Central Ontario Tapping

[jaystersj1]

No Membership needed. You can usually get Pans there for like $30 , instead of $100 online.. They even have a website which may show if they have them or not if I remember correctly. https://www.wholesaleclub.ca/Non-Foo.../p/20797874_EA

[paulflikkema]

Welcome Jaysters. I am just north of Bond Head so not too far. I collected about the same this past week. I just started boiling this morning. I am using a 3 burner propane stove with a custom made pan to fit. It’s about 38”x16”. Boiling great so far. Can’t wait to give it a taste when it’s all boiled down later today. D14B00EA-3236-46CE-9BD5-4507BC0F8B4E.jpg

[paulflikkema]

Well boiled down all 280 litres on Saturday and ended up with 7 litres of amazing tasting syrup. All bottled up and ready for the next run of sap. 0C584F2B-EAA0-493C-ABF6-B700DD056562.jpg

[Someclown]

If there's a S.T.O.P. restaurant supply in your area, they also have a great price on steam pans and variety of other equipment for us little back-yarders. Walk in and shop or online
Their website gives great product detail also.
http://www.shopatstop.com/en/home/.
happy sapping

[Run Forest Run!]

Great looking syrup Paul! I'm still waiting for my trees to really start up here on the hill. I'm off to another slow start but ready for the sap whenever it arrives.

Thanks for the tip about S.T.O.P. Someclown. Welcome to the forum!

[Hkb82]

Well just put the first 50 taps in today. Considering the temps some trees were running good. Kinda missed the first good run around me.

[ridgerunner394]

Hey paulflikkema looks like we need to start a separate thread for the "Denali" group! Here is my set up. did you put a divider in your pan? I feed mine continuously from the elevated pail into a smaller section at the end.
Denali.jpg

john

[Run Forest Run!]

Here's my submission into "The Denali Group". I use a disposable steam tray poked with pinholes to drip cold sap into the taller steam tray. The hot sap in the middle steam tray is used to feed the other two trays which are boiled down to syrup. I can't wait until I can really get this setup ripping.

IMG00246-20180303-1819.jpg

[paulflikkema]

Hi John and Karen, initially I used 3 steam trays which worked well. I used the first steam tray as my warmer and then ladled the sap from pan to pan as it boiled. I had a friend weld up a stainless steel pan to fit the stove which I used last weekend. I opted not to have any baffles welded in this year, just a straight pan. I place a disposable steam tray on the corner of the big pan and it drips the sap into the pan slowly which worked great. I will have baffles added in as well as an outlet tap during the summer so it is ready for next season. I have attached pictures of the initial set up with the 3 pans, one with just the new large pan and then one with the prewarmer on top. I am also able to connect into my 1000lb propane tank so no worries about ever running out or having the tank freeze up. Thanks John for the video by the way. Maple 1.jpgMaple 2.jpgMaple 3.jpg

[Run Forest Run!]

Day eight for me with no sap.

Today I fired up the Denali to boil off the sweet that had been sitting (freezing cold) for the past week. I also had a little bit of sap to add to it that had been frozen for a week. After a couple of hours of boiling I took what I had to finish on the stove inside. I got 2.7L of light syrup. I'm very happy with that.

Everything is all cleaned and scrubbed and waiting for sap. Perhaps I'll see some by the weekend.