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Started tapping 12/28. Pretty good run through 1/1. Looks like things will thaw again toward the end of this week.
Just finished running the last of the new 3/16" lines.

Heated with a torch to gain more sap ? Explain this to me, not heard that one before.

I have a copper drop tube sap pan with 16" sides. it will easly get some splash out. This is mostly when first firing with raw sap. Once everything gets up to even temperature it settles down quite a...

Everything that Bowtie said about the MS 290 is spot on. I retired a much used and much loved 028 with a 290 several years ago. It has been in several saw shops and had all the mods and it is still a...

We had the biggest snow storm of the winter last night. Tonight I am making mersh,buds are out and 70 degrees forecast for Wednesday. Looks like I will be cleaning tubing this weekend.

PWM,
I clean mine with water and a scotchbrite pad. They will not stay bright so don't try for that. They will take on a dark copper color but they will not turn green.

Sap flows in January were good up to the 25th. They have been pretty low since then but the temps for the next four or five days look pretty good so I am hopeful. I'm at a little over 10 gallons per...

You are going to like the copper pan. Good conduction means it will boil hard. I love mine.

Induction motors are very sensitive to cycles. cycles are directly related to engine rpm of the generator. So as it tries to start your motor the load may cause the engine rpm to drop. Which causes...

Gary
I have a 3/4" line with two single pipe ladders both about 6' hgt. Length of line is 200'. It pretty much did the same as what you describe yours doing.
I spent a lot of time trying to figure...

By the way, Jeeps are definitely made to be modified

Thats just sunlight. I have read posts from others tapping reds that their syrup has a red color also.

Orlon cone filter and two prefilters

All Reds in central VA

There is a third pan.I built the first two pans before the arch which then changed and got bigger. It was easier to add another pan than to rebuild.Seems to work well. Its 24" X52" and does about...

Tylerj
My drop tubes are set up similar to yours. There are more of them set up in rows and teed together. Each row ends with a tee and a threaded plug so they can be cleaned. The first row has a...

16 Oz.- 24 guage. The drop tubes stiffen the bottom of the sap pan, and the partitions do the same for the syrup pan. The top edges need a double bend or a roll to stiffen them.Lead free solder, make...

I am using pans I built with 16 oz. copper, 2X3 drop tube and 18"X24" partitioned syrup pan. They work great.

Virginia - 150

What kind of solenoid valve and control are you using ? Where did you get them?