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Why would I not want to use a semi trash transfer pump (2 inch) vs a water only for pumping sap tanks to truck??? Semi trash are cheaper..... any in sight on this???

Anyone out there shipping the 5 gallon plastic containers?? If so could you please give me some insight on that? method/ carrier and maybe $ . If not and are shipping via the 4 - 1 gallon boxes,...

Anyone out there shipping the 5 gallon plastic containers?? If so could you please give me some insight on that? method/ carrier and maybe $ . If not and are shipping via the 4 - 1 gallon boxes,...

Anyone out there running at chevy 3500 HD or ford 350 dually's and carrying a 950 gallon sap tank?? I've been told they are fine for short hauls......

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I am sure this must have been brought up in past. I am being asked by a land owner to supply them with studies indicating the safety or lack of harm to trees when using vacuum. I am well...

perfect, that's just what I needed to hear! Thanks!!

Hey no expert, but I think you have re-activated the sugar sand / niter in the syrup?? I know you did not over-heat but I question if perhaps the syrup you are recanning from, still had niter that...

I know this topic has been discussed but I am trying to avoid cycling through all the threads to find it. I am going to start 're-canning' from 5 gallons containers into glass. I use to just do 1 one...

awesome post!!!

Just order a roof jack from leader with the pitch of your roof. They will custom make the jack. It then will sit on top of you metal roof. Inside I would have the plywood roofing cut about 12"...

I have never done this either......I always do a rinse every night, and a wash every other time I use the RO. For me that works great.....I am thinking this re-circulation wash is perhaps if you are...

really like these ideas,.......I have always used vinegar in front pan every night to keep it like new, never thought of using vinegar for SA. I think I will give it a try!!! Thanks!

can never be too careful for sure!!! I have done the recommended cleaning for years for our SA and don't believe to have had any trouble yet......but to each his own right! Hope you had a good season!

is there a reason you don't want to use the recommended pan cleaner for the SA?? You only use a small amount, most of it is water..???

Thank you for the link, I will look into these. The trick is finding pumps to move the hot syrup...looks like the brewery pumps could do this for 1/2 the cost of the maple pumps.....but not sure on...

Cool, I just found a brewing site and was waiting for reply to get specs on the pumps. I have to lift the syrup about 10'. How long have you used yours ? do you lift the syrup with it at all?? Thanks!

Other than using my gear pump that I use in my filter press set up, is there another type of pump of similar fashion anyone is using to move hot syrup. I need it to move from my draw off 30' to...

Sorry for late reply......The 2x6 with SA was rated for 500 taps, so no doubt we were way over. I believe the rating for many evaps are based on keeping a boiling time at around 3-5 hours??? So 1000...

On our old 2x6 with steam away we were fine with 1000 taps on vacuum (4-8 hour boils) , once we went to >1500 we needed to RO, then had 2000 taps......once we grew to greater than 2000 taps we...

Just found some old numbers when first looking at buying our new evaporator. For my 30" X 10', evap rate for raw sap is 140 gallons per hour, with the enhanced SA it is 220 Gallons per hour.......

Not sure about other dealers, but Leader will have near exact figures for you for any size rig, with SA or not, with max flues or not etc......... and there numbers for me were spot on so that would...

Yes, I totally agree. And end of season we will be drawing off LESS syrup of course as increase niter etc affect draw rate.....but still the evaporation rate is based on the efficiency of the new...

Not sure if everything I say or suggest here is 100% accurate, but pretty sure that each evaporator will generally move the same amount of liquid through the system regardless of its sugar content....

Are you guys going to diaphragm pumps because the gear pumps just could not keep up with your production demands??

RO one pass to 8% , 30x10 leader revolution pans, max flu and enhanced steam away results in us making 135 gallons of syrup for every cord of wood. Or ~3/4 of a cord to make 100 gallons of syrup....