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Been making MAPLE fruit syrup since 2012,mostly cranberry and wild blueberry. Have made elderberry,strawberry raspberry and wild blackberry,as well as Highbury cranberry. Sales this year approx 1000...

WINDY ACRES MAPLE Farm

We have been producing maple fruit syrup since 2011 or earlier . We have sold domestic red raspberry, wild blackberry strawberry, wild black elderberry, cranberry from pure...

Original designed for water .feed is 7 gpm for 3 membranes i. 50/50 output 160 psi max pressure. 3.5 permeate 3.5 concentrate and 2 gpm. recirculated .inlet flow is
10.4 gpm .. at...

Thank you Maplenutter Vacuum back up to 20 plus inches. I believe that was a sticky vane. I have not changed the oil filter since last year and have not drained the condensation daily from...

Had a16 hour day so didn,t get to do a balance test on the 4 mains. There is also 2 8 foot ladders and a 400 gallon zero vac tank. Could the seal on tank give an intermittent leak ?

Airblo vane pump gave 16 inches yesterday. No major leaks discovered. Today it gave 20 ,21 with no changes to the pipeline. Readings taken an hour after startup on same gauges. How can this be,is...

Amperage was on the Leeson Motor stated 18amps at 120 volts . It dimmed the lights on 20 amp circuit. It did a good job full boil end to end of boiling pan 3x7 . on fueling putting soap like suds...

A revised design has been built for5 years, Ontario Canada. It utilizes multiple 2 inch horizontal steam tubes over which they drip incoming sap,catching the condensation. Very simple design to...

Presently have a Dayton 14 inch blower on a 3x10 ,it draws18 amps at 120 volts. My operation is going to bush on a 8 x20 mobile sugarhouse. There is only a small generator ,3500 watts 120 240. I am...

I have a 9 hp airblo Honda driven with twin belt drive. With the use of a 2 inch stroke , linear actuator 12 volt ,controlled by a temperature sensitive switch set for 29 degrees to extend the...

yes -all assumptions correct. we have about 4 feet of inch and a half pipe and it is puking large amounts of antifreeze,otherwise the pump is doing its job. we are at wits end,new to vacuum. go t a...

I got a used 30 cfm liquid ring pump from another producer hooked to a 45 gallon barrel of coolant (half full) to take the return which is 1.5 black pipe . 1.5 tee vents the system just before the...

Thanks ; for the prompt replies, it is clear that I need good venting higher than head tank. we are putting a tee with a thermometer on outlet to float to moniter tempsis it possible to get sap...

I am having a preheater built for a 3x10. It consists of 80 feet 3/4 thin wall stainless in parallel. what if any are the dangers of bringing sap up to the boiling point. could I be into vapour...

Mark ; thank you for valuable tips. I can,t gravity drain tank but am hoping one hour or less to pump thru. my big concern is proper drainage of pipe after pumping thru one inch black foodgrade...

After a more precise grade reading ( hand held grade bubble I find 16 feet differential from tank bottom to road surface(transfer point) add 10 feet to drain pipe plus 7 more to drain into truck...

The lowest spot for 800 taps is 1000 feet from road. bottom of 1150 gallon sap tank is equal in elevation to road surface. my thoughts are pump sap up 10 feet (1 % grade) plus 7 feet- more to allow...

Thanx Doctor Tim for clarification on potency of alcohol as a sanitizer. I much prefer, the alcohol to chrorine which has been used for years up here. My bearbites, and other bite damage are way...

15- 20 % alcohol/water solution pumped into the pulled tap-dropline after making a single or double knot in dropline. the knot should hang below line of sight on lateral. The old spile is snipped...

Average crop of syrup was about .75 litre/quart per tap here this year in Muskoka ,Ont. My extreme north slope yield only about .5 litre per tap, I made some good dark at end,then it got a slight...

I have about 750 on 3/16. I kept 100 separate last year- they doubled the 5/16. I don,t agree with steve Child on wyes. The wye has to be done right . Before wying the 3/16 you put a balance or...

I have about 12000 feet of 3/16 on steep grade- average 20-25 taps per lateral. a control plot (100 taps of new 3/16) doubled 2 and 3 year old 5/16 tubing. Yield per tap in 2014 was 6 /gallon versus...

Reist Equipment are farmers in summer - tin knockers in winter. they will build you a pan -probably about 40% less than brand name -quality very high. They built me a 3x7 boilng pan 2 years ago....

Sap yield correction on above post should read 280 3 year old 5/16 line Windy Acres

Toal 950 taps to April 11 100 on 3/16 natural vacuum (18 inches) 7.85 gal /tap Bush alongside 280 plus 120 total 400All run to mainline moderate grade down steep mainline 280 are 3 year...