Since when does syrup packed hot and at the proper density go bad? I just sold 40 gallons of 5 year old syrup packed in 5 gallon blue plastic containers that tasted fine. The only thing I have found...
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Since when does syrup packed hot and at the proper density go bad? I just sold 40 gallons of 5 year old syrup packed in 5 gallon blue plastic containers that tasted fine. The only thing I have found...
I suspect this person is drilling too large a hole and is driving the spout in too far.If I cut the spout I would have a hard time getting it to seal in the tree. My spouts don't go in a half inch.
I was looking at purchasing a new 600 RO last May. I talked to a producer friend who said he was signing up to be a dealer for H20 innovations. He had a very good price. He told me to call up to the...
I use speedy dry from the auto parts store. I have had it under my raised flue pan for 4 seasons and it works fine. I don't know what vermiculite costs but speedy dry is reasonably cheap and light...
there must be someone locally that has a dryer you could have run it through....
Jack
I use a flat type canner with a wire rack. I put the fiber filter in the bottom then maybe 8 to ten prefilter papers. I wet them before they go in.I keep the cover on between draws. Usually don't...
My parallel flow preheater did not have a vent when I got it. I added one at the highest point on the discharge pipe. I connected clear tubing to it and ran it up the wall 2 to 3 feet above the top...
The finisher could also be used for cooking and freezing sweet corn. As for the evaporator, how about running the pool water through it to preheat the pool when you open it up in the spring???? Just...
Dave,
I thought they had been stolen when I read the title. I am glad they were just camouflaged in the snow.Lots of exercise for you! Jack
Brent, how much noise does that Gast 1023 make?
MASSEY JACK
I would caution you about slowing it down. They are splash lubricated and if it goes too slow it will not throw enough oil up on the cylinder walls to lube the piston rings. I had one gum up with...
I can tell you it is not a 76 or 78. I had a couple 78's and you can't even pick them up they are plenty big and heavy. (lot bigger than 8 inches)
Jack
The best time to kill woody plants is in the fall when the nutrients are going down to the roots. Spring time kill is very difficult as the sap is coming up not down. The people who maintain power...
I put a couple tees on the highest pipe exiting my preheater hood. I installed a temp gauge in one so I could see how much preheat I was getting and used this to set my damper in the hood. The other...
Had a customer at work that mowed hilly pastures in so. vt with a farmall C with narrow front. We made a weight bracket for the front end and installed 500lbs of suitcase wts on front.Rops is a great...
Anyone have an original electric motor from a sp22? 1.5hp single phase 1725 rpm. Someone must have one left over from a gas engine conversion. Jack 518-573-9805.
As I understand it, the tapered stack that does not leak is meant for smoke stacks. I like the idea of no leaks with that style. But.... 2 things come to my mind.1) Like someone else said,you have to...
I have used good coarse speedy dry (oil absorbent clay)from the auto parts store. It is clay and will not burn. It still looks like speedy dry except it has a little black ash on top. The rear slope...
Dr. Tim, this seems like a good place to ask about black birch. I have quite a bit of it on my property. When I cut them in the winter the stumps run sap in the spring and get a bright pink mold on...
Thanks guys, wish I had read these last few replies last night. I just went and bought the 500 gallon Zero tank today.
Relax....I ran into the same problem several years ago. Sap smelled very much like plastic. It went away with the boiling. Did not smell it in the steam or taste it in the syrup. Talked to several...
I have a bender releaser that I bought from Maplecrest. I was able to buy all new gaskets for it from a place in Vernon NY near the Maple conference. It used to have brass check valves with it. They...
Thanks for all the replies. I know that Maplecrest had a vac tank implode one night when it froze up before he got down to it to shut it down. The tank I am looking at was used as a dairy vac system...
Does anyone have experience with 20 to 22" of vacuum in a Zero vac bulk tank? Will they take it or will they collapse?
I agree that pruning should be done after sugaring.But, I would rather thin a woods when the ground and the trees are frozen if you are using any kind of machinery. Root damage,rutting,and ground...