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My sugar bush is approximately 4 acres on a steep southwest slope. Water drains into a swamp leading to a couple beaver ponds. Over the past two years, improvements to the roadside drainage has...

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I use a Kawasaki mule. It can only handle 50 gallons at a time but with the right help it goes quick!

I likes strafford window up in NH. Custom size to your needs. I always picked up orders so not sure how shipping is. Their prices are the best I found and very good quality

BSD, looks like you and I have similar buildings. I used Jamaica Cottage shop plans to build my 16x20 sugar house. I modified the plans a bit, moved the cupola off center, made the walls 9 ft, and...

hey Guys, for those of you who have tapped on 3/16 tubing in mid January, did your sap run through the end of the season? How many weeks we talking, 8? First time tapping this early for me. I got a...

Put 100 taps on 3/16 yesterday at 9 am. Currently have about 160 gallons. About 2 percent. Think I'm going to hold off another week or two for the buckets. Got enough sap to keep me busy for a bit

I used this piece of steel all season last year when not boiling. Works great! Easily gets the sugar house to a comfortable temperature. The draw is enough to keep the smoke from exiting where the...

No, but it looks like a 270 gallon tote with 200 gallons of liquid in it. Its available for viewing upon appointment.

I got over two hundred gallons off 70 taps on 3/16 since sunday. Sugar content is low, little over 1%. Tastes fine so I'm going to carry on this weekend.

I shut the valve at my head tank and gravity feed everything out of the lines. I'm considering putting a port at the top of the line to blow out any residual with a compressor. Never had an issue...

Tough day today. First four hours went fine, but go figure, the second company shows up to watch, i notice my 1'' HDPE gravity line to my preheater is slowing down. As i'm finishing shaking hands w/...

I built a 12x16 shed with a plywood floor. I put a piece of concrete bored down, set the legs of the evaporator on cinder blocks, then slid a narrower piece of concrete bored between the legs...

I started to lose my gradient. I have a continuous flow 2x3 pan. I'm going to try and bigger draw off and try and flood out some of the darker stuff. Maybe i should have drawn off more frequently....

With the warm weather CT is about to have I'm wondering if I should drain and refrigerate my sweetened 2x3 pan? I won't be boiling again until Friday night (if my sap is still good).

Thank you for the responses. The pictures were very helpful. The potential to lose vacuum over a micro leak did not cross my mind. My vacs are still holding where they should be so I'll leave it be...

I tightened up the line in a few places by pulling it tight and cutting off the excess then reattaching to the fitting. maybe I shouldn't have. I suppose I can go back and just replace the fitting....

This is the first year I've used tubing. I have been removing 3/16th tubing from various fittings using a utility knife. Wondering if there's a better way?? I know its only a matter of time before I...

I was going to hold off but changed my mind after seeing latest forecast. Raced home early and got 57 taps in before dark. All on 3/16. If everything goes to plan I'll take a snow day Thursday and...

I went with 16x20 and boil on a 2x3. I have intentions of going bigger down the road. I like having the width on each side. Plenty of room for spectators and wood. Good luck with the build.

I'm out in Ashford and will be holding off for atleast another week. It's cold here.

I used a cathedral ceiling mount to transition from 8 inch pipe to 10 inch insulated pipe. You can order these mounts specific to your stove pipe size.

So would it be a bad thing to tap now and then have a temps get cold again for few weeks?? Wondering if there's no harm in tapping early...

I came across some 3/8 ths inch steel and gave it a try. After about five minutes the steel curled up about 1/2 inch in the center where the fire was hottest.
I'll have to figure out a way to...

I have a little 2x3 mason. The pan comes off real easy and thinking of just putting a piece of steel down and use it as a wood stove.. anyone ever do anything like this? Not looking to heat the barn,...

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I did a bit of an overhang with cupola but still used flashing.