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been there done that. Never seen a evaporator run until I got my own 2 by 6. Very steep learning curve helped by all the people here at maple Trader. I tried mine out with water all fall and...

been looking at catalogs for releasers. No one has prices and I really hate that. What would be a reasonable price for a releaser that would do 400 taps on a almost flat land.

I run a little less than 400 taps. One year I kept track of how many hours I spent on sugaring including travel and wood chopping. When it was all done and said it was less than 3 dollars an hour I...

I think some people run their pans so low that any amount of foam will change the amount of syrup hitting the thermometer and they are afraid to burn their pans

I've done the same with my 2x6 Don't need to and nature makes the vinegar. Also make sure your SAP level is a little bit above the line that the SAP boiled at

I think I'm going with the hooks they look a lot nicer.

I put up my 3/4 inch main line 3 years ago. Seem like every year I have to tighten it. Now I have no more room to tighten. I plan on putting a come along to hold the tubing and make some changes. ...

No critter but when it got cool I closed up and it stopped. Another hour and I will shut down. We will see about clean up tomorrow

It might be the wind. I have everything open. I would rather deal with the fly's than the heat

Hope so. It 65 degree out wondering if that has something to do with it

I am boiling right now. My front pan is making a bump sound and jumping once or twice a minute. What is it and how do I fix it

I did that. It works to keep rain off but depending in the amount of steam and how cold it is you may get condensation drips

You will never hear any thing bad about Patrick's work. It's top notch. Patrick is a vary nice man. There was a time that he was real late delivering but he is just late. It will be worth the wait

Can I use a refractometer to tell if I have syrup when it's hot? If I pull off a little heavy can I use the same refracttometer to tell me how much at room tempature?

Sounds like by bush. I have the tanks in the middle and I dug a pit to put the collection tank in. I also tap high in the last trees on my lateral

Tapped Monday and Tuesday. About 250 in the main woods Got 200 gallons yesterday and will have that much to day Will start the fires for the first time later today

Been a long time since I used a 2 by 2 but I do remember some years running close to 80 gallons before I got syrup. I depends on how much sugar your sap has and how hot your fire how much time...

I have a propane burner on low with a deep restaurant pan with water on it. On that pan is another restaurant pan with a SS grate pan. I put flat filter down then pre-filters. When I'm done for the...

Boiled bird ****. And I suppose you never found a bug in your sap. Some one once said they found a mouse and others talked about how people used to pee in road side buckets.

So all you people that don't have a Michigan "safe food kitchen" which according to the state have 3 sinks half the size of your evaporator send your contacts to me. I will sell them syrup. And all...

So what is the exemption?

E. Michigan Maple Syrup and Honey Licensing Exemptions


Under the Michigan Food Law, honey or maple syrup retail outlets and processing facilities operated by the producer are exempt from...

E. Michigan Maple Syrup and Honey Licensing Exemptions


Under the Michigan Food Law, honey or maple syrup retail outlets and processing facilities operated by the producer are exempt from...

Read E under the law Honey and maple syrup are exempt from both license and cottage foods. Wish I could post a link but I googles Michigan cottage food law and got the new info.

I looked into that and it was expensive. I just bought a silicone plug on a handle. When I want I plug empty the front pan and clean it