Sugar Bear: today’s run was about 1 gallon of sap per tap. Ok, but no record. I’m holding off on adding taps for another week at least.
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Sugar Bear: today’s run was about 1 gallon of sap per tap. Ok, but no record. I’m holding off on adding taps for another week at least.
Finished up all of my tweaks to the evaporator and made use of this fine January day to get my first boil of the year in.
Cjadamec What kind of temps are you getting from your pre heater. I just rigged one up and haven't boiled or tapped yet up here in Pomfret.
At the current flow rate which I'd say is around 10-12gph and a freshly fuled fire the thermometer reads 171F coming out of the preheated.
Nice. I'll be happy very happy getting 171* and or 10-12 gph
You should do a test run or two with water to work the kinks out of the new rig. With enough fire you should be able to get in the 10-12 gph range when you are firing hard.
What do you guys think of these buckets are they bad news? I got them super cheap. The one on the right is the worst, the rest look like the one on the left with alittle rust. I'm thinking of plastic lining them. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...3ad1b1c241.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d0a12f91b1.jpg
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I also got these taps with the deal? Should I just get new ones?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...361e97bd81.jpg
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Right, wrong or indifferent, I've used buckets over the years much worse than those pictured, with no known effect. I just use a soft brush so I don't wear off any zinc, to clean them, until they get rusty then I retire them. As some of my buckets have gotten worse (actual surface rust forming) over the years Ive begun replacing the fleet with plastic, but still run some buckets just like yours in places tubing wont work. I'm sure somewhere there is a heath study saying using galv buckets is bad, because of the zinc wearing off but I say run'em. As for the taps, they look like they're aluminum? if so they should cleanup with a little work and a soft brush.
[QUOTE=Person25;376654]I think they are cast iron? Patent-D they say on them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Getwidit
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