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New filters maybe some got by the filters since I can't pour it in an my daughter did. Might be best to dump that 4 gallons refilter an then rebottle I checked them this morning since they are in...

Pans are sweeten an made 4 gallons yesterday. Syrup ended up cloudy for some reason that has me up in the air never before in 15yrs has this happen. I'm out of the game this yr just supervisoring my...

Hello everyone,
Been sugaring for 15yrs an this is the first yr I've ever had cloudy syrup after bottling it. It gets dumped into filter/canner through Orlons filter with 4 prefilters...

Don't do that what you mentioned, flue pan is design to boil off excess water in sap before getting to syrup pan.How is your flue pan an syrup pan connected? Float box? If so the jus keep boiling...

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Just looking for some idea's on what to do with the blower setup on my 3*10 raise flue G.H. Grimm
The front is the old cast doors so not air tight which I'm fine with just...

Never had to do that before. Do I draw off the product in pan save it clean pan then add t back to pan after?????

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I've been making syrup for 15 years an this is the second evaporator I've owned where I could only get darker syrup off from it. 3*7 raise flue running it 3/4 inch over flue an 3*3...

One other question what do I do about the front of arch? Do I try to get fire brick to motor to the cast or fire blacket insulation then how do I get that to stay? Or do I leave that alone the cast...

Maple flats it has auf already grates already installed an blower, blower distribution box is as wide as the arch just blows into firebox. Came with 21ft of chimney 16" which seems large for this...

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Wondering if anyone has any pics or input on bricking a 3x10 raise flue g.h.grimm? It has a 3x7 flue pan an 3x3 syrup pan. With two baffles in place that is was is confusing me how to...

Wondering if anyone on here are running a vision or venturi? Pros an cons.im placing order end of April for one or the other but still up in the air. My biggest push right now is toward the vision...

I'm at the moment of waiting on a quote for a 2x6 venturi. I have a quote on a vision but before I place the order I want to see the price tag on the venturi which is like pulling teeth to get. Only...

Lakeview glad you are having good runs. I've made 24 gallons to date. Sugar here been around 2.0-2.2 most of the season gonna clean tanks this morning hoping for a few more good runs before I call it...

Been a long time since I post on this thread. Life has changed two grandchildren now new job. Still at it just alot smaller running a 2x6 drop flue with 300+/- taps mix of buckets an gravity lines....

Hello everyone,
Been making syrup for 10yrs now. But have a question is it best to hold off sweeten the pans till I have enough sap which is around 400 gallons or to start once I have enough to...

Zero frost here in crown point also. Hope to get some what of a season enough snow on the ground gonna make for fun gathering 156buckets. Hoping to tap in Saturday or Sunday this coming weekend.

thanks for the input

Put taps out last two days have 94 in with 35 more left to go. headed tomorrow to pick up some 2x6 drop flue pans then come home build an arch and boil the 84gallons i got today of 94 taps. Have a...

I'm headed tomorrow afternoon to pick up a set of 2x6 drop flue pans only. I'm gonna make a quick are to boil this yr. but question how much space should be under flue? 1/2" comes to mind or is it...

When I started back in 2009 making syrup I burnt a pan 2x3 when I came to the forum for help they told me if you don't burn a pan once you are not a sugar maker an if you say you never have you are a...

Not that the bit your talking about is junk but buy a tapping bit. Their is several differences between a wood bit and a tapping bit. First a tapping bit has a greater angle on the leading edge...

sounds like rain water getting in your pail. By this I mean as it rains an runs down the outside of tree on the bark its following you tubing into the pail. That would give you the off color one way...

Rule of thumb 86/sugar percent so 2% sugar content would be 43 gals of raw sap so u will boil 42 gallons of water to get one gallon of syrup.

Allen I hear ya I didn't boil yesterday due to wind. Sounds stupid but sparks would be going toward the house so I held of till I get home tonight from work. Gonna be a long day since all my tanks...

Gonna get down to 30 tonight my question is to run the pump tomorrow or not gonna hit 39 they say. So far this season all it has been is a waste of gas running the vac pump. 280 gallons of sap so...