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  1. #11
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    I run a 4x12. I have a 6 gallon nozzle on low fire and a 7 gallon on high fire. The pump pressure is 145 p.s.i. that makes it about 15 gallons of oil an hr. I run 20-23% concentrate. After the pans are sweetened I make about 40 gallons of finished syrup an hr. on the first hr. The second hr. I am up to about 60 gallons of finished syrup an hr. I run a 701 carlin burner. I also run the sap depth at an inch deep. 4x4 front revolution style and a drop flue 4x8.
    Blaisdell's Maple Farm
    started on a 2x2 pan in 2000 and now
    custom built oil fired 4x12 arch by me
    Thor pans Desinged by Thad Blaisdell
    4600 taps on a drop flue 8-4 split

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    Oxford, Maine
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    Thanks to all for the insights. I will be reducing the flow from 4 gph this season. Hopefully this will cut down on the noise as well. I an getting a new sugar pan this season and I will try to fit a gasket in between this and the back pan, but it may be too tight.
    It may take a little longer to boil but I think this will be worth it if there is less scorching and I don't have to yell to be heard in the sugar shack.

    2020: 317 taps, 2021: 360, 2022: 350 2023: 300, 2024: 230 (getting smarter)
    Drop lines and hanging buckets, all hand lugged
    2 X 6 raised flue evaporator
    7in. Filter press
    17 HP Kubota tractor
    12 X 16' sugar shack
    Sugar and red maples

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