SmellsLikeSyrupNH 2019 Thread
Happy New Year everyone!!!
After being away in the Middle East last season and not being able to make syrup I am excited and ready to roll for 2019!! One good thing about being away is I was able to buy some new items that I probably wouldn't have been able to buy without some serious budgeting.
Upgrades- 2x6 Smoky Lake Raised Flue pans
- Smoky Lake Simplicity Auto Draw
- Maple Jet Filter Press from the Maple Guys
- Carlin 301CRD oil burner
- 1 handed and 2 handed 3/16" tubing tools
- My best addition, a beautiful new wife/sugaring partner named Puren.
I spent a day last weekend and a few hours yesterday installing my 1st attempt at using 3/16" tubing. The properties where I tap do not really have the slope needed to run a good tubing system without a pump, but im trying it anyways. Having a central collection point as opposed to dumping 300 sap sacks manually really made me decide to do this. As im getting older and my son not having as much time available after school and on weekends made me decide to try it. I am still going to have about 100 taps on Sap Sacks, but thats a lot better than 300.
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In addition to that I have decided to go with an oil burner this season as opposed to wood. I got a good deal on a Carlin 301 and im running it with a 3.0 60 degree nozzle. I got the tank a few weeks back and then started working on the burner and trying to figure it all out. All I had was Youtube videos and reading this site to go off of. I had a buddy cut the hole in my evaporator door and Irving Fuel come and inspect the tank and connections for me. Seems to work great, although I really dont know if the flame is tuned properly or what I should be expecting. I filled the evaporator with water and ran it at about 1.5" above the flues and in the syrup pan and it came to a full boil in about 10 minutes and 30 seconds. I was happy with that. The fire box is fully contained now with fire blanket, the video was done while I was just testing the unit out.
https://youtu.be/x20uiCP_9Kw
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Lastly I am still looking for someone who sells sap in the So NH area, if anyone knows someone please let me know. THANKS!!
Cant wait for the sap to start flowing!!
-Scott
Last edited by SmellsLikeSyrupNH; 01-02-2019 at 09:11 AM.
2022 4x40" RO, Welch 1397 Vac Pump, 3 Guzzler Pumps, Lapierre Releaser, 1100 taps
2021 Twin Baby Boys, Close to 650 taps
2020 Upgraded RO to 2 post and 7GBS Pump. 265 taps
2019 Smoky Lake 2x6 raised flue, Autodraw system, Maple Jet Filter Press, a beautiful new bride to be my sugaring partner :-)
2017 Expanded Sugar Shack, new 2x6 with float box, NEXTgen Maple RO, 250+ taps, still on sap sacks
2016 Sugar Shack, 2x6 evaporator, 160 taps, all on Sap Sacks
2014 110 taps
2013 35 taps
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