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I agree with Dave about technique too, I've noticed a huge difference in evaporation rate if someone else adds the wood and they aren't particular about how the wood goes in, evaporation rate can...

On my home built 2x6 I'm using this blower. Got it off amazonDayton 1TDT6 PSC Blower, 2 Speed, 115V Works pretty good for us.

All of my spouts are stainless steel and I clip them off the drop at the beginning of the season when i am tapping and rotate in a sterilized spout. I am about to replace laterals and was wondering...

For those interested the company that Mavitec mentioned is erabec.ca. My french isn't that good, but they do offer a system that you can monitor with a smartphone when you are in range of the...

Just south of Carthage, near Deer River. I'll be there for a week, so i plan on surveying the facebook marketplace and what's for sale since there isn't much of that down here.

I appreciate the offer! In two weeks i'll be up in NY, to visit my wife's family, and of course to see the eclipse. They live right on the path of totality. Anyway, i've done some searching and I...

That sounds amazing...on our farm the trees are pretty spread out, and the amount of tubing I run is high compared to my tap count. But i love it, so i do it. I know Buck Barb in Mathias, WV has a...

I guess 8 hours round trip is better than 9 hours one way, lol. I just figured there had to be some supplier maybe non-maple where i could get this dicalite DE. Nothing on the bag says anything...

This only pertains to the 2024 season in that after this season i'll need to purchase more DE for my filter press. Where do you get it in WV? or does everyone make the pilgrimage to the temple in VT...

. Depends on the volume of air you put in, I've seen it work ok with out air tight doors, it would be worth experimenting with. Small fan with some aluminum duct to the draft door might work.

A good rule of thumb is the stack should be 2x the length of your arch, that's out of your control for this season, it has a lot to do with draft. Since you can't increase your stack height, maybe...

I could have probably tapped a little earlier, but the first run i collected was on Feb 5th, and the last was March 3rd. I collected 2700gal of sap averaged 1.63% , the math projects it to be 49.23...

I just started using a 1/2" elbow with some food grade tubing to make a "L" shaped plug to block off my float box so i can drain it between boils. Doesn't matter that its hollow because one end goes...

I run a smoky lake hybrid drop flue 2x4 with a sunrise evaporator 2x2 syrup pan. I got the pans used, I it was an older SL pan, I had a local metal shop weld in two dividers in the section of the...

There are a Lot of 3 for sale on ebay, but they are local pickup only in Chambersburg PA. I am considering buying all three and then trying to sell 2, I doubt i would use more than 1. but the price...

So far so good, my sap has been a steady 1.5, but we have had a steady flow. Looks like we will have a few more days like it. Glad to hear your season is going well...One day i'll have to get over...

I think I might be shopping for two codline vessels after the season is over. I have two composite vessels I could use but they are for 2.5x40 membranes, which are just as expensive as the 4" ones.

Well I think I finally diagnosed the issue. Upon close inspection it looks like the lip of one of my end caps is cracked. I replumbed the RO to use a single membrane excluding that cap and voila! It...

I might have seen the video you're talking about, lower pressure higher volume. I think with any setup that doesn't use a high pressure pump you'd likely need to recirculate your concentrate back...

I elected not to hang any buckets this year (130 or so) and only use the tubing, i have 146 with more to add on 23" of vacuum. I've been getting about 200-250 gallons(1.5%) a day for the last 3...

I have two 40" stainless steel 4040 membrane housings and just dropped two new membranes in after cleaning. I build pressure to about 100 psi and then it drops. checked the o-rings on the permeate...

over 600 feet 10 feet of drop...2% slope is 2 foot drop every 100 feet, if you use a ladder at the highest portion of your bush and tap high you might be able to get it. My sugar bush is very flat...

collected 325 gallons tonight, it was still running hard at dark....not projected to drop below freezing so i'm just going to let vacuum pump roll....boil tomorrow, sweet!

I don't get above freezing until after 9am and don't run until 10:30...then I get all sorts of ice in my releaser. Starts to run well by 1 then closes up shop around 530. Not much of a day but it...

Tapped today in Hardy county, it was running like crazy ran just enough to flush out my lines and then had some technical difficulties with my mechanical releaser, which lead to too much sap in my...