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89438944Not using a blower. I'm sure a blower would help. Just kept it simple. 5 foot pan... so I've got the stack 12' long. 2 5-footers and a 2 footer. The extra 2 helped believe it or not.

I had 2 barrels welded end-to-end on my barrel arch. Run a 2x5 pan on it. Couple of the things I found on mine was that I burn cheap wood that built up a fair amount of coals. I had a cheapo $12...

Tonight I made sure everything was super clean and I put the lid on at 188. I canned 4 glass decanters tonight with fliptops. I put the lid on (didn't turn too tight), inverted for 30 seconds and...

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I'm having problems with getting these caps to seal. I probably get a 80% seal rate. I'm assuming they're not sealing because when I put the lids on and put them on their side I see the drips...

If I could, I'd like to give a plug to a guy on Ebay who sells used pumps that were yanked out of oxygen machines. Depending on the style, they get from 3-4 cfm and cost next to nothing. Now, these...

Anyone ever thought of using copper roof flashing? It's only 10 feet long and 20" wide so that's the limiter, but it's only $95 also. Maybe one could make a 9-foot-long 1-foot-wide copper pan of...

For what it's worth, our boiled sap is starting to get the "buddy" smell. We're a little west of Shawano. Maybe some of you guys well north of 29 can luck out. Just kinda watch it so you don't...

If you're in the top third of the state AND have hard maples, I would wait to pull taps. This weather looks pretty awful going forward according to the 10-day. There's a fairly good chance the sap...

Really Mayerl? You're going to sell most of your stuff because of one bad year? No one complains about the good years. This is agriculture at its grandest. Maybe now it's easier to understand...

he was probably just trying to wash his nuts. Pun intended.
If you're going to drown in something, I pick sap, too.

Having a TV in to watch is huge. That's the one thing that can keep you boiling when you're ready to give up and go inside for the night. Figuring a way to keep it functional for the process and...

For the last 10 years, my dad and I have cooked done 8-10 gallon batches on a 2.5 x 6 flat pan. This is just how we've always done it and how we'll keep doing it. We certainly use a hydrometer. ...

I'm just thinking out loud, sort of...
It seems like every year the guy with 25 spouts goes to 50, the guy with 200 goes to 350 and the guy with 800 surpasses 1000. I get that from the tag at the...

Just so I'm clear, are all the trees your trees or are 50 of the trees yours and the rest his? That kinda changes my answer. Collecting and supplying the wood is the main brunt of the actual...

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C'mon, Mayerl... resist the urge! Early bird gets the worm. Early tapper gets the dry hole in April! I don't know about your trees budding out already. I mean maybe, but I'd have to think...

No offense, but this seems borderline nuts. I've read 4 pages about all sorts of adjustments to make and nothing's been working for you when it should because the ideas are good and insightful. I...

I agree with the New Hampshire guy. Snow "evens out" the high and lo temps so you don't get temp spikes that hit 60 during the day and then it takes so long to cool down that your freeze has no...

I have a barrel arch. So I guess that counts for something. In addition to what others said... if you do keep the bricks in , at least stack them in on their side instead of stacking them flat. ...

Make sure that your stack is twice as long as your setup, too. Get as close to 12 feet of stack total as you can and depending how it boils, add another small segment to get to 14' or so. You can...

I'm not a vacuum guru, but I'll try answering this... A couple things to note with gasts... The one on Ebay, Model # 0211-P78A-G8CX
The "P" in the model name indicates it's for pressure. You'll...

I thought it was interesting in that article ( http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/SapBuying2010_files/ShouldYouBuySap.pdf ) that the price paid for sap should be pegged to the bulk rate of syrup. That's...

I think sometimes, too, that with wood-fired you might get just a slight "hint" of smoke flavor in your syrup and to some folks that's most desirable versus a sealed-up gas/oil fired unit. I don't...

If you're looking for a place that sells them, try WB Bottle in Milwaukee.
http://www.wbbottle.com/WBBottle.cfm?section=product&page=gallery&category=glass&style=Handled_Jugs

They sell glass...

Regarding how it worked... Like I said, only 40 trees. I still got a tight seal in my opinion without a tool, but it was a huge pain getting them on in 35 degree weather by hand. Had to warm the...

For what it's worth, last winter I kinda was wondering about the same concept of a small pump (low cfm) and a handful of trees and how conceivable it was to make happen. I bought 2 small pumps that...