Northwoods Maple Farm

[BAP]

I would have thought Wisconsin snow load ratings would be higher. Around here, anything less than a 5/12 pitch and 60-65# snow load would be asking for trouble.

[Maple Man 85]

That's good, but you may not be able to add "avalanche stops" (snow guards) to help hold the snow load from sliding off. Ask your engineer if snow guards can be used before using any if you decide you don't want the snow coming off all at once.

Snow guards were engineered into the plan... I'm told the trusses will handle it. I have pretty beefy trusses, I told the engineers I wanted to place a pulley system from the trusses to raise the hoods or in the future a steamaway so they were rated for a much higher load than standard trusses.

[maple flats]

Good, It's always better to plan ahead rather than trying to beef it up later. Sounds like you did well.

[Maple Man 85]

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Got some of the wainscoting between today the yesterday. Hopefully by the 4th we'll have the rest of the steel on! More pictures to follow, have a Happy Independence Day everyone!!!

[Maple Man 85]

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Spent some more time on the new sugarhouse over the holiday (okay more than some time). We were able to get the ridge cap on and the east, west and south walls sheeted off.

[Maple Man 85]

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We had some directional boring done to pump sap under the County Road directly to our new sugar house worth every cent!

[BAP]

Looks great. How many taps are you running across the road?

[Maple Man 85]

4000 taps to start with the potential for much more. We pulled 4 2'' lines for potential future capacity. Had to engineer the system to be able to run without me (I work 2nd shift). We have 3 pump stations bringing 4000 tap right to the sugarhouse with a tank sensor that we'll wire into the RO so once the tank is full we are making concentrate. Then when I get home we can run the evaporator a couple hours get some sleep and still have plenty of time to walk the woods and check for leaks later in the mornings.

[Maple Man 85]

Had a productive weekend on the new sugarhouse. Insulated two walls, put up trim around the services doors and garage door, and sheeted off a full wall.IMG_1684.jpgIMG_1685.jpgIMG_1686.jpgIMG_1687.jpg

[MISugarDaddy]

Your project is really looking good. Nice to see you are finishing the inside walls like you are doing. Makes for easy cleaning if needed and makes the health inspector really happy. It isn't cheap to do it the way you are doing, but you won't regret it.
Gary