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Awsome description. Thanks. Just what I was looking for. Guess I'll have to get hot water in the shanty next! Have you tried this mid season or too much risk of residue tainting syrup?

Now that I'm finally indoors, I need to learn this process.
1) After final draw of season, do you use permeate/vinegar solution to flush out pans while still warm/hot? Or let rig cool, drain, rinse...

I just built a similar prototype. SS pot for vacuum chamber, 5 gal bucket lid fits perfect over SS pot to get seal (a lot easier to drill than bottom of a SS pot!) & cut bottom out of 5 gal bucket as...

been a bit busy this year so far & just catching up on posts. yeah!!! But I stock pile snow as well all winter. I have two 330 gal totes buried in snow bank. They're just starting to to become 10%...

Well been watching forcast too as well your posts. just finished washing an extra 50 buckets (250 for this year). thats gonna push the limits of me n the machine only gettin 40 gal/hr out of it for...

Now I do have the elevation. 1800' in southern Erie county. I to missed 1st run last year, and in panic mood rushed to get my 200 buckets out and only ended up with 25 gal. Not sure why my yield was...

I'm holding out even though I missed 1st run last year. I'm struggling with not putting them out but just heard this morning the warm up is gonnybe short lived. February suppose to be below average....

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here is a sketch of my evaporator I built for 2015. I'm planning on cuttin the rig between the continuous flow pans and stretching it 4' to insert a 2x4 flu'd pan (raised??? or dropped????)....

does one perform better than the other (gph)? Is one easier to run than the other. As far as physics go Im leaning toward dropped. puttin the flu's in the heat appears to be a better option than...

Sorry. The pans are not warping, the arch itself is. The top angle iron was not protected enough from the heat and would bend upward in the middle causing the fluid not to be a uniform depth...

I built my arch from scrap to support a pair of 2x4 continuous flow pans. managed 25 gph out of it on its debut last season with only one real problem, the heat caused it to "arch" over an inch once...

Three day wknd paid off! Got all buckets n lids washed (they came fresh from food factory with left overs in em), got all 200 in woods with assistance of my 4x4 tractor with 60" blower (only broke 1...

Thanks for all the input. Now its time to test the rig out. Gonna give it a water test run saturday. Sheet metal still had some paint on it, so wanna burn that off and get a feel for it before I put...

I just built my first arch, in fact gonna give it a water test run sat. I welded all thread near ends of rebar in a "T" , notched brick n drilled holes in sides of arch for all thread and put nuts...

Well got the first 80 taps in today, will finish 120 saturday. WOW a@$hole deep in snow. Now I got 36" inseam I cant imagine how the vertically challenged are doin in the woods. Still got plenty to...

Well thanks for your input. Ed's idea to not cut tank exactly in half is great. BUT i've hit a rather large snag, the tank was underground and after 40 years underground i was shocked how well the...

I have a steel tank 45" dia x 50" long. I have 2 pans 24" x 48" with 3 divider runnin length wise and can be piped together. my options are:
1) cut top of tank and use 1 pan? Why or why not?...

I'm really new at boiling sap, but I too have been brought up with wood stoves including building 2 boilers. I was taught crimped end up so heat and flames can't escape out seams. yes creasode can...