Sono tubes,,, round cardboard tubes to pour concrete for piers and after concrete dry tear off cardboard.
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Sono tubes,,, round cardboard tubes to pour concrete for piers and after concrete dry tear off cardboard.
Pour concrete,,,, put rebar in. very cheap for what they do. I concrete may crack but not break apart
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There are so many people that don't make syrup quote 40 gals. to 1 as if it is carved in stone. And then give me that "deer caught in headlights look" when I say I'm cooking about 55-56 to one for...
NEVER use wire brushes or anything steel or iron on stainless steel. Stainless steel scrubbing pads or copper, brass. Steel, iron will cause stainless steel to rust, as some iron will enbed into...
Short stem ,, that's your issue. Get a longer stem to get the tip further away from the side of pam.
Stainless steel ,,, or an iron pan????? To polish it up, blue scotch-brite and then go to a janitor supply store and get the 'white' floor polishing pads to get the scratches polished down. You can...
I have a Smoky Lake 2X8 with 6' drop flue. I really like the drop flue. Boiling raw sap worked good except for some long nights. I've had about 300 taps with 200 on gravity tubing and rest on...
More smoke stack. At least 10' for more draft or even more. On mine I shut blower off when adding wood. 2'x8',,, with 16' plus the transmission box for a total of 20'+. Might even try laying some...
To me sounds like deer ran thru,, or moose or cow
I am in SE Missouri and make some syrup. Hope for 500 taps this season. As the the winters have gotten shorter,,,,, 40 yrs ago taped in March but now tap in January. The main problem is the warm...
BAP,,,,, Now i'm sure many people click that blue circle and that takes people to the news post and not back to the original post so they only seeing the last couple comments and if they got a little...
No,,, really didn't get all of the carbon off. Left a slight black tinge of carbon. Now I had made a power scrubber by tying,,,, sewing,,, green Scotch Brite pads to a limber piece of wood,,, about...
I had a guy bead blast,,,,, plastic beads. Done of a good job got most but not all. I've heard that soda,,, backing soda will take stainless back to almost mirror finish.
I heard first katydids last night. Only a few days early. Usually first days of July. To people not from Missouri, The old saying was,,,,,, first katydid singing,,, 90 days to first frost. Now...
I heard first katydids last night. Only a few days early. Usually first days of July. To people not from Missouri, The old saying was,,,,,, first katydid singing,,, 90 days to first frost. Now...
In Maple News ?????? Dr Tim ??? wrote about them going to hi Brix and using milk cooling tanks and turning cooling way down. Their hi Brix turned to shush at 22 or 23 degrees so they kept...
My first try at AUF. Boiling in flat pan on a stand, fire actually in ground. Got a big pile of coals that doesn't boil sap. Took a pieces of old exhaust pipe from my tractor and cut slots with 4"...
I may be way off topic, but prices can be affected by other than tariffs. A very major ice storm could cause price increases.
On the some mention of soft woods,,,, Down here in Missouri, (I...
I use some expanded metal. Yes, only last one or two years but holds and protects blanket.
I raised my drop flue 1/2" to have a little more depth in syrup pans. After burning syrup pans twice. Gives me a little more safety margin.
I have used new garden sprayers both for water-air mix to clean and blow out and then peroxide mix to sanitize. I take off the wand and connect both sprayers to a"Y" with 5/16 and then 5/16 to...
Be careful and don't get to big,, yes I said to big.... You will need at least the gallons permeate as what you membranes run per hour for washing each day and then extra for when soap and acid...
Sap flowing like crazy now. Actually I never taped this year. Because I'm still working on my house and having to take care of my mother's trust.
I've had surveyors out surveying mom's trust,...
Next purchase of spouts go 5/16 less damage to tree and they will heal over in less than a year. No holes showing for 2-3 years