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Just got back from a fun filled 4 day weekend at Therons house. We got a lot done getting Theron all set to go. It was exciting to turn 4000 gallons of sap into about 400 gallons of 21%. His dad, Gary, and I ran the evaporator while Theron and Matt ran the filter press. Boiling that 21% gets my seal of approval. Gary liked it too. Without pushing the evaporator too hard we had it sweetened in an hour and were all done boiling in 3 hours. Gary got to experience what a constant draw off was and enjoyed sitting there watching the thermometer while I tossed 3 or 4 sticks in the fire about every 10 minutes or so.
We got a lot of things done for Theron and got his vacuum down to 25" where he wanted it. Matt showed me a trick to finding leaks in 5/16" that works real well and I can't wait to run my RO like we ran Therons. I liked the 21% well enough to try it in my rig and it will be a lot easier on my RO.
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Guys?? Guys?? Aren't you getting greedy at 21%? I would love to taste test that against regular good ole boiled from raw syrup! I can see going to 10% maybe 12% but holy cow!! is that for sale out of the jug or all for bulk??
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glad to have you back in New England Russ and Matt. Thought that you may get hijacked there for a while. lol How did that syrup taste in your opinion Russ against what you make?
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Kinda glad to be back, just for my wife and dog. That's about it.
Otherwise you wouldn't see me for at least 1.5 months.
That syrup tasted like a cross between diesel and vinegar.
I DO NOT recommend anyone try that. You will regret it dearly. Keep pounding the wood / oil to your rigs. You will be way further ahead.
Good thing it took 4 wheel barrow loads of wood to boil 4000+ gallons of sap, that was the only good thing about it.
You could put that stuff against anything that took you 6 weeks to boil and you'd never know the difference. It was perfect.
If the flow meter on the RO was open ended we could have floated a hydrometer right in it.
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Matt,
As your typing the first few lines your laughing like hell aren't you?????
Now your really laughing at the end result.
So, are you going to try for 30%??????
Dave
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Basically my ro is going to turn on here pretty soon, and won't shut off till mid may sometime when I do the final rinse and wash for the season.
It is just going to be concentrating, or washing. Off setting won't get used too much.
I might have had a smile on my face. But you've met me before Dave so you have the upper hand.
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mapleman3 where u at bascoms friday ?
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Matt,
When you're running that creek water through in mid May, it won't matter how long you circulate it, It'll still taste like Smersh!
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I told you guys it would be easy and that you would get hooked, now didn't I.
I know that I couldn't go back to boiling that low concentrate stuff say,10% or lower. Now that you have them boiling 21%, I can't wait til I am down there Saturday and really do some concentrating and put the heat to that rig.
I think I will bring down a 10 inch fliter press just to have in the back of the truck, it could be a good sales tactic. See you saturday Theron.
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There seems to be a shift in the Force- a pulling of energy from north of the border to somewhere in PA....Yoda is smiling.
OK, give a summary of what is happening at the SapCzar RO machine. I am assuming the CDL 600 has been tweeked with Nitrus and a Blower over the carberator...
Sound great guys, I look forward to a quick and dirty summary, as a fellow 600 CDL owner...
