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Jeremy
I have about 19 cord plus a few hundred pallets. I wanted 25 cord for this year but I'm behind. So it looks as though I'll put in a call to the guy who brings me pallets. I pay $10 for a load delivered to my sugarhouse and each load is about 80-90
Keith
how much wood will i need to run a 4x12 on 600 taps?
i have 11-12 cord stacked in the wood shed and about 2 out in the yard that i need to split up will that be enough>?
Dano
I'm assuming you have no vac. So for estimating I'll use .25 gal of syrup per tap for the season. So with 600 taps you should get around 150 gallons of syrup.
Now as for the evaporator, depending on your efficiency lets say you can get 20 gallons of syrup per cord If you have an inferno or intenso fire arch plus a preheater you will get a higher ratio.
So with 150 gallons of syrup and 20 gal per cord you will use about 7.5 cord.
There are other factors like sugar content and how many times you start up and shut down that will affect your ratio.
When you start boiling keep track of how much syrup you make in a day and measure the wood before and after and it will give you an idea.
So you should be all set 11-12 cord.
Keith
Keith-Quote:
Originally Posted by brookledge
Is your pallet delivery guy exclusive, or is he looking for customers? That sounds like a sweet deal for someone willing to cut 'em up.
Last year at this time I found all sorts of wood at the transfer station, but lately there isn't any. I still check it out, but I haven't found any for a while.
I don't get anything with nails in it, no paint or pressure treated of course.
There used to be a lot of white pine limbs, but nothing for a while.
I guess I'll have to drag some wood in from the woodlot...
I'm not sure. I know I'm close by for him and he has to dispose of them. Check around Belchertown you may find a business that is paying to dispose of pallets and would be willing to give them to you free.
As for pallets it is amazing on the waste. As for manufatuers they get a product in on a pallet that is made for the products coming in but after manufactuering the pallets needed to ship out are different than those coming in.
Like I said it's a shame that I will burn a pallet that has been used once but have been told that it is too expensive to ship it back.
Keith
Ahh,Firewood dont you love it. Most of us couldn't make syurp without it! Yet it is the thing we will fall behind on the quickest. I'm looking at 31 full cords, not N.Y. cords. I hope thats enough because I have no more room for storage. and I am looking at 2300-2700 taps this spring. I should be still boiling come May 1st.:)
i will be running 400 taps on vacQuote:
Originally Posted by brookledge
What is a "N.Y. cord" if I may ask???
dano
Don't you have school today?? Or are you using the school internet for something outher then your school work??