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Pyro
I use him all the time and several other friends have used him to make any size or style. He's a great guy

BSD
I have had Tom Betlan make several pans etc. They are located in Newtown and company name is Betlan Hoods. They are a great bunch of guys and specialize in Commerical / Residential kitchen...

Boiling today in Bethel, after digging out with the quad /plow. Nice to have.

Update from Bethel
We tapped our trees 1/13/17 this year earliest I've ever done. So far finished about 5 gallons and have had on and off sap flow days. We collected approx 300 gallons over the...

just collected 50 gallons and probably another 50 by Wed

I went around last night to check on our buckets. Removed some ice blocks from the ones that were somewhat full. I collected almost 60 gallons tonight. I had to clean my pan as well from all the...

Sounds good, I heard about it but did not know if it worked as good. Phosphoric acid is phosphoric acid!
Thanks

Does anyone know a closer retailer that sells Leader Pan cleaner? We live in Bethel CT. Normans and Bascoms are 2 hrs away and wont ship the cleaner UPS. I boiled 9 times so far this year and noticed...

I'm going to start later today here in Bethel. My worry is that the weather is going to jump into the 50's before we know it. The past 2 years we tapped early and this will be the first time we...

we have been boiling everyday and filled to the brim as well..we are exhausted as the snow and mud make it hard to collect and the quad seems to struggle in 6 in mud bogs....after a day of a...

Bethel sap was flowing great yesterday as well, today is going to be a different story. Ok it will give us time to catch up.

Valleyman
The yellow sap I found is right after rain and is from the water running down the bark and follows the tap into the bucket. Thats my thought. I toss any buckets that look questionable...

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We got overflow today ....finally some sap to boil again..
Good luck everyone

Collected another 50 gallon tonight for the second boil of 2011 tomorrow. First batch came out nice. Guess with the quick warm spell we all expected to get buried with sap.

Curious whats on the end of your drill. Bucket brush you made or something you bought. Good idea, I bet it saves alot of time!

The weather is crazy today! Temps in Bethel are above 60 and all our taps are dripping really SLOW if any at all.

Anyone else having a slow go at it?

I will give it a try with a diiferent blower. What about the flue temp? If we read 550 at the flue, inside the firebox I would assume its around 600 or more. Is there a magical number that we should...

I introduced air under this year to my evaporator and I started boiling last night. Trial and error with the air.

1. Flue temp?
2. Installed a reo-stat to adjust air in but it appears to choke...

Littlesap,
Small world! We live on Codfish right around the corner from you. We are ready to go and looks like I will be collecting tonight after work. Buckets where half full last night. Sounds...

Littlesap,
I live in Bethel and have been sugaring for 6 years. What a struggle getting around this year even with a snowmobile. I tapped on Sunday and finished the majority yesterday after work. We...

GaryR,
Thanks, I will be tapping tomorrow and will install the pipe for this season. Hopefully it holds up. Always work on new items days before the crazyness starts. Don't think I'm the only one.

Brandon,
New to the site and sugar from CT. I'm trying to install air over this year with black pipe manafold. During your research is it nessary to enclose the manifold? Or was it to keep the fire...