Took a road trip Saturday with my understanding wife up to Bascom. The intent was to get a used evaporator pan, 2 x 6, to put on top of my brick arch. After seeing them, I realized that by the time I got the right fittings, resized my bricks, the season would be over. I ending up buying a new pan, 18 x 48 CDL. It would fit nicely, still give me room for one of my steam table pans. Set it up and ran Sunday, finally lit off at around 3 PM, it did not work as well as hoped, as I did not optimize the mounting. I had the small pan in the back, on a steel plate. the plate warped under heat, so all the smoke came through anyway, and the front of the new pan was not hot, due to the draft. Today I reversed it, welded up a couple plates and angles, and sealed it with stove rope. Had to add a pipe extension to the valve to clear the bricks, but saves me from buying the whole entire stove part as well. Plus I think my firebox is bigger.
2014 Year 1, 1 large front yard shade tree with 3 taps - 3 quarts of the best syrup I ever had.
2015 - Convince In-laws and Neighbors, bought F-150 and bricks. 20 taps, 4 gallons in pretty bottles.
2016 -- More friends and neighbors, should add another 20 +, built temporary shelter as sugar shack. F150 traded for Ram 2500. Big Blue new barrels for 116 gal storage. 8 gallons Syrup.
2017 - Mortared Brick Arch with serving pans, no make that an 18 x 48 CDL divided flat pan, 48 taps.