Originally Posted by
Maple Man 85
I watched the previous owner of my evaporator run 20% into a steam away and still created an exceptional quality syrup he went from 400 gal per hour with max flue pan to 700 gal with an enhanced steam away. We made almost 10 barrels of syrup in 6 hours from startup to shut down it was awesome!
With that being said, what year was this? Assuming that it was this year, many had a pretty rough time making any dark syrup no matter what you did.
Mark
Where we made syrup long before the trendies made it popular, now its just another commodity.
John Deere 4000, 830, and 420 crawler
1400 taps, 600 gph CDL RO, 4x12 wood-fired Leader, forced air and preheater. 400 gallon Sap-O-Matic vacuum gathering tank, PTO powered. 2500 gallon X truck tank, 17 bulk tanks.
No cage tanks allowed on this farm!