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I made one exactly like this, however I also built a tray to set under it to catch the condensate from steam hitting cold tubes. That tray basically cut off the steam and sort of defeated the...

I am going to chime in here --I burn COAL -- may well be the only coal fired evaporater going. Why- it cost me less than $80 for 10mbtu's. No other fuel comes close and it is nearly zero effort to...

I took the leap this year and put together a RO system. (3 - 100gpd membranes) wish I would have done it years ago now.
I was able to take my sap from 1.5 to 6 in one pass and aimed for around a...

After taking 5+ years off mostly due to work travels, so now that I retired wife wanted the grandkids to get/see what is involved, so I refurbished a shed into a sugar shack, cleaned up my home made...

I made my rig to use two Keystoker hard coal stoker units. Works great

Bituminous Coal -- Yes
Anthracite Coal --No

Yep
I run two anthracite burners from a Keystoker furnace. Works exactly like a forge

Just thought if I could get it out from under the steam hood, I wouldn't have to deal with the condensate

Has anyone tried to make a preheater utilizing some exhaust heat?
Thinking of adding a metal box adjacent to my stack, and regulating the amount of exhaust with a sliding baffle plate. The bottom...

Made a float gauge.

Anthracite rice coal is all use. I have two stokers from Keystoker furnaces side by side. These are flat bed burners that have blowers (think forge) . Hoppers on each hold about 100 pounds of...

If you look at cost per BTU -- Coal is usually the cheapest!

Well -- not to rain on the parade, but from Clearfield County, worst year I ever had. Temp's just to cold. Tapped beginning of Feb., and only got 450 gallons sap off of 75 taps! The forecast...

Worst year for me.. Tapped Feb. 9th when the weather looked good on Accuguess, and been crappy since. Did manage to get 200 gal.from 75 taps, nothing the last week again. Mountains of PA between...

Worst year I've had. Tapped on Feb. 9th, and as of tonight I have collected less than 200 gallons from 75 taps. About 8 gallons today. Just too cold at nights. By the time the sap starts, the...

Still waiting. Been tapped for 3 1/2 weeks (75 buckets) and have a TOTAL of 45 gallons. Not going to be a good year up high. A haze of red on the treetops..

Still nothing. Just high enough in elevation in Clearfield County to keep it cold. Only got to 33 today and snow flurries all day. Between the groundhog and the Chief Meteorologists forecasts that...

Clearfield County -- still waiting cloudy and 36 isn't working. Maybe -- Maybe a tablespoon in each bucket
The next week doesn't look good at all
How long till the holes start to dry?

Wondering what the shortest season was. I have about 30 gallons from 75 taps, ground is still frozen, trees are froze, and I see a slight red haze on the treetops....Nothing for the near future...

Mine is close to this, I burn anthracite rice coal. I have two burners from a K6 Keystoker mounted right and left. These are stoker burners that would work with cherry pits or pellets (probably). ...

Tapped 65 Clearfield County yesterday

Not exactly the same, but I run 2 keystoker K6 burners from Keystoker Hard Coal Boilers on my arch.
Found them for sale and adapter my arch. If you could find these, or any burner from an...

I'm using two burners from a coal stoker. Anybody have an opinion if AOF would help me?

used wood on my flat pan set up, thought I was getting ahead ( and lazy ) with the burner, but not real happy with my output. Lots of free wood hear, so that cost is my time to cut & split. I can...

Same problem, I got close to 20gph, but I expected more. If I use the burner, I'm locked in to 300,000btu, wood I don't know, but I suspect you could get more.