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Hey everyone,

Wondering what you all do to finish off the season with the remaining sap and sweet in the pans. Do you draw it all off and finish on something else ? Looking for something easier...

I can debunk that myth, I drained my pans before this freeze up into seperate containers, the sweet pan bucket froze about 4 inches on top and so has the back pan content. I'm not having a great...

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I need some help dealing with frozen sap buckets. They are all pretty much frozen solid near the top with minimal liquid in them but the liquid is now starting to over flow out the buckets. I...

Hey Tom, what is the thickness of your wood ? Is it split to wrist size ? Is your draft door all the way open ? If your putting in whole logs without being split to the proper size they're going to...

Most all flue pans have drains, not sure how much of a pita the drops are tho.

I'm further north up here in NH. My season is not going so hot either. Collected 100 gallons of sap and I tapped right before valentines day. Have about another 40ish in the buckets to go collect. ...

I'm in SNH and having similar problems. I blame the dam trees for not producing lol. Seem to blame the trees every year but still holding on. I've got 115 in and all gravity I've collected around...

I've seen pictures of plenty of pop up shacks, from store purchased to pallet frame and a tarp. Don't forget if you go this route you will also have to make some kind of opening in the roof to let...

I really hope it's a very mild bleach solution around 20:1 and triple rinse after. Depending how big the opening is you can scrub it out manually with a new brush. I buy new brushes for my buckets...

100 tapped in Candia, running slow for me :( collected all of 75 gallons in 2 weeks. If anyone gets overloaded with sap I'll gladly come pick some up.

Not to sure but it's nothing crazy. My sugar house will be sitting on top of the hill and I'd say it might drop 10-15' either side over 50-75'

Looking at designing a vacuum system for next year. Thinking around 300 taps total maybe a little more or less not 100% at this moment. Will 3/4" main line be good enough ? Can the main line run up...

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I'm looking to put up a few lines of 5/16 tubing this weekend. Few questions off the top of my head, do you guys secure the line to near by trees ? Do y connections work for...

That's a pretty good rate right there sugarmaker. Would like to land something similar. I have 2 other properties I can tap the only problem is ones out of town and the other is a long hike into...

Hello everyone,

I am wondering how you all ask your townmates/neighbors to tap their trees. Do you offer them money or syrup to tap ? Do you not offer anything to them ? I've tried both with no...

The float boxes controls the flow sort of. They both can be adjusted on how much sap enters the pans and will automatically shut the plunger type valve off once at the proper level. Think of it like...

No you don't, you always move to the right or left of the old hole by at least an inch and always higher or lower than previously by a few inches. The old tap hole might run a very little bit but...

Wait till tomorrow, it'll change lol. The only job in the world you can consecutively get wrong day after day and still have a job at the end of the week !

Here's a run down of how my evaporator works as do all double pan setups. Raw sap travels from the head tank into the first float box. The float box controls how much sap is in the flue pan. From the...

Good point Haynes ! I'll be getting one here soon bascoms is backed up on shipping right now due to the season. I will be draining my pans come a hard freeze but the weather is looking pretty good...

Hey Mike,

I cut everything perfectly according to the manufacture but the gaps in board were still there. I guess I should have measured the evaporator myself and cut to those measurement. The...

I am wondering if a stack cover is really a necessity in short term. Got my stack up but haven't picked up a cover yet. I'm pretty sure the rain/snow that falls inside will evaporate from my next...

Welcome to the addiction Carter. That's a pretty sweet looking rig for just starting out. First thing I'd do is get off the propane, I'm sure that's costing you an arm and a leg to run. I...

I know the warm spell is over for now but depending on how big of an evap you're running you can always get all sap to a boil and sweeten your pans up, then let the colder weather keep it cool to get...

I've done something similar for my brother in-law. I used a glass coffee pot but I'm pretty small time. Worked pretty good but did take some time. Have yet to purchase a bottler/canner but I think...