Hey this may be a weird question, but I am normally pretty good at finding information on the net..but not this time
What happened to Small Brothers? I cannot seem to find any info on this company?
Hey this may be a weird question, but I am normally pretty good at finding information on the net..but not this time
What happened to Small Brothers? I cannot seem to find any info on this company?
I'll leave the very specifics to the experts but they and their namesake have been sold several times and when they were their own company there was no internet. You will hear names like Waterloo-Small etc. I think now that Lapierre has Small Bros. under their umbrella. I would be interested to hear of the history again of Small Bros from an expert...
Northcentral Pennsylvania - Shinglehouse
2'x6' Small Brothers raised flue wood fired
12" Lapierre Siro filter
148 buckets and 106 on gravity 2013
230 buckets and 15 on gravity 2012
205 buckets 2011
Stihl 036 Pro, Stihl 026 Pro, Stihl MS 250
Husqvarna HUV, Ford 4000
Chevrolet Silverado Z71 4x4 w/ 210 poly
I know that Small Bros was bought out By Algier evaporator which was only around for a few years. If I'm not mistaken Lapierre is located in the same building in Swanton. Vt where Small Bros was located. I don't believe that they bought out the company or carried on any of their line of products.
Jim
3x10 Algier raised flue wood fired forced draft
Around 1200 on Vacuum, Coster 600 RO
2120 Ford 4x4 Sap Hauler & 18' x 40' Sugar House
3 great kids and wife, Always looking for more taps
Small Brothers is definitely part of the Lapierre brand now - hence the name Lapierre Waterloo Small.
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Small Brothers and Waterloo merged in October 1995 to form Waterloo-Small. I think it was mostly Waterloo acquired SB. In 2002, "Maple Pro" began appearing in the Waterloo-Small logo. By 2008 they were just Maple Pro. I don't have any indications that Algier was ever in the mix. Maybe someone else can set that straight. The Lapierre-Wareloo-Small logo is fairly recent (2005??), and is a Canadian registered company. I believe the US affliate is Maple Pro. Lots of companies have different names for each side of the border.
Last edited by Flat47; 02-14-2011 at 07:30 PM.
My pans from Lapierre WaterLoo Small and they came from Maple Pro in 2003 then things hit the fan and Maple pro sells or owns CDL. I now have a Lapierre waterloo small flue matched up to 2 CDL finish pans
Last edited by Haynes Forest Products; 02-14-2011 at 10:57 PM.
Here is what i found on different Quebec french sites:
first, Waterloo buy small bros,
Lapierre buy waterloo small in 2001, including facilities in Swanton,
in 2005 CDL buy waterloo small maplepro USA in st Albans, change name for CDL USA.
At same time, Lapierre change name of there USA operations for Lapierre Usa.
The factory in Waterloo Qc. is under Lapierre control.
Look like someone try to mix us???
200 Buckets 2015
14 x 16 Cabane ā sucre
2 x 5 Cantin evaporator
Rodney Algier was one of the Partners in The Small Brothers company. When Small Brothers was bought out by Waterloo in 1995 Rodney started the Algier Sheet Metal company. Rodney wasn't allowed to sell maple equipment for 5 years as part of the deal of the buy out. About 5 years later Algier went out of business being forced out by Lapierre, Waterloo, Small. Rodney's son owns the Thor evaporator company.
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
Does Thor Evaporator have a website?? I couldn't find much on them.
Northcentral Pennsylvania - Shinglehouse
2'x6' Small Brothers raised flue wood fired
12" Lapierre Siro filter
148 buckets and 106 on gravity 2013
230 buckets and 15 on gravity 2012
205 buckets 2011
Stihl 036 Pro, Stihl 026 Pro, Stihl MS 250
Husqvarna HUV, Ford 4000
Chevrolet Silverado Z71 4x4 w/ 210 poly
here ya go http://www.thorinc.ca/
Mike
1000 taps on vac
Delaval 78 vac pump
rebuilt Vermont arch
Smoky lake maple custom pans
4 x 11 reverse flow
Smoky Lake auto-draw
Smoky lake 2x4 finisher
wes fab short bank filter press
600 gallon Zero tank and 4 cage tanks
650 gallon surge tank
Deer Run Maple 500 GPH RO
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