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Since the steel, aluminum, and softwood lumber tariffs, building materials have skyrocketed. Does this mean that our rebar now comes from the US? Nope, still stamped "canada" or "china" or...

Is Tap-Trak still in the game?

I always say that I spill more syrup than most people eat

I'm not in Quebec, but we are only about 60miles south east of the border in Maine and our season is awful. We get very similar weather, even to Quebec city. Perfect weather and no sap. We've made...

100 minutes, it is a 10gpm pump

We pump 1600' with about 50' of rise. the first 150' of pump line is 1" 160psi, and from there its just 100psi 3/4". We went 3/4" because it holds a lot less sap, we just run about 120psi at the...

Took this one last year, and it's the only one I have currently. I'll take a few more next time I'm at the sugar House

Generator and deep well submersible in a pvc vessel, that is how we are doing it. Not as much distance, we only pump 1600'. There is a thread on long distance sap pumping where I picked up some...

Do you make out ok if you are short filling the drum one day, and finish it the next? Like putting 25 gallons in today and topping it off with 5 gallons from tomorrow?

Do those of you who use white vinegar to clean your pans, do you dilute it? My pans and steamaway hold 80+ gallons. I'm assuming we would dilute it out so that I don't need to buy a tractor trailer...

I'm using a 3/4hp airable mini flood with a cooler kit on 520 taps with 1000' of 1" wet/dry and about 1500' of 3/4" mainline. Its hooked to the small double vertical releaser from BHR which i...

You definitely have some leaks somewhere. That being said, I have the same pump on a very similar set up, and I pull 26+ pretty consistently. Perhaps one difference is that my pump has a oil cooler...

Make sure you pick up some extra TF if that's what you decide to use. Its usually only good for one season in the elements and being repeatedly flexed before it will split. Also the white nylon...

Our 3x8 leader came with a Carlin 601. We have a 5gph nozzle, which runs ~9 on high fire.

White steel liner panel is good too. We have a few areas done with it, and it cleans up easy. The FRP is a good choice also, I just can't whole heartedly​ endorse it because I HATE installing it. ...

We have one set up that is 900' with 35' of constant rise on 3/4 pipe and it takes 60psi at the pump to get 5gpm discharge at the sugarhouse using a 1/2hp shallow well pump.
The other set up is...

We pump 1600' with about 40' of total vertical rise. We use a 3/4 HP 10gpm deep well submersible, it has ~100' of 1" 160psi pipe, then the rest of the way is 3/4" 100psi. We ran 3/4 due to the...

I downloaded a spreadsheet from Ohio State university(?) that I modified a little to fit our needs. It's not perfect but gives us a general idea on our cost of production.
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We have used the black ones for 6 seasons, and have only had trouble with frost heaving the spouts loose one season. We got some February runs followed by a week of near 0 temps. Otherwise we have...

Gilbertsons is a pretty neat place. The pancake house is awesome. My wife's family lives on St. Joe's island. Not very close to Montreal though. I'm pretty sure it's a 10 or 12 hour drive. One...

Digging up an old thread here...

I have a 3/4 hp airablo, and my father used a 3hp. We both run cooler kits on them. We ran into some moisture issues with his a few seasons ago, but were able to...

You can check the barometer and make a correction in your drawoff temp, its just a guideline though really. The barometer will likely change as you are boiling, so you'll need to adjust your...

I had a leak around the drain pipe the flapper seals on, and I gooped it up with pvc cement. I used the clear and it worked ok, next time I'll see if I can find the gray. The clear is a little...

We had considered mounting it outside the hood, but we're worried that the defoamer wouldn't be warm enough to stay in liquid form so it can drip.

I'll probably try it this way. Inside the hood...

I should have clarified. I know how much to use, just wondering what the best method of application is. The door to our steam hood is 7 feet off the floor. Are you guys using a dripper effectively?