Anyone ever think there plastic truck tank doesnt hold the amount of fluid it claims to ?
Truck tanks
Anyone ever think there plastic truck tank doesnt hold the amount of fluid it claims to ?
I wouldn't expect it to be a problem. Did you calculate volume? 7.48 gal per cubic foot.
Ken & Sherry
Williston, VT
16x34 Sugarhouse
1,500 taps on high vacuum, Electric Releaser & CDL Sap Lifter
Wood-Fired Leader 30"x10' Vortex Arch & Max Raised Flue with Rev Syrup Pan & CDL1200 RO
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How accurate ( or un-accurate) do you think they are? This past weekend I hauled back a total of 900 gallons in 2 trips. With a sugar content of 2.1 I should have made 22 gallons of syrup. I made 23 which includes the sap from an additional 70 taps at the sugar house so I believe they are accurate. My tanks are a round one and an elliptical one.
I think our 65 gallon tank holds 65 gallons when full. I think the other markings, 10, 20, 30, 40,50 is rather subjective. Ten gallons in the middle of the ten mark? The bottom of the ten mark? The top of the mark? All that being said, our sugar content has tested between 3.2 and 4%.
Typically those markings represent "nominal" volume....an approximation of the "true" volume in a tank. Basically...more or less.
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
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Got to be closer than guessing at it! Keep 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
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I've always been amused that you can go to Tractor Supply and get what they call a 170 gallon stock tank....but they come in units of three stacked inside each other. The biggest one is almost 5 inches longer than the small one.
If you are using those tanks, and they are the galvanized tanks, they are not food grade.
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.
Stock tanks are meant to be watering tanks for livestock. Sit on the ground and never move.Originally Posted by Michael Greer
Poly tanks that have lids and drain spouts and are food grade are what people should be using for hauling sap in large quantities.
Screen Shot 2019-03-29 at 9.13.15 AM.jpg Aren't they tapered?
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