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I used an elevated 5 gal. bucket with a hole drilled a close to the bottom side as possible, Food grade pipe fitting thorough the hole and attached a PVC shutoff and copper tubing. Adjust the PVC...

Thanks all for the thoughts and recommendations. I appreciate your time on this.

Additional information and a deep dive on the cost of making sugar try this Cornell sugar maple calculator: https://blogs.cornell.edu/cornellmaple/cornell-maple-calculators/#mcap

Setup; 10" insulated pipe through the roof and 2' past the cupola peak. I've been unable to find a off the shelf spark arrester that would have sufficient area not to choke the draft.

The North...

I'm Purchasing a 2X6 evaporator for 2024 season and am looking for some clarification/reasons to select a drop or raised flue pan. I'm thinking that an engineering or operation reason exist - some...

My condolences. The experiences you shared are exactly what sugaring is about.

I do a similar thing in my neighborhood and I've been trying to work out what is a fair trade? in the past only one neighbor, now more interesting. Thoughts welcome!

Restrict output so that permeate and concentrate lines flow the same.


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Sounds good. I just run until I take out 50% permeate . Not sure of pressure but restrict until I get about equal flow on both lines.

Its fantastic that your daughters are involved - they will remember your support of their idea and it's success. A+ !

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Boiling this morning. Backyard sugaring. 3rd. Week. 21 gal. Sap.

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Thanks, this gives me a clear answer and some options based upon experience. I'll "GET TO WORK" now.;)

Thanks for the note. I was considering to start with about 40 to 80 total taps. Please correct me if i'm figuring this wrong.

All of this a best guestimate,...

Option A) 2 runs of 40 taps = 40...

The short question is, how long can one store sap before boiling? I'm considering tapping and can only get to the sugar house on weekends. I was hoping that I could run a pipe line system to...