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The only way you'll get it to work properly and trust me I've tried many different ways it to put a large arrow on the inside of the pipe pointing down.

Just filled the canner again tonight. Had to make an abrupt stop last night once I lit the evap and pulled off a few gallons. Tremendous abdominal pain and burning sensation in lower back. Lasted...

Still going, thought I was going to shut the pump off today but still getting sap so she's not getting a break yet.

See what happens in the next few days.
Syrup has lightned up big time.

You...

1.2 % and you stopped. Best sap I had all season was 1.3. I was down to OUI sap (DUI / DWI to some people) last week.

I would have bought it all from you.

If you run your RO properly you won't lose any sugar when switching from concentrating to rinse mode. You have to flush the membrane with permeate when you run out of sap and send that to the sap...

Brent-

The bypass valve is a two way valve and a second route that concentrate can take on its path through the machine. So when concentrating you have it closed and all the concentrate flow has...

The best way to test is to smell the steam, if it smells sour, your probably in the Mersh. Now if you got the berries to try some take a sip. At the end of the sip it will be like putting your...

I don't know what your RO is like but you should have a "bypass" valve and that should be open when you are washing as well as your concentrate valve and your high pressure valve. Everything wide...

Sounds like you went a bit too far. I just made some this weekend and it got somewhat think like a heavy frosting after setting up. But opened up a tub this morning to have on toast and it was just...

Mark-

You still got your pump running? I pulled in over 3000 gallons of sap in last 24 hours. It was running the best or nearly the best as it did all season. Looks like I was making DA...

Should have been 22-24+ boiling point of water.

Mike-

When I was at Theron's in early Feb we hooked up his new RO with two 8" NF270's and he like a hawk watched the permeate. Just about wore a trench in his concrete slab from the ro, to the...

Jerry-

When you gonna take a road trip down this way?

Mike -

I've gone up to 14% only because I haven't had enough sap to go much higher and still have 200 gallons so I can boil for an hour or so.

When you start with 1% you don't have much to...

I think you'll find the soap does not actually "activate" until somewhere around 105-110F, so you need to get to that point to do much of anything.

Yeah, I use the regular soap from Lapierre, it is 10-11 ph.

I have / had a ph meter. Lent it out and still have yet to get it back.

I don't use a ton of soap, maybe a shot glass full in 15...

Figures oh well.

If you guys end up with vacuum you'll see the trees run every night that it doesn't freeze.

Boiled in some really nice cloudy .08 % sap. Who is hardcore? You have to wannnnt it!! Thanks for the...

I've been in constant radio contact with Mansfield and still up and running. Getting good runs and still filling barrels.

I've been having great results washing mine this year as follows:

Rinse machine after concentrating to get sugar out
recirculate wash tank till 43 C
Let is soak all night
next morning bring...

Lots of sap but where's the sugar?

Best has been 1.3, typically 1.0 on the money everyday. Thank god for my RO.

Trucked in 14,000+ gallons so far, tress still running well. Shooting for...

Alexa has been home for a bit over a week now and it's great. Way better than going to the hospital every night. She's doing great and just feeding and growing. Best christmas present I could have...

Alexa is doing very very well. They had a c-pap(nasal air) on her for only 12 hours after she was born and then didn't need it. Tuesday night they took out the IV, yesterday they took out her Pick...

Well I guess she was sick and tired of being in mom, so we went into the hospital late sunday night after my wife's water broke here at the house. Up all night and she delivered our first baby...

Not sure if I have to go into the sugar inn, and re-introduce myself?

Been pretty busy. Got another 10 weeks or so before the sap hauler shows up. Still "under construction".