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We're pumping 2,500 feet and 150 feet up, over a hill, then 1,000 feet and 60 feet down to the sugar house. We use 1 inch pipe 160 psi rating. Pressure at the pump is about 150 PSI. Our electric...

Started tapping end of January and finished first week of February. 2500 taps. Made 1660 Gallons for .664 gallons per tap. Better than average. Mostly Amber. No Golden. No very Dark. First boil on...

Similar problem with leader red check valve spouts i bought last spring. No problem with the clear Leader check valve spouts.

You probably know that induction cook tops require magnetic material in the cooking pot. Some stainless steel is not magnetic. Some is. I haven't tried induction cooking my son likes it for general...

We ordered in April from Bacon Jug. They said 3 months. That was 6 months ago. Talked to someone who picked some up yesterday. No clue about who gets them and who doesn't

We have been getting our plastic jugs and glass bottles with our private label artwork printed on them. I'm seeing more and more syrup jugs and bottles with what looks like paper or vinyl labels on...

I know someone who plans to use an air powered double diaphragm pump to pump from a tank on the ground to the float box on the evaporator. Adjusting the air pressure to the pump will allow the pump...

start stirring immediately after the syrup reaches temperature. We generally heat to 245 degrees and then stir into molds. No need to let it cool before stirring when using the machine.

we've been using a candy machine for many years. Sometimes we used to do candy making demonstrations using hand stirring. The hand stirring results were never as consistent as with the machine. We...

There's no room in our sugar house for the 1000 gallon concentrate tank. Our existing concentrate tank is outside up on a platform. Definitely not safe climbing up there. However gravity works. ...

It turns out that both the cooling paths in the 1600 gallon milk tank have leaks and won't hold pressure. I had hoped to send cold glycol solution through the bottom cooling path. I decided against...

I found it to be less expensive in my situation to find a milk tank with a intact refrigeration system rather than use a glycol chiller. Less complicated, likely to have fewer problems operating it...

The type of chiller he's recommending is a self contained refrigeration unit with a small tank containing a water/glycol solution in it. The glycol is cooled by the refrigeration unit and is...

We have a 1600 gallon mueller milk tank, submarine shaped with a manway on the top. The cooling heat exchangers in the tank are questionable. One doesn't hold pressure, the other seems to. I spoke...

I'm wondering how soon the bulk price increases will translate to the wholesale and retail prices. Wholesale being sales in retail size containers to grocery stores and retail being the price the...

Do you have a pan gasket between the rails and the bottom of the pan?

We turned the vacuum pump off on Tuesday two days ago. We made .45 gallons of syrup per tap. We usually make .5 or a little more. The season started late and ended early making first syrup at the...

We ran two three conductor (L1, L2, and N) 4/0 aluminum direct burial wires 1,000 feet to the sugar house. Connected together at each end in a big junction box. We have a volt meter mounted on the...

Where do we go to answer the poll? OK is see where to answer.

we put our mail, newspaper and cash or checks received in the oven 275 degrees for 10 minutes.

We use this automatic trap. Kills about 20 of them before you need a new CO2 cylinder. Finding the right location and keeping it baited are important too. Probably cheaper to buy ammo but takes...

We added electrical capacity to our sugar house by running another cable parallel to the old one with a junction box at each end of the cable run. That way both the old cable and new cable share the...

Our neighbors allowed someone to tap their trees back in the 1950s. A few years ago they asked us to mow down the brush coming up in their back fields. There is a row of big old sugar maples on the...

We are fortunate to be able to take time off our other work to focus on the maple production. Most of our time is spent in the woods particularly in the beginning of the season.

looks like our season is about over. Trees are slowing down, syrup flavor is getting stronger and no more freezing in the forecast. We tapped Feb 2nd and 3rd. 2,300 taps this year. Made 120...