Quick question, on your suction valve do you have a tube pointing down or just the bulkhead fitting flush with pan sidewall.
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Quick question, on your suction valve do you have a tube pointing down or just the bulkhead fitting flush with pan sidewall.
Looks awesome thanks very much
Agreed, thst is what i may end up doing building a pole frame and roofing it and then adding more next year
I actually have a grill gazebo that I still have to set up
Love it, that is awesome
Good info to add with MapleCamp
Pretty cool
Pictures would be awesome
Oh thanks much, going to try it
Thank you, so did you just let the steam go up the pitched end of the roof, did you have and condensation drip back down?
Needing some help here, trying to plan a sugar shack for a small hobby. I do around 45-50 taps maybe make 8 gallons with a W.F. mason 2x3 evap. I want to build something I can maybe take down and...
Anyone out there that can give me a parts list of what I would need to build a vacuum filter, I have a SS electric coffee urn I plan on using, I used to use it with my cone filters. I need to figure...
Anyone out there that can give me a parts list of what I would need to build a vacuum filter, I have a SS electric coffee urn I plan on using, I used to use it with my cone filters. I need to figure...
Got 14 gallons sap off 14 taps today. Hopefully it will start flowing real good with the weather forecast. Located in Ledyard ct south eastern ct.
Tapped.14 sugars yesterday evening, two of them were already dripping, let's see how they go.
I am planning on tapping Wednesday, the weather on the 10 day looks perfect starting Thursday, I am in southeastern CT, Ledyard.
Those are great numbers, I would love to be in the 3's.
Last year was first year, only 10 taps and 200 gallons of sap almost four gallons syrup. This year of the 46 taps 10 were reds the rest sugars.
Ok so the season is over, who out there is good with math, I collected 430 gallons of sap this year on 46 taps, made 6 gallons of syrup most was medium amber the last gallon batch was dark amber. If...
Thanks I will have to make sure hydrometer is real clean, I do keep a thermometer in the pan and actually was ready 220.6. I am going to do crushed iced/water test on all my thermometers. My instant...
Ok so here is my issue, tonight I finished about 1.5 gallons of syrup in my house, I boiled until my hydrometer was at the hot line at 209-211 degrees, my hydrometer I bought from leader so it reads...
I will try stacking closers to pan, if I can get higher boil rate I would love it.
I have a mason 2x3 I bought for this season with the installed blower, I stacked my firebrick about 5 inches from the pan and I boil at about 11 to 12 an hour, I run my blower at just under full...
Hoping here in South eastern CT for a great flow the next few days, I only see good weather until monday, right now I plan on pulling all taps on Tuesday.
Thank you for all the advice, you guys just saved me a bunch of time.