Use an old chest freezer to hold sap?
Has anyone tried to use a chest freezer to hold concentrated sap for storage? An 18 cubic foot freezer could hold over 100 gallons of concentrate. Was just curious if anyone has tried this. Maybe put a liner in the freezer and set the temperature to just above freezing?
2019 50 aluminum buckets, selling sap. First year 19.7 gallons of syrup
2020 130 on 3/16 tubing and 30 on aluminum buckets
Interesting idea. I suspect that the tiny little compressors on those things wouldn’t make much headway on chilling the large volume of sap they would hold.
60ish taps on buckets
D&G Sportsman 18x63
Turbo RB15 RO Bucket
Many bait shops have done this for minnow thanks kept at about 58* F. Have to use a bilge pump or something like it to keep it circulating for maximum cooling.
backyard hobbyist
Mason 2x3 w/AUF
2020 - added small vacuum and gravity 5/16 tubing and sap sacks
N 42* 18' 31."
W 79* 34' 15."
https://www.saptapapps.com/map/31868...-aab748a6394e/
You would need to set the temperature to below freezing. I think the ideal temperature is between 25 and 28 degrees for holding concentrate.
First introduced to making maple syrup in 1969
Making syrup every year since 1979
3 x 10 oil fired
Revolution syrup and max flue pan
Almost 1300 taps total with 900 on high vacuum
Bought first Marcland drawoff in 1997, still going strong.
I did not mention that also would have to bypass the freezers thermostat and use a bulb type t-stat like for a commercial walk-in freezer. Not difficult to do.
backyard hobbyist
Mason 2x3 w/AUF
2020 - added small vacuum and gravity 5/16 tubing and sap sacks
N 42* 18' 31."
W 79* 34' 15."
https://www.saptapapps.com/map/31868...-aab748a6394e/
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