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So last year I bought a second hand Bernard double releaser, it was what I thought was in good shape. After a lot of repairs, cleaning, lubrication(Food grade grease) and tightening screws, it seemed...

Just getting started here in Exeter. Cutting blowdowns out of the way, fixing broken wire and rehanging mains. We'll also be adding a new pump house, SS tank, releasor and vacuum pump to an existing...

Thanks Platt!!! Good luck this year!! Well we had 2500, but we had to shutdown one woods due to wood harvesting and an construction of an irrigation pond. Moving forward, we're in the process of...

Platt,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I was to run the pipe down to my draw off end I would be having less concentrated sap entering my syrup pan float box. My sap inlet and sap outlet are at...

Hi all,

So I've been using a 3'x8' raised flue pan for ten years now, and tonight, it came to my attention, that I've been running this Ole Gal probably wrong. I believe, I need to install the box...

I have a De Laval 76 and a Surge Alamo 75, both have 3 HP motors, reclaimer and filters. The 76 is 34 CFM at 1250 RPM, but I have no idea what the 75 has for CFM at 1250 RPM. Which is the better...

JD,

Follow link below, this is probably the cheapest way, but doing a test on one tap isn't really going to prove much. Tie all your taps into one main, and then tie your main into the suction...

Had a great turnout for Maple Sunday, just wished we could have keep the evaporator running constantly. As of Sunday morning we hadn't even sweetened the pans yet. We would fire it up and shut it...

Hi all,

I'm in the same boat as Butler, my water is treated with a water softener, so there shouldn't be any iron or manganese. Maybe some minute minerals, but not enough to cause me problems....

Hi all,

I have a 700 tap sugarbush downhill from the sugarhouse about 3/8 of a mile. I would some day, like be able to bring the sap from there, to the sugarhouse using vacuum. I'm guesstimating a...

We'll be starting tomorrow. "Note to self, you're already standing on four feet of snow. Don't tap to high!!!":o

Revi,

I've always enjoyed reading your posts, and for the first time, putting a face to your name at Maple Mania. I'm sorry to here you will be moving on, away from the business, but I can also...

2,500 gallons boiled down to date. We bottled 20 gallons of delicate, with another 25 gallons to bottle today. So far so good!! Hopefully we'll see a run today, I just hooked up a new Guzzler down...

First boil was Feb. 5th with 300 gals., second boil Feb. 14th with 500 gals., third boil Feb.21st with 1,000 gals., all was running 2%. We bottled night before last for a grand total of 19 gals + one...

We started on Jan. 29th and finished yesterday. We had our first boil on Feb. 7th, with 800 gals to boil off. As we all know the last two weeks haven't been ideal, but after Friday and yesterday,...

Hi folks,

I need a few suggestions on this head scratcher. The attached image shows one of our sugar-bushes. The field on the left has positive pitch straight to the road, no problem. Now the...

Hey Revi,

I was hesitant at first, but we did it. 1,088 taps in and still going. Tonight we will have the first boil of 2016 with just over 950 gallons.

Small guy in the next town over,...

bfouts,

I've been using one now for two years and love it. The only tool I use now is my drop line tool, everything else in done with the Hot End. I also think it helps in the reduction of...

Sweet, nice job!!

Hi folks,

Had a surprise yesterday. I was at work when WABI TV called and wanted to do an interview with me :o, so I decided to share it. Follow the link below.


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75% complete here. I agree it seems early, but after the last couple of years I'll take an early run. This winter has been on such a roller coaster, I have to believe the track will continue. A...

Sportfreak15,

Check out the link below, start at page 37 for the 102CRD and then page 42, shows the dimensions for the combustion chamber. I spoke with a gentleman who worked with Leader...

Hey Maple Ridge,

Don't forget F.W. Webb carries Maple supplies from CDL now. We can have items brought in to any Webb branch in Maine in just a few days, we can even deliver if the order is large...

Sorry Folks guess the pic isn't going to open.

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Hi folks,

I'm going to post with a similar question here on this thread. The attached photo shows one of our sugarbushes which contains 545 taps with the potential of several hundred...