My job is the busiest during sugaring season. That's when we get all of our overtime. I agree with what others have said and won't repeat them. But what I will add is get big equipment. You don't need to be spending a lot of time boiling. Your time needs to be spent in t h e woods, that's where the money is. Once you get the sap out of the woods you want to boil it as fast as possible because you've got to get home and go to work the next day.
shrunken producer, from 8,000 taps to 4,000 to 5800 to 9500 to 11,000 vac
5x16 woodchip fired evaporator with 5x10 max flue and 5x6 revolution front pan
CDL 20+ RO
Double 10"filterpress
sp-11, bb2, airtech L63, L160, L230 vac pumps
CDL low profile electric releaser
MES 8000 electric releaser
CDL 4000 tap mechanical releaser