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    Thank you for your expertise WMF! I did what you...

    Thank you for your expertise WMF!
    I did what you said and it went exactly like you said.
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    Thank you WMF!! I was crapping tacks over here! ...

    Thank you WMF!!
    I was crapping tacks over here!
    I will check it out tomorrow and post back!
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    Trouble with a sihi 3408

    I really hate asking this!!
    Left after maple season last year to do birch several hours away. Forgot to drain the sihi vac pump for several weeks after. I did drain it and filled with glycol. Never...
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    Whats the signal that they're dead? Bark, buds or...

    Whats the signal that they're dead? Bark, buds or whats going on?
  5. Thread: 2019

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    Going to be an interesting year no doubt. I...

    Going to be an interesting year no doubt. I started running some snowshoe trails yesterday and found another line with a large tree or branch on it, have about a day of repairs. should be a good time...
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    I had straight white vinegar in the bottom of my...

    I had straight white vinegar in the bottom of my pans for several days. It did almost nothing to the scale or the 4" diameter carbon spot in my syrup pan.
    I found oakite 84m/citric acid at fleet...
  7. Thread: Tap placement

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    Sapwood should be plenty thick at a 15 year cycle.

    Sapwood should be plenty thick at a 15 year cycle.
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    Shouldn't use well water, especially if it has...

    Shouldn't use well water, especially if it has high iron content. if you have to then go ahead with it. I have no choice really, so I do it only for the first rinse. I ordered citric acid to...
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    Definitely does not look like Italian maple. Try...

    Definitely does not look like Italian maple. Try looking up field maple. Not sure it they're actually a maple though, if memory serves me right I think field maple is in the soapberry family.
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    Threres no doubt there will be some frost cracking

    Threres no doubt there will be some frost cracking
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    You may not have to heat if you fashion up some...

    You may not have to heat if you fashion up some line drains. No sense in heating something that will never operate below freezing.
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    I kind of have the same problem. Ours is closer...

    I kind of have the same problem. Ours is closer (100 feet or so) and its an electrical extractor. We can heat it but what we do for the incoming lines to releaser is shut them, turn vac off then wait...
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    Flue pan filter?

    I had a visitor at the shack a week ago and he made a comment about our syrup. He picked up a bottle of mine and said "this is dark compared to the guy behind you who boils fairly primitively". While...
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    Top of stack needs to be 2' above any part of the...

    Top of stack needs to be 2' above any part of the roof thats within 10' of the stack. So if the peak of the roof is less than ten feet away you must be 2' above it.
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    I also use straight vinegar. Im in process of...

    I also use straight vinegar. Im in process of plumbing to do exactly what Maple Flats does. For now I just use the spray bottle and target the scummy areas, every 10 minutes or so i will spray again....
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    Yes, several gallon moisture trap. I can't...

    Yes, several gallon moisture trap. I can't believe i didn't think of this sooner.
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    Priming Sand Point

    Hey guys,

    Im pretty excited tonight, thought of a permanent fix to my sandpoint troubles. My sandpoint is outside of course right next to the shack, I need it for RO startup at very least, then...
  18. Thread: Bush boots?

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    My feet never get tired in my Setters, Thats all...

    My feet never get tired in my Setters, Thats all I can say.
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    Maple flats, the thread about the frost where Dr....

    Maple flats, the thread about the frost where Dr. Perkins mentioned the trees would not be able to recharge is where I started questioning things. It likely boils down to most were locked in the...
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    Bill, there's a lot of words in there for a...

    Bill, there's a lot of words in there for a laymen!
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    Toomanyirons.. As soon as some sap comes out of...

    Toomanyirons..
    As soon as some sap comes out of that hole aerobic bacteria have food to grow and thrive. The activity of bacteria would be very low during the cold part of the winter, which is why...
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    Dr. Perkins was talking about frost on another...

    Dr. Perkins was talking about frost on another thread that a fellow Minnesotan had started. That was my original thought behind our lower than expected yield. These last three years excavators were...
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    About 1 3/4". Did that with bags also

    About 1 3/4". Did that with bags also
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    Too many irons.. Others may weight in but it's...

    Too many irons..
    Others may weight in but it's not necessarily the Tre healing but the bacteria plugging the holes. I've had it happen when we tap too soon, like more than six weeks before prime...
  25. Thread: 2018

    by MN Jake
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    Sunday was the last day for us. Drained flue pan...

    Sunday was the last day for us. Drained flue pan and filled with permeate and finished it all in the front. Got 12 gallons out of that. Record year for us at 140 gallons and happy about it but never...
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