I am making an auto draw off for the upcoming season and have a couple of ideas. This will be the first year with my son running the evaporator alone and he is autistic. He is more than capable of...
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I am making an auto draw off for the upcoming season and have a couple of ideas. This will be the first year with my son running the evaporator alone and he is autistic. He is more than capable of...
I am making an auto draw off for the upcoming season and have a couple of ideas. This will be the first year with my son running the evaporator alone and he is autistic. He is more than capable of...
Shortly after my 2018 season, I was hit by a car and suffered a TBI. I have almost 80 gallons of maple syrup that has fermented and would like to sell it as bear bait. I was going to make liquor out...
I tried to use map my tracks, but it shows my location about 150' off from where I should be. Does anyone else have this problem? Also is there a way to fix it?
We have 4 IBC tanks from a bakery in south Michigan. They held food, HF corn syrup. IBC totes are impossible to clean with the holes provide without special equipment. We cut a hole in the top of...
About 4-5 years ago our water line froze up at 3 am. I could not believe how fast the evaporator went through 110 of permeate water that I had on hand. Even with the fire removed we burnt the front...
We are in Petoskey about 35 miles south of the bridge. Our bush is on the north side of Gray hill with many south facing slopes. It does take them a couple of days to wake up so we are waiting for a...
Haynes; I found the same thing last year. My pump would not turn over so we pulled her apart and found what I think was sap sticking things together. Quick cleanup and running again with no problems.
We run a Massport Major rotary vane pump with a gas engine. When we went to pick it up it was completely sank in a pile of manure. The dairy farmer had to pull many times with his tractor and a...
That's a huge finisher Haynes Forest Products. My homemade unit will hold about 35-40 gallons filled to the top. So we will have to do two finishes to a 55 gallon drum. Our finisher is only 3 1/2'...
That was the reasoning for keeping the finish bulk tank downstairs. 4800 pounds of syrup plush the weight of the tank on the second floor is not an option over my head. With the right superstructure...
It is hard to control the fermentation. Maple syrup has so much sugar that the yeast gets out of control. if you flash freeze it when it is done you have a chance to kill the fermentation process. Or...
Hello Sugarmaker; Last year we produced 278 gallons of finish. It was our biggest year yet and we only boiled for 3 weeks. At this point we have nearly 2500 taps compared to 1800 last year, and are...
Thanks Haynes Forest products, but you may be assuming a lot! Finishing does not always mean bottling. If you sell in bulk the purchaser pays less if it is not finished and filtered. We use rolling...
We are installing a clean kitchen in the upstairs of our sugar house. I have a space set up next to the evaporator for the finisher thinking this is where it would go. Now as we are designing our...
We have been using tubing for over 8 years. The critters / tree rats can do a lot of damage to your tubing. In my opinion storms that are capable of bringing down large branches and trees must be...
It is 3 deg. here now and supposed to be 40 tomorrow, but the trees will not thaw here till Sat. I am not tapping as the overnight temps are going to be high also. Overnight temps in the low to mid...
We are in Petoskey and this weather is worrying me. It is 3 deg. here now and supposed to be 40 tomorrow. I am not tapping as the overnight temps are going to be high also. Overnight temps in the low...
Hey Mi Sugar Daddy where are you in northern Mich?
We bought our land almost 12 years ago. Started making maple syrup the first year with about 30 buckets. We didn't live there and hauled the sap in...
It weighs a little more than a two handed tubing tool, and is faster than a one handed tool by far. Ever try to use a two handed manual tool in the woods? One hand to hold the T and where do you get...
This was a prototype that I made 3 years ago. We have put this thing thru the wringer. I cannot post the maker of the rechargeable unit, so please do not ask. I have to say that I thought I would...
Sorry about leaving everyone hanging. Note to self stay away from lawyers. 1493814939
I will be posting pics and video as we go. And yes you can use it to put together drops. Last year we put together 250 drops, tap and t complete drops, with one battery.
We have been developing a tubing tool that would have a cutter, and insert the fittings:cool: via rechargeable battery. We have been working out the quirks and field testing it for two years. We are...
I have a few saddles, and valleys we are installing new mainline on. A few of the main lines end 75' away from one another. Would their be any advantage in connecting the two. I would not be able to...