I'm about to move my new evaporator to an outside boiling location. It will stay there until the end of this season.
Will animals bother the evaporator?
Will Bear, Rodents, Coyotes... Bother an Outside Evaporator?
I'm about to move my new evaporator to an outside boiling location. It will stay there until the end of this season.
Will animals bother the evaporator?
Last edited by OrangeAgain; 04-04-2023 at 11:30 AM.
2023 - 2' X 6' Smoky Lake Products "Silverplate" evaporator + Increase taps up to 500
2022 - 295 Sap Sak taps - Sold sap.
2017-2021 - Didn't tap.
2016 - 150 Sap Sak taps - Sold sap.
https://www.larrybohenwebsolutions.com
Coyote's, probably not. Bears, maybe because of the scent of sweet? Rodents will enjoy pulling apart any exposed ceramic blanket or other type of material. They love that stuff for home building.
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/
And racoons too.
You should obviously securely cover the pans and float boxes.
Ken
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
https://www.facebook.com/pumpkinhillmaple/
how is your season going? How is the new rig working out?
Ken
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
https://www.facebook.com/pumpkinhillmaple/
Ken; Thanks for asking.
Things are happening very slowly.
Sap collection: Although I have seven people on call for sap collection (Sap Saks to tote), I'm finding that a crew of 2-3 are not as available as hoped when I need them. Sap collection is a weak link in my 2023 plans. We have collected about 540 gallons and fortunately, it's been cold enough to prevent spoiling but I need to evaporate soon. I've got more totes and will check the sugarbush today to see if a Thursday sap collection is needed. I'm finding that at least this year, my sugarbush hasn't thawed out as bushes more south.
Evaporation setup: Moved the evaporator from my garage / workshop yesterday to under the pipe-frame with roof tarp. Covered evaporator with its own canvas tarp. I need to install the smokestack and (2) sight glasses, perhaps today, and I should be ready to evaporate. Since I will be boiling in batches, I've recently become concerned about bear disturbing my evaporator between boilings.
Filtering / bottling syrup: Syrup coming off my evaporator will go into five gallon plastic containers, taken to my garage / workshop for pressure filtering and bottling (water-jacketed bottler).
2023 - 2' X 6' Smoky Lake Products "Silverplate" evaporator + Increase taps up to 500
2022 - 295 Sap Sak taps - Sold sap.
2017-2021 - Didn't tap.
2016 - 150 Sap Sak taps - Sold sap.
https://www.larrybohenwebsolutions.com
That sucks. I hope you can finish off the year with a successful boil on your new rig.
Ken
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
https://www.facebook.com/pumpkinhillmaple/
One reason farmers used to have 8-10 kids. Available work-force.Originally Posted by OrangeAgain
Dr. Tim Perkins
UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc
https://mapleresearch.org
Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu
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