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    Favorite mainline manifold

    Just checking to see what mainline manifold/saddle fitting you all use and like?
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    Taptaptap, I can understand what you're talking...

    Taptaptap, I can understand what you're talking about being difficult driving post in rocky soil and in that case pounding post obviously won't work, luckily we don't have rock that bad. Ran into a...
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    I to deal with little slope in my woods....

    I to deal with little slope in my woods. Currently running 800 taps on almost 3,000 ft of mainline. Prior to this year I ripped a bunch of 2x4s and used them for post to support my mainline but after...
  4. Thread: Screaning sugar

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    I typically get a finer sugar and grind up any...

    I typically get a finer sugar and grind up any clumps that I get. I tried selling the clumps but didn't go over that well. Thanks for the response.
  5. Thread: Screaning sugar

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    Screaning sugar

    I'm looking to make a large screener/sive for maple sugar. Thinking about buying a piece of perforated stainless with 1/16" or 1/8" holes. Will 1/8" holes be too big?
  6. Thread: Cdl vacuum pump

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    Cdl vacuum pump

    Looking to upgrade from an old dairy pump run by gas engine to electric high vacuum pump. For those who have used cdls high vacuum pump, how are you guy liking them?
  7. Thread: Upcoming cold

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    I was as of last sunday. We're are going a week...

    I was as of last sunday. We're are going a week with no freezing temps until next sign of freezing at night. Just thought I'd check with anyone else in central mn and see what they think. The frogs...
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    Upcoming cold

    So is it too late to take advantage of the upcoming cool down this weekend and into next week? I'm in the very north east corner of Ottertail county. Haven't been out in the woods to look at the buds.
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    I wouldn't think there would be any funny stuff...

    I wouldn't think there would be any funny stuff going on because in a way it's kind of like the syrup when canning any type of fruit.
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    Storing concentrate

    If concentrate, 20%, is packaged hot in barrels for short period will it stay good? I would assume so since its packaged hot in a sealed barrel.
  11. Thread: Burying mainline

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    How did you bury your lines?

    How did you bury your lines?
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    Wiam, dose your 1" pump line have any slope to...

    Wiam, dose your 1" pump line have any slope to it? I would think a electric releaser with a pump already in it would achieve the same as your setup.
  13. Thread: Burying mainline

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    Looking closer at some topo maps it seems as the...

    Looking closer at some topo maps it seems as the idea of burying my line is a no go. 1800 ft of line and only a 10 to mybe 15 ft of drop at most. What if I would run 2 releasers with a wet/dry line...
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    It would be under vacuum.

    It would be under vacuum.
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    Burying mainline

    For those of you who have buried your mainline from the woods to your sugar shack or to a tank/pump, dose the line have to be at a slope?
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    Mechanical releaser valve

    I have a Bernard mechanical releaser and was wondering are the little needle? valve that adjusts the speed of the vacuum shutoff to dump sap required on the releaser or can I eliminate it and use...
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    What size is your air diaphragm pump 1" or 1/2"?...

    What size is your air diaphragm pump 1" or 1/2"? The electric pump is 1/2". I would assume the electric diaphragm would be like a shurflow pump used by smaller sap collecting or on an atv sprayer....
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    Look at the new cdl catalog. They offer air or...

    Look at the new cdl catalog. They offer air or electric diaphragm pump. I called the dealer a few weeks ago pricing just the electric dia. pump and asked them about it and they say said they have had...
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    Maple flats, what was the coldest temp your...

    Maple flats, what was the coldest temp your barrels seen while aging? Right now its -13 with real feel at -38.
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    Last summer I had a local barrel maker stop at my...

    Last summer I had a local barrel maker stop at my stand and we talked a bit and he said to contact him if I need help locating any barrels to age syrup in. I called yesterday and left a voicemail so...
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    Bourbon barrel syrup

    I'm looking at aging some syrup. I would like to start some now but cant find any small 5 or 10 gallon barrels yet, did find access to 45 and 53 gallon. The problem is I live in mn and dont have a...
  22. Thread: Ramp=draft

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    You got that right about so many variables. I...

    You got that right about so many variables. I also realize it's hard to understand how my cooker functions without being there and what kind of tweaks I could make to improve it if theres room to...
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    The hottest I've seen my stack is 600 to 650...

    The hottest I've seen my stack is 600 to 650 degrees. My fire is about as hot as I'm going to get it since I have auf and aof, from my understanding stack height dosent matter when using forced air...
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    I've thought that since all my flues are 2 inch...

    I've thought that since all my flues are 2 inch tubing they restrict/slow down the draft. Since my stack is almost 100 sq inches larger then all the 2 inch pipe added up, 282 sq in, could that be the...
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    I have a 22" stack on a 4x14. What exsactly do...

    I have a 22" stack on a 4x14. What exsactly do you mean when you say "If the cross sectional area is less than the
    chimney in any part of the arch, the velocity will increase there."?
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