ha, yeah - that was my long *** winded way of saying my season is over.
I'm finishing my last bit of concentrate right now, beautiful night.
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ha, yeah - that was my long *** winded way of saying my season is over.
I'm finishing my last bit of concentrate right now, beautiful night.
I think my trees all got too warm in that consecutive run of 60F+ days...they should have been running hard M-W of this week but it was only a steady trickle and the buckets were sporadic.
After 3...
nice, I'll send you a DM to ask about your door setup and how you bricked it...
check those trees close to make sure they're really sugars...those buds break at the very bitter end.
Yeah, what gave me a lift was the new RO system and being able to process far more sap more quickly...I think I was getting a much better yield as a result and wasn't losing any sap to spoilage as a...
The weather was terrible but we made the most of it and managed to clear out the entire 150 gallon head tank full of 8% concentrate I'd been keeping chilled all week with freezer bag ice blocks. Have...
I was out of town but got back this evening and thought buckets would have been overflowing...it was definitely running but nothing like I would have thought with the hard freeze and warm sunny day....
The red maple buds are almost bursting, I've got peepers going at night in the bog, and my wife's bulbs have sprout 6-8" high...hoping to hold on just another week since I already took the next one...
I have a new 4x40 single post kit I put together and it includes a recirc line...I understand the principle, I think, but not the practice.
How should/would I most effectively use recirculation?...
Ok, fair point...although I'm pretty much a family and friends operation, so I'm thinking less from appearances (the giant can of empty Miller Lite being one example) and for safety/efficiency.
A guy on Facebook marketplace is selling the perfect size stainless steel box with a full back lid that was used for sanitation of medical equipment, it even has a heating coil and it... Should I...
This is always the time of year when I start wondering "how far along in the season am I?" and worrying it's closer to being over than I want. I actually think this warm spell portends good things,...
Yep, our trees ran straight through yesterday afternoon / early evening. The issue is preserving the quality of any sap that sat out in the woods during that crazy warm spell.
Hoping we get a good...
Another crazy run of sap...I had collected an IBC full and about 70 gallons from buckets on Saturday, then was surprised when the 275g tank filled AGAIN yesterday and most of the buckets were near...
Once you actually do it, you realize just how easy assembling a DIY reverse osmosis system is...it's literally cutting tubing and pushing it into fittings. And it's a GAME CHANGER for boiling sap. I...
So, the short answer is this unit processes about 60 gallons per hours of sap at a 50:50 concentrate to permeate ratio.
The longer answer is: the kit I bought is a slightly different version of...
I'm late in recapping the insanity of Tuesday...our sugar bush was deluged in sap (and then later rain) and, with the help of my neighbor, I worked until 12:45am Wednesday hauling in loads from the...
Bump! just looking to see…
I'm planning to convert my old Shurflo RO pump into one of these nifty 3/16 vacuum systems for about ~100 taps but wondering if I can get away with powering it off an existing 300watt hour power bank...
Same here, I think the overnight temps have just been too cold and the daytime is overcast with some wind...our taps on tubing were running tonight but verrrry slowly.
Ok, thanks - and those systems you describe can match the volume output of the low pressure 4*40 membrane?
Anyone getting much run yet this week? I got home late from work so didn't get a chance to check the tank or buckets, Sun-Tue we had virtually nothing due to the cold nights and overcast days.
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Good to know, thank you - any thoughts about doubling up two of those pumps in series to drive a 4x40? Would a 4x20 be more realistic?
@droseum How did you source your 8900 pumps? Seems like AliExpress is the only online dealer and, in addition to seeming scammy, they want as much for shipping as the whole pump....
Lots of labor to slow you down, I feel this! But wouldn't have it any other way...the kids' cousins are coming by today and I've saved 20-30 buckets to put in with them.