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Well I finally got in touch with the town on my building permit. There's certainly no worthwhile "Ag exemption" for a backyarder like myself. I would have to sell ten thousand dollars worth of products a year for the next two years to qualify. My assessment would automatically be boosted to a commercial premium rate. The exemption only applies to new buildings and not revamped buildings. So the agricultural route is pretty much a dead issue. We're going to meet with the building inspector tomorrow to try the pole barn or shed route. I'm sick already cause I found out my assessment went up another thousand dollars for next year and I haven't touched anything yet. Thinking about mounting that 2x6 in the back of my pickup. :)
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You could just get one of those pick up truck campers for the back of your bed, put the 2x6 right inside. Then tow a utility trailer full of wood behind the whole mess and be a mobile sap processing plant, you won't need a collection tank, just dump the buckets into the feed tank on the roof, and boil as you go down the road. I mean of course you'd need another person to drive or tend the fire, that would be just plain nuts if you tried to do it all yourself.
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Take pictures and post them.
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You could use a storage shed type building that has no perminit atachment to the ground and can be easily moved. Just build it on skids. Ussually that wouldn't up your property tax or need a building permit,Still migt need a zoning permit though.
I have seen this done with a small 2x6 evaporator inside a 8x12 building.
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I started out with a 11x15 moveable shack that I can put up and take down in a day. I would like to go with a more "turn key" operation. ( No Matt, not that kind of turn key ) I asked the assessor what qualifies as a temporary or seasonal structure and she said greenhouses and the like. She said the building inspector would need to determine if mine qualifies or not. If I ask him and he says it doesn't, I can't very well play the "I didn't know " card. I'm not going to ask for specifics on that one and I'll leave that as my ace in the hole. For now I am just going to apply for a permit to enclose my pavilion and take it from there.
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Cant wait to see the pictures of the mobile unit with the tank on the top and the steam rolling out as you tool from tree to tree.
We have trouble in the area with meth labs, I guess mobile maple labs may be next. :lol: Its a entire maple underground movement! They move into the area in mid Feb and are long gone by April First! Feels a little creepy being part of this. Wonder if anyone is watching :lol:
Sappy,
I sure hope you can get a real sugar house someday :!: Every sugarmaker needs one. Keep trying. If you need a petition I will sign it.
Chris
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We should be lining up for the maple rehab centres :D
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My wife has said that for years :!: :!: :D
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Thanks Chris.I'm sure I'll have a real sugarhouse someday,but I won't be giving tours. By the way " The Sugarhouse " isn't a new name for jail is it? 8O I thought THIS was the hardest way to get sugar! :oops:
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Good luck with the permits. The process is a bit onerous, but it's worth it to do it right. Pour yourself a slab with a drain. You can always put a metal roofed pole barn over that and stick the evaporator in there. Finish off the sides later. It's great to have a place to boil.
Have you read Noel Perrin's book, Amateur Sugarmaker? You'd like it. He's a great writer. He starts out telling about building the shack and then talks about setting up his 2x6. It's a great read.
