New evaporator and my 1st boil
Thanks to forum member McGeeC I was able to pick up an evaporator and graduate from using turkey fryers.
It's not the prettiest thing, but it worked great. Set it up yesterday and boiled water to help clean it out and see where I had leaks etc....went and picked up some gasket rope, some rustoleum wood stove paint and fired it up again to test it again and see how my fixes worked. Looks like I fixed all but 1, but I will get that done once it cools down again. So I decided to boil the 20 or so gallons of sap I had from last weekend and just made 40oz of syrup with it. Here are some pictures from my weekend...
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Well I had a bunch more but the limit is 5 lol
Last edited by SmellsLikeSyrupNH; 03-03-2014 at 10:17 AM.
2022 4x40" RO, Welch 1397 Vac Pump, 3 Guzzler Pumps, Lapierre Releaser, 1100 taps
2021 Twin Baby Boys, Close to 650 taps
2020 Upgraded RO to 2 post and 7GBS Pump. 265 taps
2019 Smoky Lake 2x6 raised flue, Autodraw system, Maple Jet Filter Press, a beautiful new bride to be my sugaring partner :-)
2017 Expanded Sugar Shack, new 2x6 with float box, NEXTgen Maple RO, 250+ taps, still on sap sacks
2016 Sugar Shack, 2x6 evaporator, 160 taps, all on Sap Sacks
2014 110 taps
2013 35 taps
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