We visited Bill Mason's shop yesterday and I put in my order for his 2 X 3 Hobby XL. Now to sell my Phaneuf pan.
We visited Bill Mason's shop yesterday and I put in my order for his 2 X 3 Hobby XL. Now to sell my Phaneuf pan.
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X12 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
new 2X3 Hobby XL bricked and ready:
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X12 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
1st Year Turkey Fryer Guru-10 taps and No Clue
2nd Year Warming Pans on a Barrel Unit-25 taps Still No Clue
3rd Year 2 X 3 Divided Pan on a NEW Homemade Barrel Unit-45 taps Starting To Learn
4th year (2017) Mason 2 X 3 Inside Small Shack-85 Taps I Think I'm Addicted!!
I had a few bricks leftover so its all solid. I may replace them with vermaculite and just cap that off
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X12 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
Should certainly help retain heat for the back of the pan. Do you use a pre-warmer?
1st Year Turkey Fryer Guru-10 taps and No Clue
2nd Year Warming Pans on a Barrel Unit-25 taps Still No Clue
3rd Year 2 X 3 Divided Pan on a NEW Homemade Barrel Unit-45 taps Starting To Learn
4th year (2017) Mason 2 X 3 Inside Small Shack-85 Taps I Think I'm Addicted!!
I preheat on a propane stovetop butmy new Mason now has the preheater pan directly over the fire. Can't wait to see how that works out.
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X12 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
1st Year Turkey Fryer Guru-10 taps and No Clue
2nd Year Warming Pans on a Barrel Unit-25 taps Still No Clue
3rd Year 2 X 3 Divided Pan on a NEW Homemade Barrel Unit-45 taps Starting To Learn
4th year (2017) Mason 2 X 3 Inside Small Shack-85 Taps I Think I'm Addicted!!
Tapped in Haverhill....flowing pretty good.
My drillholes, however, all leaky as I have the worst portable drill ever.
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X12 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
So my second boil on the new Mason 1/2 pint XL went so great I wanna boil again this minute. The preheater-over-flame kicked in and my pre-heated was actually boiling as I fed in the sap. Got about 10GPH and its much more efficient on wood than I thought it would be. Tonight I finish assembling the RO and we see what that does.
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X12 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
That new set up looks great. I finally got to tap last weekend. Pulled about 50 gallons off the trees on Tuesday night, then only had about 10-15 last night. There is no cold in the forecast for a while, this could be a very short season. I'll live as i have a couple of gallons of syrup in stock. As long as i can make 3 more gallons I will be good for the year.
sam