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I bought a stainless divided flat pan from a guy that was building them in his garage on the west side of Green Bay back in 2008. Does anyone know if he is still in the business or have contact info?

That is also why the birches run almost continually once tapped. The tap holes in birch should be plugged once the spoiled are pulled

I guess I don,t understand the talk about frozen ground having anything to do with sap flow. The root systems are well below frost line in most cases. Here in Florence county the ground is always...

Buy yourself a sap hydrometer so you know what percent of sugar you are dealing with. Then multiply the gallons of sap by the sugar percentage and divide that by 86. That will be pretty close to your...

I put in 50 last Friday in an area that is easy to gather close to the house. I've got my left arm in a sling from Feb 9 rotator cuff surgery. I wasn't going to tap, but with the snow gone it is easy...

Looking at the jar in the picture it looks like you are making sugar. Maybe you need to check your hydrometer.

Gathered 40 gallons or so today and the sugar was at 2.8%. I've been having trouble filtering. The niter seems so fine it is going right through my good orlon bag with 4 prefilters. Filtering is...

Good run today and the sugar has come up to 2%. Finished a couple gallons was dark amber.

I ran about 50 gallons thru the Half Pint yesterday. I'm hoping for a good run today to get enough to at least sweeten the pan and start drawing off. The first run sap was as low sugar as I've seen....

Tapped 80 yesterday. Looks like I'll be firing up the evaporator Wednesday.

I tapped on Monday. Put in 80 buckets and bags. I'll probably throw in another 20 today if it's running good. Most of what I tapped yesterday were running by days end. Knee deep snow, but fading...

Looks like a go here in Florence county. The long range forecast looks good, so I think I will tap on Monday. Still about 18" of snow. This will be early for me. I usually tap around March 20. Last...

I pulled my taps on Saturday, drained the last sweet from the pan and got that finished. The sugar was low here this year. I averaged 2.3% on 577 gallons. I ended up with 14 gallons of medium to dark...

I tapped 75 bags & buckets on the 31st. That is the latest that I can remember tapping in my 40+ years of making syrup. There was still about 24" of snow here in S.E Florence county, but we had a...

I have a half pint and have used it for four seasons. As mentioned above, dry wood split fine will really help you maintain the boil. Keep adding wood a little at a time and don't let it burn down...

I also have a half pint. Get a bag of refractory cement or a can of the premixed stuff and trowel it into any of the openings between the brick and around the smokepipe outlet. I mortared all of my...

I boiled on a 2'x3' 10 ga. mild steel batch pan for years with no problem. I have now upgraded to a Leader 2x3 continuous flow. I do finish on a 12"x 30" 10 ga. stainless pan, but it is on a gas...

I had a Hardy H3 at my last house for 12 years with no trouble at all. The Hardy is all 304 stainless inside and out. We sold that boiler with the house in July and built a new place. I put in a...

I pulled my buckets down on Wednesday. Still running good, but I need to get a house ready to sell and start building the new one. I agree with Fred that we could be making good syrup into May this...

I had a good run Thurs, Fri,Sat. Finished 4 gallons yesterday. Real cold the last couple days .9 deg this morning. Looks like it should start to run again tomorrow.

I put in 75 taps,buckets & bags on the 20th. They finally started to drip a little yesterday afternoon. Looking at the forecast we should be boiling this weekend.

More snow yesterday, the forecast looks like warmer weather is just around the corner. I'm going to tap tomorrow. Looks like snowshoes will have to get dusted off!!

Looking at the long range forcast, it looks like I will tap around March 20. I've been making syrup here for 40 years and this is a pretty normal tap date. The last couple years of early spring got...

My Half Pint door still fits tight ,considering no gasket is used, after 3 years of use. I still get the black on the front of the pan from checking fire and loading wood. If you wipe the front of...

Don: You'll like the Half Pint. I have been using one for 3 years and found it to be a nice little rig.I tap about 75 trees a year and am able to keep up most of the time. If I push it I can...