I can get a good deal on copper from my brother. tubing is still alot but cheaper. he's a plumber. Russ what size tubing did you use? you have a drop flue?
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I can get a good deal on copper from my brother. tubing is still alot but cheaper. he's a plumber. Russ what size tubing did you use? you have a drop flue?
Brad all of the details are here http://mapletrader.com/community/sho...bblemaster+1.0
Like from what I've read on other's threads, the sap didn't start running till early afternoon yesterday. This morning, only about 300 gal in the tank. Crappy out this morning and it's going to take a while for the lines to thaw out. May not start running again till almost noon time. Hopefully it runs hard this afternoon. After today, I don't see a real run until Sat.
It did run hard once it started yesterday. At one point it was coming in at 50 gallons an hour which we haven't seen in awhile and the best we've seen this season.
Sap didn't run too bad yesterday. Brought home 850 gal which is almost 1gpt in 24 hrs. SSC is at 2.4% which means the bulk of the sap is coming from the sugars. Once the reds come online we'll be down around 1.8% pretty quick...just need to get there. The merc. taps brought in another 420 gal so it was a busy night. Made somewhere between 30-35 gal. I really could've done without the wind though...pretty crazy.
Evap's running good. Getting some of the kinks worked out. Set the RO to 1.6gpm (96gph), and it kept pace with the evap., so now I've got a pretty good idea what I'm getting out of it. Pretty sure last year I was in the 60-70gph range. The downside is if I start the evap. before I get the sugar real high, it's hard to get to the mid-upper teens while I'm boiling. Once the sugar's up in the teens, the RO's only putting out about 100gph of concentrate.
Still can't believe Mark's sap was 2.8% there is something to be said for big roadside maples early in the season.
I think that's where he usually sits. with those nice maples. Sure makes a truckload worth hauling when the ratio's 32:1. He's talking about tapping those trees on Birch Hill Road again.
its nice to be able to make that much syrup out of that much sap when the sugar is high!!!
Hey Josh,
Just wanted to say thank you for the tour of the sugar house today and for answering all my questions even though you were a busy man today. Good luck and I'll be in touch during the off season.
Sean
Another open maple weekend down at Spring Harvest. I actually can still talk. Surprisingly enough. Sold all the syrup, selection was a bit sparse by this afternoon. But I have to say sunday traffic was way up with the weather as nice as it was. I sent a bunch of folks up to loudon so hopefully they made it.