I was reading some old posts from 2010 on securing the pails so they did not blow away. Some did what someclown does and ties the handle to the tree. One person made a frame for the pails to sit in, that was a snug fit, but not too tight.
I have all of this wood that I posted about last fall, that I was originally going to burn in the ice hut and maybe the evaporator, but ws advised because of the stain on them, that it would be bad for the environment. But three simple rows of this free wood, could make a great frame for the buckets and they would never move and because the wood is stained a nice colour, they would not look overly fugly. Something to play with tomorrow.
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2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
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2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
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