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I've used one similar to this for a long time for making both beer and maple and they work fine for my use, and much more durable than a hydrometer for sap. I carry it around in my back pocket when I...

I am outside at the sugarhouse right now cleaning up from yesterday's boil, and doing a deep clean on the back pan. We have a large creek system that's on the property and I just heard my first...

Tapped week of 1-22 and after boiling down today's run I'll be at a pint per tap, which has been the norm the last several years.

All tapped in as of today. Ran good yesterday but only 10 or 20% of the trees were running today. Buona Fortuna everyone!

Same here. Maybe snag some more sap tomorrow and then call it a year.

It's been fine here this year. The draw off divider usually just has a thin layer of niter on it that flakes off with a 3hr hot milkstone soak. The Orlon has been fine too. Real dark this last boil...

Same here. Percent is sticking at 1.8-2 on our sugars. They have definitely slowed down though...

Boiled down Monday and Tuesday's sap yesterday, all crystal clear. The 10 day forecast looks good as far as I can see...

Thank you sir. And welcome back!

Thanks!! Happy tappin!

Pictures of the sap deck have been uploaded. Hope they help!
Happy boiling guys...
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Thanks everyone! Just collected 300 gallons on 150 of my taps last night!

Hey Shaun, I dont but I can take a few when im back there and I'll post them on the link. My head tank up top is my...

Thanks Chris.
All tapped in and ready to go! I did a test boil last week and it went fine. Pulled out the RO and only a couple small drips to fix...so here we go!
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Sunday is the day... Tap away!

Nothing prevents a membrane from fouling, but there are things that can help slow the process down. And recirculation is one of them. Not doing a higher pressure single pass = less fouling. It also...

thanks for replying with this link. its a couple weeks before our season and i went to check on my dow XLE 4040 that was in a SMBS bath during the off season, and the brine seal became distorted and...

exactly what he NaVGF said. you just need a dedicated line teeing off your post exit running to the recirc needle valve and then out of the valve into a tee just before your procon inlet. check out...

Thanks everyone!
I owe it to this site since I used it a ton to do research on my first shack 10 years ago. The great thing was I didnt need to change much. I went 4ft wider, added a deck,...

Hey guys just wanted to give you an update with a pic...

The shack is ready to go and fully functional.
I plumbed all my poly tanks, one on the upper Deck for concentrate from the RO, two more...

The last sugar house I built 10 years ago I just put 1/2" hardibacker board over 3/4" exterior plywood. Worked fine and was super easy to put down and held up to the abuse and heat. However I wanted...

Finished the flooring and moved in the arch. I went with vinyl plank flooring for easy cleanup. Just like my last shack build I raised the arch 3 fire bricks high off the floor with cement backer...

Hey thanks guys! Ya its been fun with the kids. Learning about respect for nature, wood and tools! They were helping stack while I split which was very helpful! Added some string lights over the deck...

Added sap decks and some lighting to the outside. Time to work on flooring and moving in the arch!
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I definitely didn't use mortise and tenon joinery. Just timberlok screws. If I did mortise and tenon I wouldn't have finished it in under 5 months while maintaining a full-time job :lol: .
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Thanks guys! The timber framed porch cost as much in lumber as all the other hemlock did on the rest of the building! the porch was a lot of work (heavy and tedious joints) but I do love having a...