Looking for opinions on the sirofilter compared to the presses....
I want to pull the trigger on one or the other...just want to make the right move....I make around 100 gals
Looking for opinions on the sirofilter compared to the presses....
I want to pull the trigger on one or the other...just want to make the right move....I make around 100 gals
Check out the video of the siro filter on Lapierre's web site. It may give you some insight. Personally I looked at both and decided on a press.
I would go with a short bank 7" press.
1700 Taps /1600 on Vac. 3x10 King evaporator
20 head Charolais cattle
8 head Lowline Angus
28 Miniature horses
90 hives honey bees
JD 4430 tractor
Chris the MAple Guy had a Siro and now has a press. He sells both, but I would bet he would give you a honest and straight up answer as to why he switched. I too think for a 100+ gallon operation a short bank is the way to go.
Eric Johnson
Tucker Mountain Maple Co-op
1400 taps in 2013
2.5 x 8 CDL pellet arch and Smokey Lake pans
Lapierre 600 RO
Member of Andover/Salisbury Maplehaulics anonymous
www.tuckermtn.com
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I think just on resale value if you outgrow a filter, the filter press wins. Far more producers looking for them, very few have a Siro Press.
That being said, a short bank 7" press can be expanded to 5 by just adding 2 more sets of plates, and can be made a full press by changing to the long rods and adding more sets as you grow further. Then if you outgrow that you can get a double and sell the single. Except the pump they should last "forever?".
I started with a 3 bank 7", added 2 more sets of plates last year. When I outgrow that I'll buy the longer rods and more sets of plates.
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.
Overwhelming response for the filter press....how much are the warren rump pair pumps?
This is the pump I have been using.
good luck with it so far.
http://www.amazon.com/Diaphragm-Pump.../dp/B007IAZU4G
Eric Johnson
Tucker Mountain Maple Co-op
1400 taps in 2013
2.5 x 8 CDL pellet arch and Smokey Lake pans
Lapierre 600 RO
Member of Andover/Salisbury Maplehaulics anonymous
www.tuckermtn.com
pALS
Ennis Maple also has a very good video on the Siro on youtube and twitter. The thing with the Siro is that it uses way less aid and you wash the filters in hot water and reuse no buying paper filters. Not that filter aid and papers are expensive. I am actually waiting for my Siro to arrive. I really like the idea of changing the filter and washing one. I really think it will be nice on days when you have a short night seems like less work for less syrup. There are also 2 different filters for them. The numbers of gallons before a filter change seems pretty good as well I have heard as much as 120. We shall see.
Jared
wiam - yes 7" short bank. Ran it 1/2 of last season and when I refiltered this off season. Amber Gold has that pump on a full bank 7". Perhaps he will chime in...he has had his for longer...
Eric Johnson
Tucker Mountain Maple Co-op
1400 taps in 2013
2.5 x 8 CDL pellet arch and Smokey Lake pans
Lapierre 600 RO
Member of Andover/Salisbury Maplehaulics anonymous
www.tuckermtn.com
pALS