3 X 8 raised flue, 14" stack, blower, hood and preheater, about 100gph all day , Wood fired with stack temps hovering in the 1400deg range...
3 X 8 raised flue, 14" stack, blower, hood and preheater, about 100gph all day , Wood fired with stack temps hovering in the 1400deg range...
Jim & Charlene Desjardins
Belchertown MA.
Had a good 13 year run, but circumstances ! and loss of tree use.. we are ending the Maple thing for now... maybe be back in a few years
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Dr. Tim,
Wow, I was really shocked and impressed with efficiency increase of the SAW. Thanks for providing this data. It is great to have an objective resource and I love that you have become an active member.
Leader 3x8 Patriot raised flue
800 taps on vacuum
100 buckets around the yard
A lot of help to make it fun
4,600 Taps on vacuum
9,400 gallons storage
3 tower CDL RO
3.5'x14' Lapierre Force 5
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90-100 gph with a 3x10 (3x7 raised flue pan w/ 7" flues).
Wood fired, no hood, no preheater, no blower but always nice dry wood.
2012: Probably 750 gravity taps and 50 buckets.
600 gal stainless milk tank.
2 - 100 gallon stock tanks
one 30 gal barrel
50 buckets
3' x 10' Waterloo Raised Flue wood fired evaporator w/ open pans.
12" x 20" Filter Canner
Sawmill next to sugarhouse solves my sugarwood problem
Gather with GMC 3500 2wd Pickup w/ 425 gallon Plastic Tank.
Been tapping here in Lyman NH since 1989 but I've been sugaring since 8 years old in 1968.
3x12, with 3x8 drop flue pan, hoods. Wood fired. Average around 100-110 gph.
The real efficiency is matching this with an RO with a concentrate output to match the evaporation rate. My CDL 600 will average 450+ gallons per hour input, 100-110+ output. So my effective rate is 450 GPH.
My RO is usually done about 2 hours before I am done evaporating, so
I think if I add a preheater and up my evaporator capacity by 10%, I will save myself an hour a day. Maybe next year...
Jeff Emerson
www.emersonsmaplehill.com
3x12 Leader with over air, custom piggyback, 600gph CDL RO
2500 on 25" vacuum
350 4 wheeler, 500 snowmobile, and 1950's Ford 600 tractor, Husqvarna! (261, 372xpBigBore, 562xp), Stihl MS193 for in tree work
I have 2.5x8 raised flue w/ blower and 14" stack. Last year my best was 65 gph with dry/wet/partially green wood. Expecting to see about 70-75 burning dry wood this year. If I add the air bubbler, I might see 80 gph.
Dr. Perkins. That's a great study. Thanks for posting the results.
Josh
2009 - 370 on vac. & 16 buckets
2010 - 377 on vac.
2011 - 590 on vac.
2012 - 620 on high vac., 170 buckets, 110 on gravity tubing
2013 - 830 mine + 800-1000 others
2014 - 870 mine + 800-1000 others
2017 - 920 mine + 500-700 others
2018 - 902 mine + 500-700 others
2019 - 902 mine + 700 others
2020 - 902 mine + ???? others
Atlas Copco Pump
2.5'x8' 802maple Special with Dallaire pans
H2O Innovation 600gph RO
Spring Harvest Website
Oil fired 3x8 King evaporator with Steamaway. FP + BP = 80 - 85 gph. With FP + BP + Steamaway, evaporation rate is 135 - 145 gals. of sap depending on how clean the Steamaway is and other factors.
Last edited by Homestead Maple; 01-15-2010 at 12:36 PM.
1,200 taps on USFS land, 3x8 King w/Steamaway. Lapierre RO.
Steam pans, concrete blocks, dry cedar firewood, and a total disregard for my eyebrows gets me a whopping 3-4 gph....excluding syrup production of course.
By my calculations that means I'd only have to add another 340 or so pans to reach Howden86's 515 gph.
Homemade 2X4 w/Flat Pan
50 taps....but always looking to expand
Mostly box elders with a scattering of red, silver, & sugar maples
Allis Chalmers C & Homemade Sap Sled
3X10 WaterLoo Small oil fired preheater on the best of conditions 120 GPH
3.5 X 10 D&G with 7' raised flue back pans, cross flow fronts, hood, preheater, stack damper, oil fired with "big" nozzles....145 g/hr. Added a CDL steam pan this year so we'll see in about 40 day what the good girl does now.
Harlan
Somewhere around 2400 taps
3.5 x 10 D & G w/ preheater
CDL steam pan on the way
Kubota L4300, Redbone hound
2 sons have a 18" X 40" D&G wood fired for heating the sugarhouse and making their own. They sell cheaper than me........