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Good deal. The weather certainly does look promising for 2 weeks depending on location.

Not knowing the details about your setup it sounds like you do not have an RO. If that is the case, I wouldn't invest the money in an auto draw. Boiling raw sap really never gets that fare away...

I see the GPT mentioned a lot so I'm going to ask the question. Are you all putting flow meters on your releasers? Guess that leads into the next questions what is everyone using for flow meters on...

I agree it's still well worth it.

I was always told the evaporation rate went down slightly with higher concentrate. Reason being it takes high temp to boil and there is less water to remove. Probably only a small difference though.

I think for the most part all the big companies are a 1/2'' undersized on the pan size. Example my 5-foot wide (CDL) evap the pans are 59.5'' wide.

Quick answer given you question is either will work. I tend to side with the 55 gallon barrel idea from littletapper though.

Are you storing it for rinsing at the end of a concentration cycle or looking to store it for a long time?

Probably this advice changes based on every sugarbush, flows, pressures, minerals, ect. They should be fine. Do a rinse cycle/wash cycle/rinse cycle then try a concentration cycle and test the...

a lot of them are ACME thread.

For something that size I would recommend a 55-gallon plastic barrel. Build an elevated platform so you can fill 5 gallons buckets from a valve on the bottom and use it wherever you want. Don't...

I heard some of them replace the spout and I've heard of others that replace everything. It really comes down to what works best for you. That is a lot of extra potential leak spots to me.

That is good information.

I agree. Sometimes if the sap it reallyclean mid-season sap I'll use the pre-filters for a second run but all season is a bad ideal. you can play around with it but best practice is new every use.

Brian is spot on I've done it for years with no issues. There is no way I would reheat a partial drum just to add to it (there is a partial drum every boil) and reheating cuts profits pretty fast. ...

Depends on your budget and what you are trying to accomplish I'd say. It's a lot of money for 500 taps, but I'd look at the CDL high vacuum sap lifter. The traditional sap lifters are huge air leak...

Call your state ag office and let me know. The maple industry will likely go the same way as the dairy industry at some point allow this type of think but I'd like to think it won't happen.

I don't know if I would ever use anything other than the spin seal again. Takes a little more time up front but has the most superior seal and is very durable.

Given the situation you have described. I would say (this is just a recommendation do whatever you would like with your money) go with the eclectic valve to feed the flue pan, and a regular float bow...

I guess to answer the original question I need more information on what you are looking for (are you getting a 3x10 evap or a 6x16, what level do you concentrate to, raiser flue to drop flue, are...

rumor has it the prices are $2.30 and $2.20 with a 20-cent organic premium.

I didn't even bother with it this year. It's getting kinda like the logging expo and farmers show where every year they tend to get cheaper and cheaper with what they are doing. I'll probably need...

Couple things come to mind. Make a Brix reader that can modulate a valve for less than 7K
Make a pneumatic bottler that I don't need to trade in my truck to afford.
PH balancing RO Auto Wash...

You can get continuous draw from smaller evaporators like a 2x8 (a pencil stream or smaller usually) depending on pan depth and other things like fuel type/ RO consentration level/ect/ect. The issue...

I doubt it will help much with niter build up. It is better to have a consistent draw the entire time of the boiler for many reasons but in your set up I doubt that will lead to less niter. Don't...