Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
Ok, really good to know. Is it just for convenience or is it like the acid wash where the extra time breaks up more of the stuff. I have to do my end-of-year clean, so I might try letting it sit a day.
Woodville Maples
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Around 300 taps on tubing, 25+ on buckets if I put them out
Mix of natural and mechanical vac, S3 Controller from Mountain Maple
2x6 W.F. Mason with Phaneuf pans
Deer Run 250 RO
Ford F350
6+ hives of bees (if they make it through the winters)
Keeping the day job until I can start living the dream.
Woodville Maples
www.woodvillemaples.com
www.facebook.com/woodvillemaples
Around 300 taps on tubing, 25+ on buckets if I put them out
Mix of natural and mechanical vac, S3 Controller from Mountain Maple
2x6 W.F. Mason with Phaneuf pans
Deer Run 250 RO
Ford F350
6+ hives of bees (if they make it through the winters)
Keeping the day job until I can start living the dream.
We have a primary permeate tank (1,500 gal) in an upstairs bay and a secondary (3,000 gal) permeate tank on the main level. Both tanks are inside, but not in heated space. We also have another hot permeate tank -- gets filled with cold permeate, but heat loop through evaporator brings the temp up when we're boiling.
At the end of each day that we concentrate we do a soap wash. When the machine shuts down, we start the rinse cycle and walk away. The primary permeate tank drains to empty during the rinse.
The procedure in some areas (especially organic-certified Quebec producers) is to rinse after concentrating, then measure flow rate. If it has dropped a certain amount from the benchmark value, they can use RO soap, otherwise they can not.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
2008 4 buckets
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2016 1300 vac tubing
18x24 sugar shack
2x6 Grimm Lightning w/preheater on natural gas
7" full bank press
CDL 600 RO
2000 Sonoma w/ 200gal tank
2003 Duramax w/ 500 gal tank
2 sap guzzling kids
very patient wife!
Same ol' addiction