leader supreme pan w/ halfpint arch
i am considering getting rid of my homemade arch and getting a halfpint arch with supreme pan. maybe getting the extension kit as well. I am just wondering if anyone has any experience with these pans? wanting to go with supreme pan on front and extension to bump evap rate alittle more than just flat pan on front.
2012-2015 --- 10-15 taps = little over 1gal syrup made
2016 first year larger production
--------homemade evap (fueloil tank w/ 5 steam table pans)
--------41 taps
-------evap worked good, shelter did not = 3/4 gal syrup
I have Leader 2x4 supreme pan, get about 18gal /hr at 1200° stack temp w/ Auf! Only difference is arch is better than half pint set up. Made 7gal amber yesterday
thanks for the reply.......I am thinking the halfpint w/ extention brings it to a 2x6ish (haven't taken a tape to it yet.)
2012-2015 --- 10-15 taps = little over 1gal syrup made
2016 first year larger production
--------homemade evap (fueloil tank w/ 5 steam table pans)
--------41 taps
-------evap worked good, shelter did not = 3/4 gal syrup
I've got 2x4 supreme pan and if your doing a lousy job it'll do 15gph. I am on my second year with it and I've seen 23gph several times including startup
2017:150 taps
Hauled by me my dog and a Yamaha. Blaster, no buckets next year.
Trees sucked most the seasons sap back up. Live and learn.
14 gallons syrup.
2016: New 10x16' sugar shack, new leader 2x4 evaporator
150+ taps gravity to buckets=13 gal. Burnt roof off shack lost 3-4 gallons of syrup in pan and draw off pale didn't eat fire extinguisher
IH 584 sap hauler
2015: Homemade oil tank arch with 3 steam table pans
35 taps gravity to buckets=1 gal.
1 human sap hauler
I am also thinking of ditching the barrel stove evaporator I made for a leader half pint. I love making sugaring but 8 hours to boil 15 to 20 gallons is a lot of time. I liked that I could put he add on part on the leader for expansion later, I plan to go up to about 100 taps in a couple years. The hold up is really where to put it, I set my 12 x 16 shed up as a part time sugar shack and then just take it all apart and put it away in the loft when the season ends. So it's either give up some space in my shed or go for the shack and arch. Then we're talking $$$!
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