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I'm planning on making a walk in cooler to keep sap in until I can boil on the weekends using a coolbot type system. I scored a deal on used cooler panels and I'm going to fab something up this...

I read where you could use pool shock for sanitizing 3/16" tubing at a ratio of 1/2 cup to 50 gallons of water .

I was wondering if it would also work for cleaning totes.

Then I got to thinking...

I've been using 3/16" on gravity vacuum for a few seasons and I'm replacing the lines for the upcoming season and have a question.

I am rerouting the lines to be more of an "s" than a "z"...

I just got a dauntless with the flat divided pan and after two boils I noticed that once I got the pans sweetened I was not able to get a draw of finished syrup. The temp would get to 219-220 and...

This is exactly what I was looking for!!!
I'm building a system right now and using a 12volt sureflo but want to run it off 110 power.
Are you using a temperature controller with your setup?
If...

I have been wanting to build something like you have except with an electric sureflo. Do you have any pictures of your setup?

A huge thank you to hodorskib for posting the info. I built the RO according to the plans and I was able to take sap from 70- 1 ratio to an 11-1. Running 1.25% sap at 115 psi took me to 7.5%. 17817

I finally got all the parts together to make this ro. I was doing a test run with straight well water and noticed water coming out of both permeate and concentrate lines. This doesn't make sense to...

With a second season under my belt I have been looking forward to next year. I can get slab wood at a good price with a choice of hard or soft wood. I'm pretty sure that there is more btu's with...

I'm as serious as a heart attack. It does take some planning though. The directions say to take 3 to 5 drops in a quarter glass of water daily by mouth 7 to 14 days prior to exposure and continue...

I never got poison ivy until 10 or 15 years ago. A few years back I found a product online that makes you temporarily immune to the stuff. It has to be taken daily, and throughout the season, and ...

My brother insists that my syrup tastes better than my cousins because I am tapping "domestic" trees in my yard and my cousin is tapping "wild" trees in the woods.

I'm wondering what everyone else's ratios are this season so far. Mine seem to be high and would like to compare it to others. I'm in Luzerne county.
Feb 15.......67-1
Feb 19.......80-1
Feb...

Thanks for the warm welcome (and laughs) everyone. It is nice to see the comrodary and information sharing that goes on here. To be honest, my new hobby surly would have been a big failure without...

Well, With 3 small batches finished so far yielding 9 pints using turkey fryers I have already begun the process of upgrading. I was able to score a modified wood stove with the top cut out with a...

So I a guess that I'm not alone. Less that 3 hours into my first boil I started doing the math that a 2x2 pan would more than quadruple what a single pot on a turkey fryer would do. Then I got...

Greetings from Northeast Pa. I am as green as it gets when it comes to making syrup so here is a little background on me.......... I always tried to keep my nose clean and walk the straight and...