or a tractor and the going is easy, you can't beat a small trailer. If you have a 5x8 or 5x10 trailer or even larger, you can easily haul 400 gallon of sap in one with a 5,000 lb rear end. Easy to step up in, doesn't wear out the truck/equipment nearly as bad and you can pick up a good well built trailer like that for under $ 1,000. Even a bigger trailer, you could haul even more pending your truck would handle it. A 5x10 with 400 gallon of sap would go less than 4500 lbs fully loaded with sap including weight of trailer, so wouldn't be to difficult for about any truck to handle and the trailer would outlast 2 or 3 trucks and more than pay for itself in the wear it saves on the truck. Bigger HD truck, more sap hauling capacity.
Wish I could pull a trailer but all my tanks are in the woods and hard to get to. I could pick up my sap quicker.
Auto drawoff, that would be nice in the future pending I keep making syrup.
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I'm actually doing that this season, I can't afford to buy a several thousand dollar farm truck so I will run 2 trailers, one behind the wifes van for the roads and one behind my 4x4 dakota for the sugar woods road, they plow it, but I want my 4wheel drive just in case..... I figure the 500 gal on the trailer and a 200 gal in the bed of the truck but not fill them up!!!
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Brandon- You just gave me a great idea. Im selling my truck becouse its antique and its worth quite a bit of sap line but I pull a trailer with my car all the time to haul my riding mower. Ill use that. Its an 01 lincoln continental, got a hell of a radio too. Drink holder, ash tray, thatll work great. Ill get you guys a pic. I think my good trailer is 2000 lbs and I have a woods trailer I could use thats heavier. I only have to go up a dirt road about a mile. Theron
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Lincoln sapcar.... a new model !! see ford doesn't need to be bailed out!
