Does Daryl still sell his presses...does he have a website?
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Does Daryl still sell his presses...does he have a website?
yes he had them for sale at LEME in November. PM him on this site or through Sugarbush Info.
Yes, he said he had some ready to go for the 2014 season. Nice addition for the small producer.
Regards,
Chris
I'd get ahold of him sooner than later. He said he was gearing up to make more soon.
Received mine yesterday. Looks great! Will be a nice addition to the shack... And my wife will like the fact that she doesn't have to wash the 3x3 flat filters every night anymore! She will however have great arm muscles from pumping syrup through the filter press! :evil:
I have one of them and have to say that they are awesome!
Just make sure that you pick up a second pump diaphragm to have on hand.
I have found that the DE can be a little abrasive to the inside of the diaphragm and over time it will wear the inside and cause a weak spot and right at the end of the season when you are trying to get that last really dark stuff thru and you are really pushing the pump hard it might, just might blow out and give you a nice warm syrup shower!!
Thanks for the tip. I'll start looking around for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dennis H.
Just curious why everyone goes with Daryl's hand pump over the wees fab pump...is it due to having power available....difference in price us only about 2-300$.
The Wes fab motorized press is over $1300.
Their hand unit is around $900.
New on the market is the Maple Guys Maple Jet press. Saw it at Verona. Didn't bite as it was new but it uses the guzzler hand pump. They added it to their site recently. Only $520. No idea if anyone had used it but may be worth looking into.
Ok...I see price is a bit more...anyone know much about the new guzzler press?
I can only speak for myself but I bought one of Daryl's presses because I like that it was a 5" press vs the 7" wes fab. For a small producer the smaller press seems to be a better fit, Daryl said you can filter around 8-10 gallons before the press plugs depending on the quality of syrup. The short bank wes fab will do closer to 15-20 gallons. I plan on just using a few of the plates and filtering as I take syrup off the evaporator, with the 7" I would need to store unfiltered syrup and then reheat and filter. I don't like the extra step.Quote:
Originally Posted by butler