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  1. #21
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    80 taps 5 gallons syrup. Generally get between 4-5 gallons so at a small scale we got what we have for the past 7 years.
    I am using a flat pan so if anyone is upgrading I may be interested in what you have. I have been doing it with propane because I have a 1,000 gallon tank but wood will be cheaper (but more work).
    I have more trees I can tap but a 24" x 30" pan is long since maxed out.

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    I have a 2x4 mason reverse flow for sale. New this season.

  3. #23
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    600 taps on low vacuum half dead red maples 35 gallons half of which is c grade. Will be using c grade to brine roaster pigs this summer and maple bacon.

  4. #24
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    I left some buckets in to see what we would have gotten yesterday. The sap was yellowish, but still tested at 2 1/2%, so we would have gotten some really dark nasty stuff, which we really don't need. I feel better about pulling out our taps last weekend now.
    325 taps
    2x6 Phaneuf
    Illegitimati non carborundum

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISbkO-NKA9o

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    300 taps 107 gallons of syrup

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    .28 gallons of syrup/ tap . 2/3 on vacuum.
    " A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
    Mark Twain
    900 plus taps , 435 vacuum, 565 gravity
    2.5 x 10 Thor on Tsunami arch
    H2O Concentrater 300
    Squeezing Bees
    and
    Draining Trees
    Since 1980
    http://www.sparkyshoneyandmaple.com/about.html

  7. #27
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    So I'm finally wrapping things up here. 205 taps yielded about 950 gallons of sap, which I converted into approx 25 gallons of syrup (still have to bottle the last 4-5 gallons). 45 tap were on my neighbors land, which doesn't run as good. He got 3.3 gals sap per tap. The 160 I put out got 5 gals sap per tap. One pint per tap is only 1/2 of last years production per tap, but it could be worse. If you average out the last two years I've had 2 decent seasons on average here. Lots of improvements to make for next year.

  8. #28
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    400 taps on sap sucker for half the season than milk pump for the other half, then another 125 on a second sap sucker.
    110 gal of good syrup
    Approx 15 gal of toilet water.
    Poor season to say the least, we should have made 130 on gravity not even considering we had some type of vacuum on everything.
    Actually first 10 gal approx came from sap we bought from Randy. Never really got any good runs.
    Business Name
    Flat Lander Sugaring (who would think a guy from Az be making syrup)
    125 on Sap Suckers
    Close to 475 High Vac
    400 gravity adding more
    leader 2x6
    home made preheater
    hoods
    1 7D749 for AOF
    New FLS Tsunami Arch
    4 membrane TR Industries RO 2HP 3 phase 601GPH 250 PSI
    PID Display for Arch Temp.
    Chumlee of the trader

  9. #29
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    With 500 not very sweet (adv. 1.5%) taps on high vacuum, I made 63 gallon this year!
    About 1/4 was extra dark.
    Not bad compared to some neighbors here in Western Maine.
    I'm delighted.

    2014 63 gal.
    2013 77 gal.
    2012 60 gal.
    2011 80 gal.
    500 taps on 22" vacuum
    R.O. (50 gph)
    2 sap ladders
    Filter press
    3' X 7' homemade flat-pan evaporator
    MaineSugarworks.com

  10. #30
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    1250 +/- taps on 17-19" vacuum, only made 176.5 gal, compared to 334.8 gal last year on the same number of taps. I need to make enough to get a better vacuum pump in my bigger bush, so I can get 25"+. That's the bush that is at 17", the best that pump and motor can give, the 19" is on a vacuum tank and I don't dare go higher. That bush is only 409 taps and I'll likely stay with that set-up until after I've gone high vacuum on the bigger bush a year.
    Last edited by maple flats; 04-25-2014 at 06:43 PM. Reason: forgot what was left in canner
    Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
    Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
    Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
    After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.

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