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  1. #1
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    Default New shack 2020

    Well maybe not new, but new to me. We’re adding an addition for the wood furnace and wood, so that means the old wood shed becomes my sugar house. It had to be moved and needs a new roof along with a cupola, but it sure will beat boiling outside in Maine!! It’s 8x12 and will be about 2 feet higher once I get it on the new floor and knee walls.


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    2018 - 20 Taps on 3/16, Barrel evaporator with 2 steam pans. Unknown amount.
    2019 - Nothing
    2020 - 30 Taps on Shurflo, 30 taps on 3/16, 2x5 oil tank evaporator, 11 Gallons.
    2021 - 35 Taps on Shurflo, 11 buckets, RB10 RO Bucket, 2x3XL Mason Evaporator. 4 gallons
    2022 - 110 Taps on Shurflo, 77 taps on 3/16 gravity, 13 buckets to hit 200, Upgrade to RB15 RO Bucket.
    2023 - 110 Taps on Shurflo, New 3/4 Mainline with 125 taps, 2x4 raised flue, Upgrade to Homemade 4x40 RO.

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    Good for you. You're going to really enjoy being inside to boil and out of the elements for sure. Are you putting it on a wood floor or concrete floor?

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    It will be on a wood floor for a few different reasons. #1 being that the ground is uneven and I didn’t have time to get the site work done before the frost hit. #2 were planning to move within the next few years so this is more of a temporary setup.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    2018 - 20 Taps on 3/16, Barrel evaporator with 2 steam pans. Unknown amount.
    2019 - Nothing
    2020 - 30 Taps on Shurflo, 30 taps on 3/16, 2x5 oil tank evaporator, 11 Gallons.
    2021 - 35 Taps on Shurflo, 11 buckets, RB10 RO Bucket, 2x3XL Mason Evaporator. 4 gallons
    2022 - 110 Taps on Shurflo, 77 taps on 3/16 gravity, 13 buckets to hit 200, Upgrade to RB15 RO Bucket.
    2023 - 110 Taps on Shurflo, New 3/4 Mainline with 125 taps, 2x4 raised flue, Upgrade to Homemade 4x40 RO.

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    Nice! Yeah, you'll enjoy boiling in that. We boiled outside for a total of 17 years before we had a sugar house. There were many a day where I would have committed murder to have a shack like yours!!
    Good luck with it.

    Steve
    2014 Upgrades!: 24x40 sugarhouse & 30"x10' Lapierre welded pans, wood fired w/ forced draft, homemade hood & preheater
    400 taps- half on gravity 5/16, half on gravity 3/16
    Airablo R.O. machine - in the house basement!
    Ford F-350 4x4 sap gatherer
    An assortment of barrels, cage tanks & bulk tanks- with one operational for cooling/holding concentrate
    And a few puzzled neighbors...

    http://s606.photobucket.com/albums/t...uckethead1920/

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