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Don’t know if you’ve had the umbrellas out before, but if they were, make sure they were installed correctly.

I have an old 4x12 Wood fired Leader arch that I’d like to convert to oil fired for a few years to get by until I can get a new rig. Anyone have an idea of what size oil gun (s) I would need? Would...

Built something very similar to empty pockets device, except I sandwiched the roll between 2 pieces of plywood that I rounded and just rolled it through the woods. Simple, Saves a lot of...

95 gallons off 300 taps. Approximately 5000 gallons raw sap boiled. Dark this year, mostly B and some C grade

Shy of 100 gallons medium to dark amber off 300 taps on tap pullers. About .33 gallons per tap. Boiled over 5000 gallons of raw sap at about 125 gallons/hour. Going to 1000+ taps next season. I see...

This year I had a problem with syrup burning in the corner of the pan just in front of the draw off. My probe is about 10" to the left of the draw off. Next year I'm moving it in front of the draw...

Hey Doc, you say a small amount of niter can elevate lead levels. Does this mean there are naturally occurring lead amounts in syrup, or is that just where it concentrates when picked up from...

1300 gallons of RO'd sap! I lost 300 gallons of raw when my transfer pump filled the head tank with a valve open to nowhere, and I almost cried. I'm sure you were EXTREMELY Madmapler that day!

The way I understand it, the higher the heat, the more the sugars carmalize, and the darker the syrup becomes.

Try using a refractometer. I bought an Ade Advanced Optics from Amazon for around $30. It measures from 58-90 brix. The best part is it only takes a drop of syrup to run a test. No wasting our...

Jeez, I feel spoiled now. Been walking through leaves for the last week now. Our snow is gone. Big change from last year when I was in the same boat as you guys are now. Invest in the snow shoes...

Boiled 640 gallons tonight. Made about 13 gallons. Sap reading 2%. Not great but better than last week. Need these frosty evenings. Long range forecast looks promising for extending our season. ...

Sweetened the evaporator today. Ran roughly 500 gallons of sap and made only 2 gallons syrup. Checked sugar content, turned out to be 1%. Normally running at about 2.7% Latest sap collected already...

Go to Sugarbushinfo.com and look in the "home built maple equipment" forum for a post titled "my two handed tubing tool" posted February 28 by Dennis H. Really nice detailed set of plans.

Go to sugarbushinfo.com. look in "home built maple equipment" forum for a post titled "My two handed tubing tool" posted February 28 by Dennis H. He has a really detailed set of plans there.

Make sure you have a filter in front of the pump to keep the gunk, and especially ice, from entering the pump. Got mine at an RV store. Clear plastic spin on cartridge with a screen inside. Works...

Roughly 250 taps in. 100 on a shu-flo. Produced 75 gallons today. 150 on a guzzler produced about another 75 gallons. Just finished tapping another fifty to bring the guzzler to 200 for tomorrow....

A friend of mine puts a piece of baler twine between each bucket. Personally I like the air compressor best

Sent a pic of some basswood bark branches. Maple on left, 2 bass on right. Hope it helps

Sounds good, we'll give the hose clamps a shot. Thanks!

Well, I've got all my wires up. Lot more brush than I originally thought. I swear the balsams regrow at night. Started unspooling 3/4" line tonight. Put a tension grip on and started down hill. ...

Yes, I used 2 batteries, alternating between them. As for damage, I dont know, but didn't see any decrease in power as the season wore on. Only ran 1 completely dead once. Seldom did I need to run...

Could I use a guzzler to pump the sap up hill to a tank? It would be about a 250' run and about a 30' rise.

I ran a shuflo on 100 taps last year as an experiment, all 5/16" line to a manifold. Worked really well. It'll run 24 hours on a 12 volt marine battery too. Do make sure you put a filter in front...

Thanks for the great advice Dave, I'm sure I'll have more questions for you at some point seeing as I have about the same # of potential taps as you're running. Doing some final brushing, I see only...