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OK SO I LOOKED AT THE 3X8! ITS An OLLLLDDDD LEADER. ITS GOT THE OLD STYLE L ON THE DOORS, ITS ALL TIN PANS> DROP FLUE, FLUE PAN IS IN GREAT SHAPE, SYRUP PAN HAS A LITTLE TINEY DIP IN 2 OF THE SECTIONS, BUT STILL VEERRRRRYYYYYY USABLE, COMES W/ EVERY THING> SYRUP SCOOP DIAL THERM> PRE HEATER (JUST THE LITTLE TRAY THAT SITS ON THE FLUES) COMES W/ BRICKS AND STACK AND 400-450 GAL TANK, HE PAID 1300, BACK WHEN HE BOUGHT IT ALONG TIME AGO, WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD OFFER? $800????????????????????????????????
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DanO
Offer him what you are comfortable with!
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I would go $600.00 and he will counter with 750 and yada yada. You wont make lite syrup with the pans so your going to need to change your selling stratagy. Remember you cant filter out the dark. Make sure that when you go to make the deal you show up with a pocket full of old twentys and only what you plan on offering keep the rest in the car and make sure you tell him you have to ask your mom and dad for the rest. It helps to sit in the car for the next 10 minutes and offer less. Dont get caught up in the excitment of the deal. Ask him why doesnt want them first.
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dano
make sure the fluepan doesnt leak. check out evaporator thread nymapleguy just had a very bad experiance with an english tin fluepan. i cant beleive you guys forgot to metion that to him
Paul
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DanO,
Paul is right, ask if he will fill the flue pan with water to check for leaks. English tin pans were notorious for that. I was reading a post just yesterday about a Small Brothers stainless pan that was full of pin holes.
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Dano, if it doesnt leak, and is in good working order, anything under a grand is a good deal.
Be GENTLE in transport and cleaning.
What does the arch and grates look like? is it solid? If so, it'll work well and pay for itself pretty quick.
I just finished a great morning with Pete Roth and Nick from CDL. The did the final electrical hook up of my SIHI pump, 50 CFM and 26" of vac, with the option of tightening up the reclaimer by adding a valve to breather tube, I will probably get to 29". I put my hand over a section of pipe to feel the vacuum...WOW! look out trees!
We had minus 8 degrees here last night, and are still several weeks out from tapping, which buys me time. I want to get more trees on line.
Thanks to the Roths and CDL for a great morning and super service.
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Dano,
If it has the small preheater tray on top of the flues it's a Leader special. It probably has several partitions in the flue pan. This float system was horrible, the float sits inside the flue pan and when the level gets low and you have a good fire it will boil under the float and keep it from letting in sap. You can convert it to external float boxes pretty easy.
Check the bottom of the flues especially where the flue stays are soldered on for thin metal.
The arch and stack without pans would be worth $500 if the castings and grates are in good shape.
Tell your shop teacher to leapfrog the class to soldering rusty metal as that will be a very handy skill for you.
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ok so the arch front cracked and was repaired, the grates are all there and in good shape, the flue pan only had 1 partition as i recall just like normal, i have an old set of 40"x12 pans where the flue pan is partitioned and there is a tray that sits in it, must be they are leader specials, i think they are leader come to think of it, but every thing looked to be in good shape i will go up tomarrow and check the flue pan over more carefully, if it is a float style like that couldnt i just take some solder and wieght the crap out of it to keep the float box down? or will theboil just lift it up any way?
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Danno2840 if it checks out okay it make him an offer your comfortable with. You are getting some good stuff that goes with it is the tank water tight too.
Check her over close you can always get new pans for the arch in the future. Sell the tank if you don't need it. Good luck young one.
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the tank has a little rust near the drain but not too much, what tank doesnt? its nothing a wire brush wont solve, this was all used 5 years ago, the pans were taken out of the arch and flipped up side down, tank is always under cover
