Does Daryl still sell his presses...does he have a website?
Does Daryl still sell his presses...does he have a website?
yes he had them for sale at LEME in November. PM him on this site or through Sugarbush Info.
Eric Johnson
Tucker Mountain Maple Co-op
1400 taps in 2013
2.5 x 8 CDL pellet arch and Smokey Lake pans
Lapierre 600 RO
Member of Andover/Salisbury Maplehaulics anonymous
www.tuckermtn.com
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Yes, he said he had some ready to go for the 2014 season. Nice addition for the small producer.
Regards,
Chris
Casbohm Maple and Honey
625 roadside taps + Neighbors bring some sap too!
3x10 King, WRU, AOF and AUF
12" SIRO Filter Press.
2015 Ford F250 PSD sap hauler
One Golden named Maggie, Norwegian Forest Cat named Lucy
Too many Cub Cadets
Ford Jubilee and several Allis WD's, and IH tractors
1932 Ford AAB ton and a half, dump truck
www.mapleandhoney.com
I'd get ahold of him sooner than later. He said he was gearing up to make more soon.
Received mine yesterday. Looks great! Will be a nice addition to the shack... And my wife will like the fact that she doesn't have to wash the 3x3 flat filters every night anymore! She will however have great arm muscles from pumping syrup through the filter press!
Leader WSE 2x6 w/hoods
12"x20" Mason Finisher
250 taps.. Majority on tubing
14'x20' sugarshack
Kubota RTV900XT
Home built Auto Drawoff
Leader MicRO 2 RO
www.mallardpondmaple.com
I have one of them and have to say that they are awesome!
Just make sure that you pick up a second pump diaphragm to have on hand.
I have found that the DE can be a little abrasive to the inside of the diaphragm and over time it will wear the inside and cause a weak spot and right at the end of the season when you are trying to get that last really dark stuff thru and you are really pushing the pump hard it might, just might blow out and give you a nice warm syrup shower!!
1st Generation Hobby Maple Producer, you got to start somewhere.
222 Taps, all on Vacuum! No more buckets.
Lapierre 2'x5' raised flue w/Hood and Preheater
Surge SP11, Lapierre Hobby Releaser
Modified 5" Filter Press made by Daryl with a Gear Pump
Homemade 2 membrane RO
Kabota RTV Sap Hauler
Hardy's Maple Syrup on Facebook
Leader WSE 2x6 w/hoods
12"x20" Mason Finisher
250 taps.. Majority on tubing
14'x20' sugarshack
Kubota RTV900XT
Home built Auto Drawoff
Leader MicRO 2 RO
www.mallardpondmaple.com
Just curious why everyone goes with Daryl's hand pump over the wees fab pump...is it due to having power available....difference in price us only about 2-300$.
The Wes fab motorized press is over $1300.
Their hand unit is around $900.
New on the market is the Maple Guys Maple Jet press. Saw it at Verona. Didn't bite as it was new but it uses the guzzler hand pump. They added it to their site recently. Only $520. No idea if anyone had used it but may be worth looking into.
Leader WSE 2x6 w/hoods
12"x20" Mason Finisher
250 taps.. Majority on tubing
14'x20' sugarshack
Kubota RTV900XT
Home built Auto Drawoff
Leader MicRO 2 RO
www.mallardpondmaple.com
Ok...I see price is a bit more...anyone know much about the new guzzler press?
I can only speak for myself but I bought one of Daryl's presses because I like that it was a 5" press vs the 7" wes fab. For a small producer the smaller press seems to be a better fit, Daryl said you can filter around 8-10 gallons before the press plugs depending on the quality of syrup. The short bank wes fab will do closer to 15-20 gallons. I plan on just using a few of the plates and filtering as I take syrup off the evaporator, with the 7" I would need to store unfiltered syrup and then reheat and filter. I don't like the extra step.
Jeff
470 taps
Torr Vac TV40D High Vac with Lapierre Horizontal releaser
Leader 2x6 Patriot raised flue
Leader 2x4 Steamaway
Wildfire arch
MES Dolly 300 3 post RO
DG 7" 5 bank filter press
and still lookin to get bigger