28176120_10215765307149731_351622248_n.jpg
This is what the current setup looks like.
28176120_10215765307149731_351622248_n.jpg
This is what the current setup looks like.
I just think you're ready for a bigger storage container.
Noel Good
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
www.wnybass.com
Yeah... I think i'll pick one up this weekend lol.Originally Posted by wnybassman
I have a 55 gallon screw top barrel at the end of my line, I just dip 5 gallon buckets in to empty it.
So the overflow tubes seem to be working fine now. Not sure what went wrong with them. I just rearranged them a bit and almost three buckets full on this line although flow has been slowing down a bit.
I like the idea of a 55 gallon drum with a screw lid, does anyone know where I can order one of these without buying in bulk?
Many places in nh have them. Try craigslist, Sunnyside maple, place in Northwood on rt.4
Brian Eldredge
Mooncusser Maple
16x24 post and beam sugar shack
2x8 CDL maple pro Wes fab filter press
Lots of shiny stuff now I need some more trees
I bought my blue food safe barrels on craigslist for about $60.00 a piece. Now I just saw some for 30 the other day. If you can get the ones with a removable lid with clamp. They are easy to clean.
For the sag, a friend showed me how to use a little rope to pull the line laterally one way or other perpindicular to the slope, which is the same as weaving it around other trees but that option isn't as available once you've run your line top to bottom. Y ou can always add a rope later to tighten up.
2022 is season 7
2016: 20 taps on buckets, 4 gallons on a borrowed 2x3.
2017: 32 taps on buckets, 8 gallons of syrup, on a "loaner" Lapierre 19x48.
2018: 80 taps. First time tubing. New 10x12 sugar shack, Lapierre 2x5. Made 17 gallons
2019: 100 taps. 22 gallons. Added a small RO 50 gph.
2020: 145 taps, 30 gallons, sold half. Murphy cup is a great addition.
2021: tapped Feb 23, 150 taps, 35 gallons.
2022: 200 taps. I lost 50, added 100. Having fun but short season?
Side ties work, Leader and maybe other dealers also carry a holder with a nail hole. If you try some of those I suggest you use junk trees as much as possible and even then use aluminum nails. That way if one gets missed and does not get removed it will not cause an issue with a chain saw. Leader calls that a tubing support part # 4747. Another way is to use wire ties or twist ties around smaller brush to hold for fewer sags.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote