2012 Ontario Tapping

[DrewCP]

Just curious, why preheat on propane? Costly. If anything I finish on propane only if we have a lot of sap easier to extract a couple of gallons of near syrup and continue to boil on the wood heat

Presume this is in reference my post a page ago?

I guess it depends on what you consider expensive. Propane is $15 or so at Costco for 20lb. We set our fryers to alternate coming to a boil every 30-45 minutes. At this rate we get 12-14 hours of use on a tank of propane. Total cost to preheat and finish with propane is probably less than $50 for us. (less than half a tank of gas in the truck) I suppose it is all relative. In the short and long run it would be far cheaper just to buy our syrup at the grocery store...........

[markcasper]

Presume this is in reference my post a page ago?

Propane is $15 or so at Costco for 20lb. At this rate we get 12-14 hours of use on a tank of propane. Total cost to preheat and finish with propane is probably less than $50 for us. (less than half a tank of gas in the truck) .

You are being ripped off BIGTIME. You need to make friends with a farmer that has a corn dryer.

[Brent]

We still have some propane in the first 20 lb tank of the season. A good deal in my mind for much cleaner pan bottoms.

[markcasper]

What I meant was......find a cheaper way to 20 lb. tanks, not that preheating with gas was not a good idea. The stores totally rip john q. public off on propane gas for bbq grills..etc, its a racket, that why i found another way.