Printable View
Bingo - we used it on one section of mainline and when we've had to make repairs it's been a royal PITA! A 4-wheeler works great for pulling the lasher and the one we've got you can use either one or two strands of stainless wire. It's OK but we won't use it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by PATheron
i just finished adding another 100 photo's to my photbucket so take a look and tell me what you think
I finished bricking my new arch yesterday. My friend who helped me fell on the ice on the way to the sugar house. He fell on a 3 lb sledge hammer and he thinks he broke a rib. That didn’t stop him from bricking though. We finished in time to watch the PATRIOTS kick ace! Again. I updated my pictures if any one is interested.
jemskline how many gallons can that boil off? nice pics
30 gph going full steam with a blower
Well we just finished sealing the sugarhouse this past week. Got all the batton board nailed on. The cracks were getting pretty wide between the hemlock siding. Now we will have to find some windows to put in but that will have to wait till next year.To many other things to do before the sap starts running. Need to find some material to build a grate and a new door for the fire box. We are also wanting to make some short tubing runs into plastic barrels or totes if we have time. The two crazy old men are tired of carrying the 5 gallon jugs it will be easier to pump it.
Andyp
AndyP,
Welcome to the world of crazy old men (and a few young ones too:))
I made my forced air grates from 3 x 3 x 1/2 inch thick angle iron. They have a little sag to them after 6 years but will hold a fire for another couple. Let us know how the short run tubing works. We can compare notes.
The Steel-head should be ready for you up here!
Chris
It is amazing the more work you do the more you have to do! Stacked a load of wood that has been sitting in the dump truck since before Christmas. Went to the woods and tied up some main line and dug 8 holes with the post hole digger.I am building a platform to set the bulk tanks on. I want to get them high enough to drain them into the 550 in the dump truck. that way i wont need a pump. I hope to set the tanks on sunday. I will either get a boom truck or log truck to get them up on the bank . I decided it was to far up the bank to try and do it manually.
that's one great post hole digger you have there Dave, I would like a couple of holes dug here in McFalls, would you like to try your luck? LOL
Dave Y,
That is going to work very nice to feed into your truck tank. Sounds like quite a operation your getting. Take some pictures for us.
I worked a little in the sugarhouse getting materials for another 40-50 drops ready. I would like to have the sugarhouse ready for first run this year, which means cleaning out all the stuff that has accumulated since last year:o . Still more tubing to hang then to set the totes and tap. Thinking early to Mid Feb.
Chris