I need to boil tomorrow otherwise won't be able to boil until next weekend. Does anybody have any experience boiling when it's below 20° out and windchill =0?
Any issues boiling outside when it as cold is it supposed to be tomorrow?
I need to boil tomorrow otherwise won't be able to boil until next weekend. Does anybody have any experience boiling when it's below 20° out and windchill =0?
Yes. Boiling outside in freezing weather is a struggle to keep your feet warm and to keep the pan that you dip your foam scoop into from freezing. If you boil with propane, it might be difficult to keep the BTUs up because the propane doesn't want to boil in the tank. You'll use more of whatever fuel you use. Keeping the sap flowing can be harder.
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44° 41′ 3″ N
2019 -- 44 Red Maples - My home and sugarbush are for sale.
2018 -- 48 Red Maples, 7 gallons
2017 -- 84 Red Maples, 1 Sugar Maple, and 1 Silver Maple , 13 gallons
2016 -- 55 Red Maples, 8 gallons
2015 -- 15 Red Maples, 6 Birches - 3+ gallons maple syrup
An awning over my deck is my sugar shack.
An electrified kitchen sink and an electrified steam table pan are my evaporators.
One side of your legs will be frozen, while the other will be nearly burning.
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1998 to 2009: 15 taps on buckets, scavenged fire pit and pans
2010: New 2x4 SS flat pan w/preheater
2015: New to me Lapierre 18x60 raised flue, new shack, new everything!! 59 taps 23.75 gallons
2016: 85 taps 19 gallons
2017: Purchased 2.5 acres and tubed half with 3/16. 145 taps total 49.25 gallons
2018: 200 taps (162 on 3/16ths 38 on buckets) New NextGen RO 63 gallons
2019: 210 taps 73.5 gallons
2023: 210 taps 89.75 gallons
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So, on average he should be comfortable.Originally Posted by wnybassman
Good luck weekend warrior. You're definitely going to have an adventure.
16x24 Timber Frame Sugar House
Mason 2x4 Evaporator
90 trees on buckets
two words, Plywood windbreak
80 Taps and just as many trees
2008 10 taps and milk jugs and turkey roasting pan
2009 and 2010 15 taps , buckets and barrel set up
2011 22 taps buckets and barrel set up and pre heater
2012 25 taps buckets and barrel set up and pre heater
2013 Who knows yet!!!!!
2014 50 taps, buckets, bags and a better barrel set up with pre heater
2015 80 taps, all bags, custom built arch with half pint pan
Sap hauler 2004 Honda 450 es Foreman and a 3ftx4ft yard cart
The biggest things I always noticed when boiling in cold wind was how drastically it effected my boil rate. Some cold windy days I couldn't even get above 10gph. I also had my feed line from my head tank to my evaporator freeze. That is a GIANT PITA.... I ended up stopping and going to the hardware store to buy pipe heat wrap to keep my line thawed. You might want to consider that ahead of time if you're feeding your rig with a head tank.
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2015 - 18 taps 1 Gallons, Turkey pan
2016 - 85 taps 5 Gallons, 2x4 Smokey lake maple continuous flow flat pan
2017 - 130 Taps, 18 gallons, 2x4 Smokey Lake Maple continuous flow, 8'x12' sugarhouse.
2018 - (planning) 250 taps, 4x40 200GPH RO, 2x4 Smokey Lake Maple continuous flow.
I tried boiling last night and couldn't get my syrup temps up high enough so I canceled weekend operations.
2024 - New Maine resident, 12X12 sugar shack under construction
2019 - New 12X12 boiling pavilion
2018 - New Mason 2X3 Hobby XL and homemade RO
Second that motion....
2018: 40 taps, 19.5l syrup
2017: 80 taps, 20 liters syrup.
2016: 40 taps, 38.5 liters maple syrup. Bonus 1 liter of Birch Syrup from 12 taps.
2015: 1st time! 13 taps, 175l sap, 8.2l syrup
Boiling on arch made from old wood furnace with 4 steam table pans
It may sound dumb but the first year I tried this I put up 2x4 walls with scrap tin for a roof. I stapled cardboard from the appliance store for 3 walls and a blue tarp for a door. Road out many snowstorms in there for weeks. Total cost was under$40 and way worth it.
custom made 2x7 intensofire
With SL pans
250 deer run
300 3/16 (new 2016)
500 sacks around the neighborhood
Sounds like you're putting Rink Mann's advice to good use! Any way to stay warm.
I on the other hand have a shack and am out boiling as I type. My problem? My head tank is out in the wind. The feed pipe keeps freezing, I have 30 gallons of sap on reserve in buckets in case the line freezes. Big PITA. I see another project in my future. Head tank comes inside to keep from freezing!
Leader WSE 2x6 w/hoods
12"x20" Mason Finisher
250 taps.. Majority on tubing
14'x20' sugarshack
Kubota RTV900XT
Home built Auto Drawoff
Leader MicRO 2 RO
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