This season, I purchased a Marcland barometer, water boiling point and syrup temperature draw instrument. Very disappointed with the worthless tool. Not believing in the accuracy of this tool, I...
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This season, I purchased a Marcland barometer, water boiling point and syrup temperature draw instrument. Very disappointed with the worthless tool. Not believing in the accuracy of this tool, I...
If I understand you correctly, you put all the DE in the syrup at once. Your should start your filtering with a precharge with a gallon of syrup with 1/3 of your total DE (2 1/4 cups for 2 plates...
The evaporation rate stays the same. Just more syrup per hour
I made a long loop out of 1" wide tie down ratchet. Pull out the strap from the ratchet, cut the hook off, cut the strap 102" (my strap ended up at 96") long and then tie the strap into a long loop....
Bricklayer.
You made a very good choice going with the electric releaser. I put in 2 Lapierre electric releasers 3 years ago and wished that I had made that choice years ago. At one location that...
All types of copper are not acceptable in maple sugaring. Copper pipe, fittings, valves not labeled lead free, and pans. Copper can contain up to 5% lead and due to the acidity of maple sap, lead can...
I have had a D&G auto draw off with a belimo control for six seasons. One of the best investments yet. I did not have a Marcland draw off valve to start with, but saw other producers use them. As I...
I would never use a digital thermometer. I do not trust them to read correctly.
Joe
My advise, "DON'T USE A LINE CLEANING PIG". I tried one once and lost the little piglet in a 1,100' long main line. I spent hours looking for that pig. I took tees apart, couplings apart, inspected...
In the fall after the leaves are off the trees, I have marked my spring tap holes with a spot of yellow spray paint for 18 years. A year after I started marking the old tap holes, I thought why not...
If you go back to the thread "How Much Diatomaceous to use" in the "Bottling and Filtering" forum, you can read my 3-18-2015 explanation of my take on proper charging and use of the filter press....
!. Get you PH strips ready. They are an absolute necessity
2. You need to fill the pan to the level that you want to clean.
3. Slowly add acid to the water and check PH level after a bit. Keep...
How much is the long range forecast really worth? NOT VERY MUCH. I made a chart of the 10 day forecast in my area to see how close the temperatures were predicted and what they really were 10 days...
Without seeing a picture of the damage, it sound to me that you have a fisher in your woods. Good luck getting rid of it. I have been tormented with fishers for 10 years. They chew anywhere from 100...
I have used a Dewalt 20 volt max drill with a 4 amp hour battery since 2014. I have 4- 4 amp hour batteries. Two of them will do around 375 holes. The other two batteries will each do 415 holes....
Gary, I thought that I would just add to my chart to show the length of my sap season, the number of days sap ran / boils, and the gallons of syrup per tap when finishing taping 4-9 days before sap...
Once we get close to taping time, unfortunately the 10 day forecast is what we have to work with. Last spring, I made a 30 day chart with each days 10 day forecast. There was some pretty wild 10...
I bought my Norwood Lumbermate 2000 sawmill in the fall of 2003. I have cuts tens of thousands of board feet of lumber with it, mostly pine, cedar and some hardwood. I have used the lumber I cut to...
The point about wire ties being too weak is important. That is why I use nails that will bend. When I first started with mainline in 2003, I was sold #14 gauge wire to tire back the mainline to...
I set up a 2,600' wet dry system in 2013 and posted the piping with maple and hard hack posts every 10'.(posts on top of the ground) That was a big mistake. The maple started to rot quickly and the...
Do you filter your raw sap before your prefilters? I know some people who do not filter before the RO prefilter, but I always have. I have a 2 bag (100 micron) filter system that filters the raw sap...
You should be heating your glass in the oven to at least 185. The University of Maine did some research on occasional mysterious mold in glass bottles that had not been heated but the syrup was...
Get rid of the slide releaser and get a regular Lapiere releaser. I had one of the Bernard slide releasers and it was nothing but trouble
Joe
I have a 2 post Lapierre RO with 7 year old membranes. I get the membranes washed at Lapierre every year costing $153. per membrane. This year's "dirty" test was 96.4% and 98.5%. Both clean were...
The syrup hydrometer with syrup at 211 is the best route to go with in my opinion. I have refractometer and do not use it on hot syrup off the evaporator. The hydrometer is fool proof. Always buy 2....