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Registration forms are now available on the Maine Maple Producers website. http://www.mainemapleproducers.com/

During the second week of June 2012, MMPA will be hosting our second annual Maple Mania. This year Maple Mania will be held at the Four Seasons Convention center in Portland. This years conference...

[QUOTE=paul;188095]I am very suprised at some of the comments in this thread. If you think this hole grading thing is to help benefit the consumer, boy you are all wrong. this whole thing benefits...

its been almost 30 years since my tech school days but I think that a 1/16" of soot is equal to an inch of insulation.

By the looks of your pan, I would say you are officially a sugar maker....welcome to the CLUB !!!

The reason I like the plastic valves is I can isolate a section of main line as I go. I tap the valve on the down stream side and install the guage...when I shut the valve I am isolating back to the...

If you have a long lat line with a tap or two on it, its going to have sap in it most of the time. With gravity you need some taps to create natural vac, fear not it will eventually get into your...

If your pump is lower than the tank it will prime itself. The problem is the line from the pump to your shack...that will freeze. If you put a shut off on your discharge line and a drain beyond the...

I used an 1/8 tap that I use in the pvc ball valves, no problem with leaks or breakage so far. I did have some trouble with the vac guages freezing, looking into some liguid filled ones now.

Spencer,
check here: http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/ I beleive they did some research last year on cv's on gravity. I used cv's 2 years ago on my biggest bush and saw a gain... I used new plastic...

I have had this happen in glass & plastic before. I checked one time and my brix was too high in the plastic container, the other time was in the glass containers, brix was ok so I laid it to the...

Have been using Ben's that was left over from a few years ago worked great
-- ran out so bought a new can of Ben's --- not so good, picked 4 off today .... If you find something that works let us...

Eric,

Yes if the pump pressure is increased that increases your GPH so that would need to be calculated. I have a chart somewhere if you need that info. It is a str8 multiplication to answer your...

Mike,

1 gal. of #2 heating oil has 140,000 btu's --- multiply by the size of the nozzle for your total.

Tom

what about a tool that would resemble a ball joint removal tool?

I have been using just 1 pair of channellock pliers, a twist and the whole thing is out of the tree and if the stubby wont come apart, I hold the adp with the pliers and twist the stubby...simple!!

Just made a call and your #'s all look fine for what you are running for nozzles. On the Carlin site they recommend semi solid nozzles (ss). When I told the rep your dilema he advised me of some...

What are you running for pump pressure? You said you changed the angle of your nozzles to 45 degree, thats not putting your fire into the back wall of the fire box by chance? What is the depth of the...

If you can get inside to brush it that will help, wear some breathing protection. If memory serves me .... 1/16" of soot is equal to an inch of insulation, not good for boiling ZAP :(

Thad is on the right track. Your not getting complete combustion. If the air adjustment doesnt fix the problem check your nozzle & filters next. Another area to check would be the end cone area, if...

252 1/4 syrup from 12440gallons of sap so far, still have 300 taps on vac still running @ 2.5%, all the gravity lines quit last weekend

13 3/4 Gallons of syrup today, vac still pulling 18", sap @ 2.5% maybe enough wood for 1 more boil

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