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just this year I added a blower with ductwork to my 2x6 drop flue with a reostat to control the air volume. Seems to be working great, but hard to tell as I have only boiled three times this year...

My tubing system is plumbed into my tank with pvc fittings thru my tank top. Does there need to alow vent air to allow the sap to flow?

Can anyone point me to where I can fund the mapke digest printing of this years sap buying prices?

Can someone tell me where I can find this years sap buying prices from the maple digest.

I have just purchased a new cone filter which is SS and I need to install a valve with a nipple to drain the filter. My question is that I want to know if I use a brass nipple and ball valve in the...

Thanks for all the replys. I never thought of the different options. And davey I for got all about you. I will call you tommorow to make arrangements to stop over this week.

thanks again
Brian

We ran 400' of main line and 500' of lats this weekend and I have a few quesitons on ending the lats. What can I do or use if I do not have the leader end rings. My local supplier does not carry...

What is your sugar count. If I see what you said you made 17 gallons of syrup on 1300 gal of sap. That works out to be about 76.5 gal of sap per gal of syrup. Is this all true or am I missing...

Last 2 years I have had a fellow members relative, who is attending FLCC college about 1 mile away, working for me. He has since finished his education here and now is no longer avaliable. If...

I am looking to purchase some arch board for my 2x6 uni,t and everytime I ask anyone where to get it I end up finding blanket material. I am lookiing for more of a ridgid board. Any ideas where I...

I am looking on running a main line of 5/16 tubbing with between 20-30 taps per main line. Question is should I run a main line wire to prevent saging or just run the line real tight? What gage...

I live in Canandaigua, NY and would be available to answer any question you might have via cell phone. Your questions can be answered in a very timely manor right hear also. Send me a PM I will...

1 -Find hillside to get gravity drain with more taps and less to reley on buying sap and GET RID OF THE BUCKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 -Install blower system for over and under air for combustion.
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Well I have not gotten any sap in 3 days and the extended forecast does not look good. Not a bad year all things considered. My tap count actually went down almost 60 taps but still managed to...

Hey welcome to the madness of maple sugaring, a great addition. I just sent you a pm. If there is anything I can help you with just ask.

Brian

I just purchased a candt maker and I bought some new molds. I was talking to a sugar maker who has over 30 years making candy and he told me to boil the molds for one hour with a cup of baking soda....

I draw off directly into a turkey pot with 2 paper filters inside a cone filter. I use cloths pins to hold the filters in place. I do do a small draw off into a small pot that I put Filter aid into...

I bought a 2x6 Leader drop flue that was manufactured in 1980 (from what I was told) pans are soldered and it had a few leaks and the arch needed to be re-tinned and there was a crack in the front...

I was always a believer that hard wood burns better. Then after two years at Verona and hearing from different more experienced sugar makers I tried the mixxing of hard and soft woods for each fire....

When I ran my 220 power lines to me sugar house I already had a ditch dug so I laid another pvc line for my cable TV. Have had the TV in the sugar house for 2 years now. I am the only one out there...

I use oven cleaner from the dollar store to clean my underside pans. It seems to work real good and very little scrubbing needed. The darker the pans are the longer I let the cleaner sit on the...

I do believe a yoke would work better but I still have to bend down for each bucket and that alone takes a toll on the old body.

I have 146 buckets. and a total of 210 taps.

I was always told...

I have been using 5 gal frosting buckets placed on the ground with tubing run thru the tops from the taps. After my last few days of a good sap run and no help (helper is on spring break) I am...

I have the very same situation with my thermostat. I set the stat to boiling water and still did not have syrup when the temp read 7 above boiling. I have always checked my syrup with my hydrometer...

During the really cold weather I place a single halogen light inside the fire box. It is hot enough to keep both pans from freezing. I also use another light to shine on my piping from my tanks to...