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    It's been a few years since I built my sugar shack and I have been waiting to find the right material for the finishing touches for the front of it. That is until this past summer that is. To make a long story short I had been driving by this 125 year old barn for several years thinking how nice it would be to have some of that wood for the front of the shack. And then one day as I was driving by on my way to my dad's house I saw where they were removing a bunch of the boards. It seems that some pf the foundation was crumbling and a lot of the lower portion of the structure needed serious work. The owner decided to remove all the boards, rebuild the foundation and reside the entire structure with new Hemlock boards. After some negotiating I was able to purchase enough boards to finally finish the front portion of my sugar shack. I threw in a couple bottles of my maple syrup just to seal the deal.
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    New for 2022 (My 10th year) a 9" CDL Vacuum Filter Press
    2016/2017 12' X 16' Sugar Shack 6/12 pitch roof W/ 3' X 4' Cupola.
    John Deere HPX 4X4 Gator (Pop's left it to me when he died)
    New for 2020 HB10 RO In A Bucket, a game changer.
    2015 Purchased 50 used Bag holders.
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    Nice! It will have a nice weathered look to it.
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    I had to remove the metal from the top portion and replace the 2X4 with a 2X6 that spanned the entire width to have additional surface to attach the boards to. Once I did that I covered everything up with 30# tar paper to create shadow lines once all the boards were installed.

    Latitude:N 44° 50' 25.0463"
    Longitude:W 85° 38' 57.8906"

    New for 2022 (My 10th year) a 9" CDL Vacuum Filter Press
    2016/2017 12' X 16' Sugar Shack 6/12 pitch roof W/ 3' X 4' Cupola.
    John Deere HPX 4X4 Gator (Pop's left it to me when he died)
    New for 2020 HB10 RO In A Bucket, a game changer.
    2015 Purchased 50 used Bag holders.
    2016 Purchased a home made evaporator and "everything" that went with it.
    20 acre Sugar Bush

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    We had a little bit a rain for a while and some really hot weather so when things dried out and cooled off I decided it was time to get to work. I just leaned few of the boards up against the shack to see how they would look at 1st before really getting to work. I used hot dipped galvanized nails to attach all the boards so that I would not have to worry about them rusting in a few years. I don't know why some of these pictures keep changing orientation, they all look fine on my computer.

    Latitude:N 44° 50' 25.0463"
    Longitude:W 85° 38' 57.8906"

    New for 2022 (My 10th year) a 9" CDL Vacuum Filter Press
    2016/2017 12' X 16' Sugar Shack 6/12 pitch roof W/ 3' X 4' Cupola.
    John Deere HPX 4X4 Gator (Pop's left it to me when he died)
    New for 2020 HB10 RO In A Bucket, a game changer.
    2015 Purchased 50 used Bag holders.
    2016 Purchased a home made evaporator and "everything" that went with it.
    20 acre Sugar Bush

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    After wrapping up some trim work I decided to attach the old moose antlers that I have had collecting dust in my pole barn for several years. They just seemed to add the final piece of the puzzle to this sweet version of a man cave. I still have several pieces of the old barn wood leftover so I may re-do the cupola next summer to dress it up a bit. If I ever find another source for enough similar looking boards I will finish off the other side but for now the metal siding works just fine.

    Latitude:N 44° 50' 25.0463"
    Longitude:W 85° 38' 57.8906"

    New for 2022 (My 10th year) a 9" CDL Vacuum Filter Press
    2016/2017 12' X 16' Sugar Shack 6/12 pitch roof W/ 3' X 4' Cupola.
    John Deere HPX 4X4 Gator (Pop's left it to me when he died)
    New for 2020 HB10 RO In A Bucket, a game changer.
    2015 Purchased 50 used Bag holders.
    2016 Purchased a home made evaporator and "everything" that went with it.
    20 acre Sugar Bush

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    Looks great!

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