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Spent all weekend in the woods with the excavator. Got a lot of ditching done on the roads. They have filled in quite a bit over the last 15 years. Finished burying my underground vacuum and sap transfer line to the sugarhouse. Finally have all the wood at the sugarhouse, just a lot of stacking left to do. Tubing is all installed in the lower woods, 3000 down, 3000 to go. Moved the pump house into the lower woods with a new 500 gal open top stainless tank in it.
Back to school today again. Can't beleive it's almost October already. Time to get my butt in gear with a few things before winter hits and I walk around saying man I wish I did that before the ground froze.
They sell wood here as cords and lucky me I found out before I ordered any that they are face cords as I would have been upset as a I had thought a cord was 128 square feet which they call a solid around here.
Tuckermtn,
I had a bucket washer! The guy that bought most of the buckets got the bucket washer too!
I used stainless round bottom milk house double sink for the tubs, added self standing legs, a slow rotating motor from a bulk tank agitator and a Leader bucket brush. Some fabrication items including a shaft and a bearing to go through the end of the sinks. This washers worked well for many years.
I may have some pictures on the web site?
good luck!
Chris
Well all , my hunting trip was a big flop. Mother nature really hates me sometimes. Lots of wind,rain and hail for 5 days straight. We payed a little extra for the camp to have lots of firewood for the fire pit and some for the woodstove. Well we got there and there was no wood for the stove let alone the firepit. I went there to get away from this wood cutting crap. Luckilly I brought the chainsaw to be safe. Got done cutting up a supply of wood and went to light the grill and there was no propane left. We ended up cooking over the campfire in the rain the whole time we were there. Been going to the same place for almost 10 years and am very disapointed with the owner. It sure made the rum and coke disapear in a hurry. So out of 5 days I got 2 hours of hunting in before it rained again. I managed to hike back in the mountains for an hour straight to get to my favorite hunting spot. Got there all set up and I looked to my left and there in the middle of nowhere was an old gallon maple syrup jug. I could not believe it I was miles from the nearest house. I think someone was trying to tell me something. Then down came the hail. Glad to be home and by the looks of things on the trader I got alot of reading to do. Hope everyones weekend was better than mine.
Well I was in Placid at the NYS maple tour. I was on a woods walk with no rain gear and down it came. Everyone met at the horse show grounds each more for breakfast. It was also cold and sometimes it rained so hard that the tin roof leaked. I did meet two of our members. "Buckethead" being one of them. A very nice man, quiet and well spoken. I saw big multi million dollar operation(9K taps) and very small ones 300 taps. Tuesday there was just to many road miles on the tour bus so I drove my truck to save a 2 hour return ride to Placid. I cut out just after lunch and made it home around 3:30 PM. The new check valve for you tubing guys is going to be a great inprovement. Me, I am so small that I will stick with buckets. I learned a little and met some great people.
BTW 3rdGen.maple I thought you said you were going to be there.
I just need to say congradulations to the young man that received the youngest sugarmaker of the year award. A fine job well done. I sat right next to your Dad and sure was some proud of you.
Fred, dont recall ever saying I was going I was curious about the maple tour and asked a question or two and gave some insight on the area but never said I was gonna be there. I have an annual hunting trip the last weekend of september. I wish I could of went though cause it sounded like more fun than the crap I went through. We will meet up one of these days.
Just got back from the neighbors looking at his pan that he had built. I think it is about 30 wide x 4 feet long flat pan with two dividers. The price was right! He has a little more work to do to get ready for syrup season.:)
Who is the welder out there? I need some insight on whether I might be able to weld stainless with a stick welder. Keith has some very thick material pans and needs some modifications and fittings added. I just picked up some stainless rod (E308-16 Lincoln AC-DC) and was wondering if someone could share some knowledge about welding stainless with a 225 AMP Lincoln welder. This pan material looks to be almost 1/8 thick! Not sure how well it will boil and comments on that subject are welcome also. But it sure is bullet proof:)
He has another pan that he wants to make into a front pan and it needs "chopped and channeled". That's the one I was going to practice on.
Regards,
Chris
Take your SS rod and try it on a piece of scrap. I have welded SS in the past with stick rod but it was not food garde.
Fred,
Yes that was my plan too. I have no idea if this rod is suitable for welding this material , so some scraps would help see if it worked.
Regards,
Chris
Fred, I Was there at the tour i think me and my dad were sitting next to you when we ate,