New Sugar Shack
Hey Everyone,
Ive been reading for a couple years on here, but have yet to post. After working outdoors on a homemade barrel evaporator, i have decided to upgrade to a 2x4 this year and build a shack. It will be nice to get everything indoors under one roof.
Shack is 14'x16' on a 20' slab, with an overhang for firewood
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Last edited by dannyac500; 11-06-2018 at 07:02 AM.
Nice start, it will be so much nicer to be inside boiling! We upgraded ours this year from our first that was 10 by 20' to a 18' by 32'. I am just getting it closed in now. (see my post "late start below". What kind of evaporator
are you getting?
2021 - 2x4 smokey lake HO raised flue, SSR. corsair arch 164 taps
2020 -n/a
2019 - 350 taps, new 18'x32' shack, SS sink & table 107 gal
2018 - 295 taps new Leader MicRO single, new Leader 15 gal canner, made 55 gal
2017 - 270 taps new Sunrise JDL Extreme w/preheater AUF & new Leader 5 plate Plastic Filter Press, made 53 gal
2016 - 140 taps new Wes Fab short bank filter press, 17 gal.
2015 - 85 taps new Sunrise 2x4 spitfire, made 23 gal.
2012 - 2014 Turkey Fryer
Thanks, its going to make life so much easier to be inside, warm and dry!
Im going with a 2x4 mason hobby XL, going to jump from 20 taps to 50
Nice - way more enjoyable. You are going to like it.
2016 - helped at afriend with a small operation, 300+ taps. = hooked
2017 - 20 taps @ home, 1 gal @ home on propane, then hauled to friends operation
Bought a whole shack locally, with a Leader 1/2 Pint, moved it home
2018 - 50 taps, 9 on 3/16 gravity and 41 pails -14 gallons of good sweet stuff
2019 - 27 taps, 17 on 3/16 gravity and 10 on pails - 12-3/4 gallons of good sweet stuff (most fun I've had with this hobby)
Yep, 20 to 50 taps this year. Next year 50 to 100, then 100 to 200!!! You are caught up in it now! It sure is fun though ....
2021 - 2x4 smokey lake HO raised flue, SSR. corsair arch 164 taps
2020 -n/a
2019 - 350 taps, new 18'x32' shack, SS sink & table 107 gal
2018 - 295 taps new Leader MicRO single, new Leader 15 gal canner, made 55 gal
2017 - 270 taps new Sunrise JDL Extreme w/preheater AUF & new Leader 5 plate Plastic Filter Press, made 53 gal
2016 - 140 taps new Wes Fab short bank filter press, 17 gal.
2015 - 85 taps new Sunrise 2x4 spitfire, made 23 gal.
2012 - 2014 Turkey Fryer
It sure is! It seems to be a slippery slope!!
It's the uncurable maple bug, 20 last year, 200 in 2 years and 2000 a few years after that!
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.
Danny,
Good looking sugarhouse! Lots of work but you will really enjoy it next spring when boiling!
Regards,
Chris
Casbohm Maple and Honey
625 roadside taps + Neighbors bring some sap too!
3x10 King, WRU, AOF and AUF
12" SIRO Filter Press.
2015 Ford F250 PSD sap hauler
One Golden named Maggie, Norwegian Forest Cat named Lucy
Too many Cub Cadets
Ford Jubilee and several Allis WD's, and IH tractors
1932 Ford AAB ton and a half, dump truck
www.mapleandhoney.com
Thanks guys, getting there little by little. Weather has been killing me!SHACK3.jpg
Hey Danny your way ahead of me. I just have the sill bolted to the concrete and 4" of snow on top of that ha ha Jay
Your Shack Looks Great!
Zucker Lager
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