Phosphoric helped some, but I just got done trying the roloc bristle disks: those are amazing. I brought my pan home because my compressor at my wood lot only puts out 1/2 what the home one does. I...
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Phosphoric helped some, but I just got done trying the roloc bristle disks: those are amazing. I brought my pan home because my compressor at my wood lot only puts out 1/2 what the home one does. I...
So 2 weeks ago I collected 480 gal of sap, but after RO’ing to about 45 gal, float box stuck while boiling and I had run inside to make the kids some breakfast; burned my pan. Seriously burned it. ...
Thanks DrTimPerkins, I was afraid of iron in the wheels, didn’t think they had any, but that’s why we ask questions. I just came back from the garage and thought I found the greatest scraper ever in...
So far I’ve used hot vinegar and a lot of scrapping with hard plastic pan scrappers and a pressure washer (3200 psi?). That got off all the chunks. I need to study it a bit more, but now I have some...
Can you use polycarbide abrasive wheels (the ones that look like black solid sponges) to clean severely burned pans? 1st boil of the season, apparently I put the float in backwards in the float box....
Tapped another 81 today putting me at 190. I think I’ll put in another run next weekend to get to 200. Problem now is it’s too warm. I’m worried sap will be bad by next weekend. It was running...
I use only 3/16 running to 55 gal drums. I can only check my place on weekends, so when good runs occurred, I had some overflowing drums. The obvious solutions seems to be to add a 2nd drum...
I've never used IPA, however, here's a hypothetical: Can I use IPA to clean my lines of water/dark spots? It's all in the use. In a past life, I purchased biocides for a major company that...
Tapped 109 today, about 2/3 of my current total; but I'm hoping to add a few. It was barely moving in a few trees, but not much.
Finished replacing taps today in the rain. Added a few, up to 155. May add another run, we’ll see.
I’m holding off a bit hoping for a cold spell; but may end up regretting it. I’m heading out this weekend to inventory and start replacing drops.
I hadn’t looked at weather, I could get another run in this week. Not sure I’m still up for it. I’m down at my land this weekend, but was here to clean up and start flushing my lines. I pulled my...
Thanks Valmere, I'll be trying those out next year. Perfect timing, I almost completely depleted my current bottle supply. Andrew, what size bottle are you using? I'm using 8 oz. I was planning...
Valmere Farms, good luck on your season up north, we're done down here in the south. If you don't mind sharing, where do you get your printed bottles?
Andrew, I'm using a 3/4 hp multi-stage booster pump to push it through my prefilter, then it's going into either a 1 1/2 or 2 hp multistage high pressure pump. I think the booster puts out about...
Most of my barrels were overflowing, I probably could have had a lot more if I had more catch capacity. Of course, my poor runs have 15-18” vacuum, while my good ones are in the high 20 in’s of...
I'm pretty new with my press, but one tip for small volumes and keeping the press warm: put a propane heater next to it. I started without it today and thought I clogged the filters after only a few...
Record run for me. Started w/almost 600 gal. Knocked it down to about 30-40 gal of 13% with my RO. Ended with a bit over 8 gal. Unfortunately, that's probably it down here in the southern part of...
I’m overflowing with sap. Must be 400-500 gal. Most of my barrels were running over.
I had almost no run through yesterday, so I let it run overnight and collected in the rain this morning. That wasn't really fun. Ended with about 2 gal of syrup. I did take the free day that Sat....
I carry a plug kit in my truck; but the tear was over an inch long, no plugging that. I could hear whatever punctured it rolling around inside it. Luckily the tube came in and they got it installed...
I'll be almost out of action without my ATV. I don't know if I can get my tractor to any of my barrels. I can add building roads to my summer to do list. Apparently my tire size is really odd...
Andrew, I checked a few lines late Sat afternoon and they were flowing; can't really say how much. I managed to puncture a tire on my 4 wheeler so I didn't make the rounds like I wanted to on Sunday...
My new pump worked like a charm, so filtering was much easier this weekend. Ended with 3.75 gal. of syrup; better then I thought I'd get.
Here’s my main sap hauler. 15 gal on front, 35 gal on back. I also have a poly trailer and a 55 gal tank, but no trailer is much more maneuverable since I don’t really have trails to most of my...