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We still have a foot of snow on the ground here and the ground is still froze so it's not late here in Maine. We are basicly just getting rolling here. I think I found my issue today and going to...

Did a quick boil this afternoon and made 15 gallons of amber rich, actually it was almost golden but I graded it as amber. As I was pouring off into my press tank I cought a wiff of the steam and...

I do 25% regardless of sugar content, but I will not take sap under 1.5% depending on who it is I will tho. People around here say I am very generous that most only do a pint per gallon so I...

With the weather being crazy this year and me being a month behind on everything I hope I can have everything ready to go in time. I started working with everything the same time I always do, but...

I will be running my 250gph CDL R/O this year on a generator until the ground thaws out and I can get my under ground power run. I am running mine on a 10,500 watt surge, 7500 watt continuas...

Yes it can be stored in a unheated room but needs to be 100% drained. I am not taking any chances with mine, I am building a shelf on the wall about 4' to 5' off the floor and enclosing it with a...

I just bought one the other day and I am hard plumbing it in to my tanks. Mine will be mounted in a box on the wall not on a tank. From what I have read and been told, these units will self...

Picked up a CDL 250 yesterday and I am going to hard plumb all 3 lines to tanks. So with that being said, anyone with one of these units have it hard plumbed in? Could you post up some pics of your...

I am getting the CDL 300gph horizontal modal and will be set on a shelf about 4' off the floor. My tanks are outside but located right on the other side of the wall from the R/O, but wasent sure if...

Probly purchasing a R/O in the next week or 2, but I have a quick question. How high do my tanks need to be above the R/O?

I have been toying with the idea of building a vacuum operated filtering tank and have watched a few videos on you tube and seen a few pictures here and there. I already had a idea of how to build...

I have been using the MES app I downloaded from the app store on my phone. It is easy to use and I can emil everything to myself for my records. It has sap collection, sugar house log, tells you...

Anyone ever try and run 2 surflo pumps on a 3/4" main line? I was thinking of a "Y" in the mainline and a pump on each side. Obviously going in series wont do anything to inhance vacuum but i...

Anyone ever tried to pump hot syrup thru a shurflo diaphragm pump? Sounds like a bad idea but dont see why it wouldn't work. Thoughts? Im not sure if the plastic diaphragm head would handle...

My personal opinion your stack will not generate enough heat to scorch anything in a perheat pan. Depending on how big it is and how much sap is in it i guess. Many years ago when i had a...

I added a blower to my 30x8 CDL with a raised flu, my question is, has anybody changed there ramp angle to to add efficiency to the back pan? Also I have vermiculite under my back pan..... well...

I appreciate everybody's input here i truly do. I'm kind of on the fence right now as to wether do the recirculation line or give it a small air leak just before the sap ladder. I know it's...

You I have been thinking, this issue started after I fixed 2 vacuum leaks on two separate laterals.......now that the complete system is basically 100% tight this issue is happening. Coincidence??

OK so it did it again, I went over tonight to check it and it was passing sap but just a drizzle. I walked up to the sap ladder and all 6 lines where full and right to the top but not flowing...

It's definitely a tight system, there is more sap running thru that system then there is on the system with more taps. It definitely has plenty of sap running to it. When the pump stops pumping...

Yeah I just checked it again.....still going .....strange! One of my other setups has 98 more taps then this one, never put a filter on that one this year and never had a issue.

I'm running 3 different 4008 shurflo pumps on 3 different locations. My issue is on the hill with 100 taps. The pump will pull almost 28" but every now and then it stops pulling sap thru the pump....

I have a 30X8 CDL and I added a blower and a airtight door, insulated the front and blocked the draft door. I find it odd it only has a 9" stack? Mine has a 12" stack. Only time mine blows black...

Few.....its not just me!! Lol. 575 taps on vacuum and Maybe 180 gallons. Pretty discouraging to say the least!!

I will definitely buy a new one.....I sometimes i have a hard time spending a good amount of money on a used piece of equipment that may or may my not have been properly used and taken care of. I...