I too had a sugar house cleanup a while back. A guy from town who gathers metal came up and I filled his truck and trailer. I was willing to pay the guy but he was happy just to take my metal. The only junk I have left is about 35 tires. I'm trying to find a farmer who would take them for his silage pile. Looks like I might get a little sap later today. Starting Wednesday things should really start flowing. Good luck to you.
Spud
Spud..i bet you had just what i need at the moment.....i was putting the evaporator together after getting the ro goin and noticed my stack a
Is down inside the arch
So im looking for a stack base for a 5x16..measures 12.5" x 60 inches..would like to findone today if possible..will travel to ME NH or VT for one call or txt 603 491 0082
Also whats the best way to lift a stack...its pretty heavy
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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Lifting straps?
Is the outside surface of the stack rough enough for lifting straps to get some purchase on? Maybe one on each side w come-a-longs to framing above? Give a call if you need a hand.
Mark
Mark Cowdrey
Ragged View Farm
111 Bradley Lake Road
Andover, NH
In the Spring of '15, after boiling with Eric Johnson of Tucker Mountain Maple for 10 years, we began boiling the sap from our 3-400 taps here. I bought my rig from Eric, a 2-1/2 X 8 raised flue on a custom air-injected wood-fired arch. We put our syrup up in glass and sell til we run out. We are not using vacuum, an RO or filter press.
www.raggedviewfarm.com
Lifting straps should work if the stack can handle it. Sorry I cannot help you on that. I don't know anyone who has a spare.
Spud
Between the previous sap i had and what ran today i had full tanks at the sugarhouse..debated filling the concentrate tank and recirculating until i had it empty,,but,,that all takes time and babysitting so ifired up the r.o and crunched it all down to 700 gal of 9%..my plan was to boil it tonight..but...fixing the stack took longer than expected..i wound up getting some steel and fabbing up a base..lifting the stack was not bad..used rarchet straps...
I did try to get another collar (not stack base, my bad). Bascoms had 2 but the wrong width (16" wide instead of 12.5") i called leader..in stock item,,but the $780.00 price tag.really?..come on guys..you want to sell something ??? That still hurts my head...$780....anyways...got the evaporator all put together by 8pm..i cleaned the pans well last spring but i want to boil permeate and get them spotless...still got a pile of tools to get put away in the stack area.get a press out and put together and get some barrles out.throw wood in front of the evaporator..ect.ect...i have the heat tape on the head tank valve so freezing should not be an issue
My latest starting date was today the first year i boiled..another year i logged late
Looking forward to making some steam
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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Do you ever question the nature of your reality?
Well, yes. Sometimes i do..
Was what was going thru my head at 6pm yesterday as i was laying on the collar ties above the syrup pan hood with a bucket of water and a sponge cleaning the dust and grime while looking at previous first boil dates on the wall, knowing yet another day would pass befor i made syrup.
Frustrating...thinking of years past and how much syrup we had made by now,,,the squads of help contirbuting to the effort..ahh,,but the only constant in this life is change..
But. My brother came down from Maine yesterday,,we boiled permeate,,and cleaned the daylights out of the sugarhouse,,then my sister arrived later in the day and we cleaned some more. We were trying to remember the last time just the 3 of us had worked together..mabey 35 years ago getting wood in and our parents house??The sugarhouse is definatly ready to go now..it was 9 pm by the time i got home from shutting of ths vacuum pump at rte.11 (500 gal yesterday)..i was beat and figured that concentrate would last another night with this cold weather..
Today i will shake the boiling syrup monkey off my back...
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
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Made 25 gallons today,,nice smooth boil..felt great,,cold gere this morning at 17 degrees,,500 gallons from rte.11today and 500 yesterday
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg
Had a great day at rte 11.. got the vacuum up to 25"....just 600 gallons yesterday..interestsd to see what ran last night...went up to hill and started a bit up there...debating wether im going to tap there this year..not sure i would be able to keep up with the trucking/boiling without a truckdriver...i think i probably will tap it..we will see..got a few more things to wrap up befor i do..about 2 feet of snow tight to trees up there
Give it hell
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg
Got about 700 overnight and 250 ish during the day today..helped a bud finish tapping today,,headed to Hill tommrow..the sniw was like concrete yesterday,,breaking through half the time today..Tommrow will be mean shoeing
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg
Happy to see a small freeze overnight..picked up 500 gal this a.m.
We roll the dice
Salisbury Sugarworks,,Parker Rowe, and friends
Salisbury, N.H.
1988 taps in 09
over 2500 on vac in 2010
no buckets in 2010
2815 taps in 2011
shooting for 3000 in 2012
4000 taps? In 2014
5x16 wood fired "Mighty Marvin"
50 cords in the shed
Old, old R.O.
Charter member Andover/Salisbury Mapleholics
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/4...s009bx4.th.jpg
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