Sapseeker
Do a search for beer making supplies. They make just that kind of valve for ss pots.
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Sapseeker
Do a search for beer making supplies. They make just that kind of valve for ss pots.
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Scott
2009 20 taps and 4 steam pans on a block arch
2010 40 or 50 taps 27x48 divide pan on a block arch
Gaining on experience
High on Enthusiasm
So lets see your name is SAP SEEKERMMMMMMMMMMMMMM you do know that your neighbors have neighbors that have neighbors. Some people are drug tolerant but sooner or later
It is really easy to do. Haynes told me how to do it and its cheap. Take a nipple of what ever size pipe you want to work with and drill a hole in the pot that it just fits in. Then you use a washer one the out side that dosn't go over the non threded part and a straight pipe connector for a nut in the inside and make your self a plastic or rubber gasket for the out side that is between the washer and the pot. I actually used the plastic from a old ice tray for gaskets and it worked great. Its soft but squishs just enough to seal.Originally Posted by sap seeker
I now have the bladder out of a pressure tank for rubber gaskets I can use so I am set for years for gasket material.
Last edited by KenWP; 12-29-2009 at 12:52 PM.
maybe 50 taps for 2011
Finally ready to boil when I get enough sap
I just might be crazy.( make that I know I am)
Trees all tapped except the ones with 5 feet of snow.
Enough rabbits to keep Elmer busy..
Thats what neibors are for. I had 41 taps last year and as soon as i get a bigger evaporator someone has 250 taps on the south side of there house. Thats just on the south side. You will grow trust us.I live on a 1/4 acre lot, feel pretty confident in that statement unfortunately.
02 F350 powerstroke and 89 Toyota 4X4 5 speed sap haulers
16X16 sugar shack
30"X8' raised flue GH Grimm evaporator Smoky Lake Maple front pan!
Sthil MS 460, 026 (2), 009, husky 61, 365, 272, and a 42
2009 41 taps, 2010 72 taps on a barrel evapotator all buckets, 2011 151 taps 34 buckets 117 taps on tubing.
DENIAL is a classic symptom of some maladies...
We need a thread where we can post these statements from guys who say they will never get bigger and go back to then every year. In about two years have a prize for the worst case senerio. Theron will be on the top of the list probbably.
maybe 50 taps for 2011
Finally ready to boil when I get enough sap
I just might be crazy.( make that I know I am)
Trees all tapped except the ones with 5 feet of snow.
Enough rabbits to keep Elmer busy..
Like this http://picasaweb.google.com/Stickey6...17486695098258 ?
29 taps
Block arch
21"BY33" Home made pan
2.85 year old helper "snap" gatherer and PITA deer chasing dog.
No Chickens (of my own)http://picasaweb.google.com/Stickey6...eat=directlink
Thats it. Works great and you have a choice of what size you want to make it. By the way how did that preheater work out besides getting a pot really really black.
maybe 50 taps for 2011
Finally ready to boil when I get enough sap
I just might be crazy.( make that I know I am)
Trees all tapped except the ones with 5 feet of snow.
Enough rabbits to keep Elmer busy..
LOL, is the pot trying to call the kettle black? It worked killer, just don't knock it over!! Man, I had fun with my hobo sugaring rig and made some incredible syrup. I just started visiting the forum again, got plans to build a new rig
29 taps
Block arch
21"BY33" Home made pan
2.85 year old helper "snap" gatherer and PITA deer chasing dog.
No Chickens (of my own)http://picasaweb.google.com/Stickey6...eat=directlink
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