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Taps are in. Collected and boiled last Friday. Too cold this past weekend.

Covers look great. What gauge stainless did you use ?

Thanks Dave !

Giving some thought to having a one piece stainless steel cover made for my 2x6 dropflue. For those using a stainless, what gauge would you recommend (thinking about the weight)?

Thanks

Rusty

Ghs57
Is that your Maple Syrup sign posted along Sawkill Road near Morey Hill Road ??

Beautiful day to start the season. Tapped and running.

Current unit is a wood fired D&G model 700 dropflue. At the back of the firebox is a metal plate, 1/4" thick, 3" high and runs the width of the firebox. With the flue pan in place, there is a 5-6"...

For those that use sap to clean your evaporator at year end, I'd like to hear comments on how long you leave the sap brew in your evaporator before draining and washing.

Thanks in advance.

Rusty

Just a quick update. After another meeting with the building inspector it was determined that the regulations referred to in my original post do not apply in my case. Moving forward! Thanks to all...

Thanks Michael. Your 'mighty fancy' shed approach may be the alternative but he obviously knows my intent. During our discussion, he also told me a slab on grade was not allowed but we were able to...

Stopped by the local building department today to submit an application for a new sugar house. Sugaring is just a hobby with no plans to turn this into a commercial venture. Soon as I mentioned...

Boiled twice so far but everything is frozen solid now. Looking forward to the weekend.

Good luck to all.

Rusty

As an offshoot to the Filter Aid Issue thread from a couple of weeks ago, what is the best way to store unused DE from season to season ? Akin to that, is there a shelf life for DE ?

Thanks in...

Bricklayer

Revisiting this topic to see if would share your thoughts (pros/cons) on the CDL steam bottler ?

Thanks

Rusty

Thanks to all who replied. I'll likely pipe the tank with an 1.25 elbow and 1.25 MIPT x INS adapter.

Trying to locate a stainless steel 1 1/4" FIPT x INS elbow. If anyone knows of a manufacturer that makes this and can pass along contact information I would appreciate it. The catalogs I have do not...

Gary -
Took a ride up Sawkill yesterday in search of your shack but missed it. Is it visible from Sawkill Road ?

Russ

Retsapper

Does your SL finisher/bottler pan have a flat bottom or are the sides sloped/veed towards the drain spout ??

Thanks

- Russ

Thanks for the quick replies !

- Russ

Larry - Congratulations on your new bottler. SL says that unit has "positive drain" but its hard to see on their website so maybe you can answer this question.
Does this unit have a flat bottom or...

Usually tap the 1st week in Feb but held back this year. Heading into the woods this weekend.

Maple Flats -

As you stated, with your current set up you get very little steam escaping around the overlap. Do you think there would be any advantage if the vents were reversed...
i.e. a 13"...

Sean - I feel that the boiling rate I achieved this year can be attributed to a combination of changes, not just the additional arch board itself. 2012 was the first year with the new rig so caution...

Going to revisit this thread to add an update for Brent and anyone else that might be interested. For the 2013 season I pulled all the firebrick from my rig except the firebox. On top of the existing...

From a US perspective, does anyone know if there are any fed/state rules concerning the sale of syrup that has been imported from another state. For example, a bulk buyer from (pick a state) buys...