Thanks, I'll try those places. We did talk about trying a machine shop. We noticed the gear is not metal, not sure what it is actually made of? Wondering if it has been replaced in the past?
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Thanks, I'll try those places. We did talk about trying a machine shop. We noticed the gear is not metal, not sure what it is actually made of? Wondering if it has been replaced in the past?
Does anyone know where or if you can get parts for an old Surge SP-11 dairy vac pump? Or does anyone have any spare parts pumps they are willing to get rid of? The gear inside the pump has been...
Will they deliver to sugarhouses like they do with tubing?
Maybe there is a leak, oil bubbles are flying. The pump is 17cfm.
It's a 1.5 hp. We did fill up the filter with oil from the drain and put it back on. Ran it for a bit but no real change. Pulled filter again and like expected oil level in filter was a little...
We tried the pump today with everything froze up. When we first started it we had no vacuum at all. It finally pulled vacuum and came up to 24-25 at the releaser with lines closed. I would trip...
The pump is brand new and today was the first day running it. It was working fine for a few hours and then it started to make a heck of a rattle noise when the releaser dumped or your shut off the...
Where's a good place to go to get a check valve for the vacuum line? I have a 1'' vacuum line and want to prevent sap from backing up into pump. Will the check valves at the local hardware store...
Thanks for the breakdown Dr Tim. I saw these in the catalog when we were there a couple of weeks ago for the open house. I think its good that all this research is being done and sugarmakers have...
CDL has now made a t for the drop so they can be changed out every year or how ever often you'd like. They are new this year I believe. They are in the 2011 catalog.
What a season so far.....???? Made around 67 gallons in the last three days. Up to about 250 now. Thankful for the new RO, it really saved our butts this year. Ran to Moores today to get more...
Todd,
That's why I live in South Alexandria! HaHaHa. Sap has finally started to loosen up a little around here. Have about 500 or more gallons to work through today. Guy from CDL is coming back...
I've broken them with cordless drills as well. Not a good feeling and they are not cheap either.
We had some bear damage too. Ah nothing like multiple puncture wounds to the main line. We also have some porcupines hanging around. You can see where they are chewing the hemlock branches all...
Oh man.... LMAO!
The season is surely dragging its feet getting started. My fear is a warm up and we lose the freezing nights all at once. All this snow should help though. It has made for some slow going on...
Sugaring season, can't wait for it to begin and you can't wait for it to end. (Hopefully it will begin?) Did you get all those lines and taps out? We are just about all tapped here. Just a couple...
I thought if you when I saw this. There's pics on the add, I don't think they pasted on to this.
2' x 4' Maple Syrup Evaporator - $1150 (Spofford, NH)
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Hey Doug if you wanna go the cheaper way on setting up your first tubing setup we just re-did some lines. It has 7/16 spouts and t's on it. You could strip the fittings and re-do or whatever. Come...
Yeah Doug The "Bug" can bite bad. My wife thinks I'm crazy! I tell her there is worse things that i could be addicted to. She was helping me make drops last night. She said so is this considered...
Hello!
Good to see that there's other folks from Alexandria on this site. I live at the Walker Farm. Just about to head out and start working on lines. AAAhh the warm weather came quick! Glad...
where does one go to find a bender releaser? New or used.
How would you size the pipe from the pump to the releaser? Is it tap count, distance between pump and releaser or size of pump? Or is it all of the above?
How much mainline did you have out? Did it overcome leaks ok? We have like 1200' of 3/4 plus another 400' of 1/2 inch. SI am wondering how this will work. What kinda releaser did you run with it?
What can anyone tell me about these pumps? I searched old threads and found some info. Looks to be good for 4-500 taps? What size gas motor would be recommended? How does this compare to a...