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I have a CDL 18x60 hobby evaporator and I want to clean it before my next boil due to the amount of nitter/sugar sand. What do people do with their nearup from the syrup pan? Just winder8ng if people...

Question for the masses here. After this springs ice storm we are over loaded with fallen California maple. How well would this burn? We are just a small operation making about 25 gals per year. I...

Hey BB, I had to slide both my pans to the rear and put the piece of “I” beam at the very front or my syrup pan didn’t really work as it would slope upwards and then we would make syrup in the first...

Hi all, I have an 18 x 66 CDL evaporator and I am wondering how much space I should leave underneath my flues? I was advised by the rep to add sand to the bottom of my arch on top of the bricks to...

Awesome. Thanks!

I don’t fully understand the copper pipe scrapper? Do you flatten the end and use it to scrap the sides of the flues?

So I don't have all the details on what happened while I was away for 4 days but I came home and had a bit of story from the Father in-law and my Dad. Checked things out and they scorched my flue pan...

Hey Gelena, I am close to Russel. All but three of my trees are multi tappers and seem to take a bit to run even along the road with full sun exposure. Not sure why really but I even had some old...

I was hoping to tap tomorrow or Monday but the weather doesn't't look very good again for the next week or so. Couple of sunny days but out our way they are calling for snow, rain and cloudy with low...

Not yet. Based on the forecast I am thinking it may be the end of the first week of March unless things change. Looks pretty cold this week coming.

Just wondering how long your pieces of wood are that you are using? I am using smaller pieces and keeping them right at the front with the rear 1/3 of the grates blocked off.
Thanks in advance.

Ok thanks.

Here is a picture for reference. As you can see there is still a big layer of ice in my tank.

Ok i only make syrup for my family so colour is not important to me. It is all about the taste. My bulk tank froze over for the past two weeks but now i have started boiling again. I am wondering if...

Ok thanks a bunch

So i just had an issue that might have been a close call but I don't know how to tell. Had to use my O SH#t bucket of sap as my float line was full of slush and stopped my float. How do i know if i...

Here are two pics showing my setup and boil. This was after adding bit of defoamer. I even have the back 12" of my fire box blocked with a steel plate to try and get as much air flow up to the syrup...

Hi, I bought the same unti 2 years ago amd it is much better than my home made unit. I have a few questions for you and am wondering about getting some pics. First off how deep are you running your...

Got my first 100+ gals tonight. Hoping to have my pans all washed and setup tomorrow night. Might even have time to sweeten my pans if all goes well. Love this!

Most of my trees are quite old. Some are close to 4' across. They seemed to be leaking less today when I was collecting this evening. Got just over 100 gals and most were dripping nicely so maybe I...

They are leaking below the speil. I will keep an eye on them. I don’t think I have split the tree. How would I know exactly? Hard to tell with all the bark.

I need some help here. I think I may have been to heavy handed with tapping on my spiels. I have 5/16 health spiels for buckets and I noticed today that most are leaking. I used a regular hammer and...

Anyone else disappointed with this season? I tapped in March just after the nice weather in Feb and got next to nothing. With the weather looking brutal and warm for the next week I am pretty sure my...

Wow ok I guess I will get some more sand. That would also restrict some of the air flow and create more back pressure resulting in keeping the heat/fire more to the front would it not? I am thinking...

I have the same setup bmbmkr, but my entire setup is from CDL. I don't really have a way of forcing air without blowing the fire further back towards the flue pan which would make things worse. I...