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Well finished boiling last 900 litres Friday. Pulled the taps Sat morning and started cleaning up. Only the totes left to pressure wash. Could have went one more week, but made enough syrup and the...

Anyone else experiencing lots of sugar sand this year? I usually drain both pans and flush with water after every boil but this year I have to do complete cleaning. 1/16” of sand in the front pan...

Really just getting started in our area. Weather looks good for the next 3 weeks. Snow base has dropped from 36” to about 16” in the bush. The sugar bush has turned out to be a great place to social...

I have a Lapierre classic 2x6 that i'm happy with. Natural draft I was getting 26-28 gallons an hour. I had the same problem Ekrueger with the splash over from the flue pan on a hard boil but the...

You might want to check the steel manufacturers warranty. With some companies it voids the warranty if installed over shingles.

I had a 18 x 63 dropped flue from a different manufacturer. I added sand and firebrick in the arch to within 1/4" of the bottom of the drop flues and filled in the space under the stack opening,...

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I’m in Bancroft. I no sap after this weeks rain the snow base is down to 28” from 36” a week ago. 4” of snow yesterday. Less then 1000 litres off 157 taps over 2 weeks. Moths in the...

Lol. Yes a bush cord is 4'x4'x8'. Sorry still a common term in my neck of the woods. Thanks for the clarity, I hope to do 20 to 30 gallons at 2% so I should have enough dry wood ready this year. It...

Assuming you guys are talking a bush cord when your estimating gallons per cord?

Thanks Nate. I had a local guy come out and look as I’m a tubing newbie and he said pretty much what u did and told me not to try what I wanted to do. Rerouted the mainline and he’s confident should...

Thanks Haynes. I get where you are going with that and wasn't thinking of it that way. First time with tubing, my family loves buckets, I don't. Appreciate the advice.

Thanks Dr Tim. I'd be happy to do a sketch if someone can advise the best way to post it on the site. I have 60 Sugar Maples at the rear of my property that I tapped with buckets. They are great...

I was wondering if it's possible to do a sap ladder on gravity or if it has to be on vacuum? I have 3 runs of 3/16 with 20 taps on two and 18 taps on one. Fall is 30' on two of the lines and if the...

Sounds like I have a similar setup to your old 2x6 with smoke stack height. I’ll fire it next weekend for a trial run and go from there. Appreciated

Sp Haynes you would suggest leaving it open?

Added a 273 cfm squirrel cage blower to my arch. The arch is not an airtight, it’s natural draft. Any thoughts on whether the draft door should be open or closed when the blower is on? Thanks in...

Sorry meant to say remove the large diseased and keep the smaller. Seems to be working out so far

L&M I have a 105 acre bush lot in Ontario Canada that is comprised of 15 acres of fields, 65 acres of mixed vegetation, 1/3 of which was beech, and 25 acres of maples that is a natural mono culture...

Well ended up buying the Lapierre classic 2x6. I intended on the 2x8 but I would have had to reconfigure the shack, smoke stack etc. I’m going to add AUF and am making a hood and preheater. Thanks...

Thanks everyone. Going to take a quick look at a used Lapierre Storm 2x8 that a local guy is thinking of upgrading. 36 to 38 gph burning hardwood on natural draft, no AUF or RO. Had to have side...

Hi Karen thanks. We are in Bancroft. Definitely a slow year here. Going to pull everything on Sunday after one last boil. Been tapped since the March Break and only gathered under 1000 liters off 150...

Sorry for all the posts. Not sure of proper etiquette and wasn't sure if I should reply individually to everyone or just one post..please feel free to fill me in on that. This evaporator is going to...

Thanks Russ, I'm not in love with it. I spent a year and a half tweeking it and it can be cantankerous to keep a gradient on. I am fascinated by the RO. There's a guy on youtube that made his own out...

Thanks Dave that's the type of thing I need to be asking. I purchased my last evap out of a catalogue and really regretted not researching more. Is your front pan a custom or made by a manufacture?

Ekrueger do you mind me asking if u built your own AOF or was it something from the manufacturer? Also love to see what you did with the preheater and hood. I'm really leaning towards the Lapierre...