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What a blast from the past. We've been unable to sugar for the last 6 years. (medical stuff in our household) Miss it!

I do usually push the pile of ash into a ramp, but I could build one and reap...

It should still sugar, then?

I had some really great syrup from last year. (bottled and sold/given away)

I had some just really so-so syrup from last year as well.

I thought I was just going to make maple nuts for the...

With traditional pans, the advice to keep the level shallow is spot on. All things being equal, it takes less energy to keep the boil going in a pan running shallow.


But


With steam table...

If you're still selling your pan, let me know. I'm down here in Springfield. We've been using steam table pans for the last 7 years.

Hey Folks,

I'm tired of the hot-water thermos dip, and I'm a scrounger at heart.

Anyone have an ugly but functioning two-handed tubing tool that's begging to be sold to me?

I'm a small-time...

Can it withstand flame exposure or must there be something covering it?

Groves here.

It's a balance between keeping the heat up by your pans and restricting the airflow.

I would use your combined chimney area to give yourself a minimum area to have below the pan...

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It's been several years since that first design but the only thing we've done is to keep making it longer to hold more...

Welcome to the site RiverSap.

I always like hearing about other Missouri sugarmakers.


I only tapped 17 trees this year, but because of your post, you got me thinking I should tap some more to...

It sure doesn't act like the niter of the last 5 years.


But, niter or ash, it's gotta be filtered. Might try that wine filter.

And, I'm going to overlap my pans again and see if that makes a...

Thermapens are very fast, very accurate.

Right now there's an "open box" sale, so you can get one for $75, where they are normally $100ish.

Here's the link....

We're outside boilers.

I didn't have this problem the first several years, so I'm trying to figure out what changed.


I think I got tired of overlapping the pans, always somehow needing to get...

I'll overlap the pan.

I do have lots of settling, but sometimes this dark cloud is more floating than sinking.

Apologies for what may be an oft-asked question.

The search feature (understandably) makes it impossible to search for very short words like....ash.


I'm a batch guy using steam table pans on...

A filter setup like this could connect my worlds of winemaking and sugarmaking.

I wonder if they would tell you which parts were only rated to 120F?

Sometimes it's just a few parts that can't...

Believe me we didn't even bother to keep it cold.

One year our last batch was a little stringy, but the rest of it has been right as rain.

I thought continuous pans were supposed to yield lighter syrup as well.

Maybe something else in your process has changed? Collection frequency? Sap storage?


We tapped a row of 14 trees with...

I guess we should tap now. Keep us posted on your season!

Sounds like a banner year. Nice work!

We're clicking along, tapped 19 trees this year. Plenty more out there, but I didn't want the hassle. We've had two batches so far, 1-2 gallons each. That...

1. scalloped landscaping blocks
2. cut lengths of iron pipe
3. done

Definitely low tech, but works for me. We have a block arch, though.

Looks like you're off to a blazing start. How's that pan working out so far?


We just tapped yesterday, but only because of some shipping mixups. Missed that last run. Won't miss this next one.

Is there a wire primer someone could point me to?

Is it special wire? Do I need to worry about girdling on my end trees?