I had a good year. Made a little over 11 gallons off 30 taps. Bought an ARO diaphragm pump this year which performed flawlessly. First year I didn’t have to jack with the pump. Sold some syrup last...
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I had a good year. Made a little over 11 gallons off 30 taps. Bought an ARO diaphragm pump this year which performed flawlessly. First year I didn’t have to jack with the pump. Sold some syrup last...
Just made a little over 2 gallons off my 30 taps. Looks like the upcoming weather will be perfect.
5/16 will work. As Dr. Tim stated, probably shouldn’t use under tension. I use the rope as well to tighten then tie into my diaphragm pump with the push locks. Makes it convenient to switch out...
Are you losing vacuum when the releaser dumps? do you have a check valve on the sap line? i would like to see how a vacuum gauge reacts. thanks,Scott
My seed count is always high judging by the amount I clean out of my roof gutters every year.
It pretty much dried up for me. I pulled the taps last night.
Approximately 335 gals over the last 12 days off 27 taps.
It’s been running good here. Getting a little better than a gal per tap on the days it hits in the high 30s. Twice that if it gets into the 40s and runs all night. All new tubing and a new diaphragm...
Hey Tony, have you collected much sap?
I’ll try to post the link. Search “ Guidelines for the improvement of combustion efficiency for maple producers. https://mapleresearch.org/pub/combeffic/
From 35 taps I collected 4 gal of sap this morning. Tonight there was another 4 gal but it had an odor to it. I have been adamant about keeping the collection tank clean so maybe budding sap. I’m not...
I have been running flojet pumps for 4 seasons. I know they don’t perform as well with a lot of air in the lines. Its still better than not running one at all. I have a vacuum gauge at the top of...
Andrew, I have heard you speak of your steep slope on your property. We have had a ton of rain down here and the ground is saturated and very slippery. Be careful.
I did something similar on my 2x4. Instead of a plate, I made an angle iron frame to set the refractory on. Then made a wood mold to make the base. Set it on the frame then filled around the edges...
I made one similar to the lunch box using a Flojet G57 model pump. It works quite well.
i have 30 taps in the Mitchell,IN area. Put them in 3 days ago and it’s not running well at all. The lines are 3/16 tube with a diaphragm pump. I think I’m going to not run the pump and let the lines...
I use a chest freezer. I bypass the thermostat with a unit off eBay. There’s a Video on YouTube. Basically turns into a refrigerator. There’s a bottom drain, I took 1/4” stainless pipe with two...
I have around 42 taps so batch boil on a flat pan as well. When I made my arch out of oil tank I kinda got ahead of myself and made it bigger than a standard pan so had Smokey lake make a 28x49 pan....
I also pulled the taps a few days ago. 42 taps on 3/16 with a diaphragm pump. Batch boiled 876 gal sap made 13 gal syrup. What a great year. Some changes this year, purchased a 110v shurflo pump and...
It ran very heavy today. No R/O so probably take me 3 long evenings to keep up.
Andrew, My experience with it is that it intensifies. I made some maple cream with it and ended up throwing it out.
Thanks Mark. Good to know. And I had some 5/16 with me.
I decided to tap a few trees at my daughters home. I had purchased a 1000’ roll of cdl 3/16 this year. When I went to tie in the drops, my home made tubing tool would not grip the tube to push it on....
Tony, I don’t have a refractometer. Rule of 86 has it at 1.14 if I figured it correctly. Be great to have 2 gal rather than 1 but I’ll take what I can get.
Boiled 75 gal sap today also. Made 1 gal of finished syrup. Same sugar content as last year.