2nd Boil In Chesterfield

[GV2]

Does seem a little unethical letting trees piss on the ground

A tough decision but could not man the buckets this week. Reminded me of the low feeling I had when I released my very first fish after years of eating them! I am a catch and release fisherman now but I will be a catch and keep sap guy once again in ten months or so!

[johnpma]

buckets are definitely done the tubing is still running hard start our last boil tonight and tomorrow all my storage containers in the woods are completely full Looks like I'll have to tap into the heating wood supply to finish the season

[johnpma]

Boiled off 30 gallons last night have another 35 or so to do tonight and I'm done. Bucket come off the trees Sunday and the cleaning process begins. Learned a ton this season!!! Time to start getting myself together for Turkey Hunting

[eustis22]

How do you like your Mason? I have to retire my homemade rig and I'm thinking his hobby 2x3 xl.

[johnpma]

How do you like your Mason? I have to retire my homemade rig and I'm thinking his hobby 2x3 xl.

I like the Mason evaporator a lot!!It has the blower installed which can really crank up your evaporation rate. My prewarmer sits on top of the 2X3 pan I can only get the prewarmer to around 96 degrees on a warm day. I am looking at ways to modify unit to get that a bit warmer. Like to see 135 or so. I also think that if I build a ramp inside the fire box it will help greatly with my evap rate. Just observations from the year but for the money they are very well built units.

Keep an eye on here for guys that are upgrading. That's how I picked this one up. "Biz" is thinking of upgrading. He can tell you more about his evaporator

[eustis22]

with my phaneuf I preheat on a propane cooktop to boiling before dumping it into the preheater. on the new hobby xl, the preheater sits on the fire. I am surprised theres not a ramp already from the bricking

[johnpma]

with my phaneuf I preheat on a propane cooktop to boiling before dumping it into the preheater. on the new hobby xl, the preheater sits on the fire. I am surprised theres not a ramp already from the bricking

That makes a lot more sense having the pre-warmer take some of the licks from the flame I have a lot of heat which goes up the stack I need to some how figure out a way to make use of that heat for pre-warmning

How much propane did you use pre heating this season?

[Biz]

I like the Mason evaporator a lot!!It has the blower installed which can really crank up your evaporation rate. My prewarmer sits on top of the 2X3 pan I can only get the prewarmer to around 96 degrees on a warm day. I am looking at ways to modify unit to get that a bit warmer. Like to see 135 or so. I also think that if I build a ramp inside the fire box it will help greatly with my evap rate. Just observations from the year but for the money they are very well built units.

Keep an eye on here for guys that are upgrading. That's how I picked this one up. "Biz" is thinking of upgrading. He can tell you more about his evaporator

Yes, I'm looking to sell my 18x48" CDL w/drop flues sometime before fall. It boils 10-12gph. Upgrading to something larger.

Dave

[eustis22]

I used 2+tanks at $14/per to preheat over 500 gallons (next season its an RO for me!).

[johnpma]

Finished up tonight Pulled taps and buckets today it was running hard but I'm otta time and wood lol I have 5 gallons of 6% if anybody wants it?? I drew it off today and filtered exceeded our expectation of 5 gallons by 1 gallon great finish to our season on to turkey hunting and the garden