november journal

[nas]

Picked up my new to me evaporator today. A 3x12 grim arch with a 10' raised flue pan and a 2' syrup pan for $2500. It also has a hood and pre-heater. Also got a 250gal stainless insulated tank for $300, and a 13gal water jacket bottler for $100. Will try to post pics tomorrow.

Nick

[Parker]

Getting sanborns buttoned up..took a vessel off the r.o. tonight and took the membranes out with some help fron tkrmtn and some friends...think it might be the original membranes fron 1987,,,just wrapped up perferated plastic sheet and paper like stuff inbetween the layers of plastic? OLD SCHOOL

[maplecrest]

well today is the last day so i can get my life back. traffic has been so heavy that i cant stand it anymore and the gun shots at dark i hope will be gone. nov might as well be considered the worst month of the year. it always puts me behind because it is not safe to work here. i am sick of hearing bullets going thru the trees. finding bird shot in my tubing. and bullet holes in my main lines.

[brookledge]

I had my first Christmas fair of the season yesterday and it went good. I hope the next few I have are as good. The last week I have been spending every night getting ready. I hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving and now to sell a lot of maple before Christmas
Keith

[Sugarmaker]

nas,
Looking forward to the pictures of the new rig. should be a nice unit and will boil like mad for you. does that mean more taps too?
Regards,
Chris

[nas]

Here are pictures of it set up at the former owner's and loaded on the trailer. I hope to unload it tomorrow.



I would like to get up to around 400 taps this season and add a couple hundred every year. I got a couple of old vacuum pumps with it too, so I might try them this year too.

[waysidemaple]

nas,

Looks like a good find and lots of syrup to be made. Good luck with it. I dont think you could have fit much more on that trailer, thats always a good thing when its full of maple stuff!

Scott

[Sugarmaker]

nas,
Looks like a lot of evaporator there. Good value from what I can see. That's a huge rear pan! I am sure you will have it polished up and ready to go for the spring. That rig may eat through sap from 400 taps very quickly.
I see the previous owner had a bee problem too!
Thanks for posting the pictures!
Regards,
Chris

[PATheron]

Tomarrow is season opener for deer down here at Pierce and sons. I can shoot a buck and a doe and brother can shoot a buck. Hoping to be standing ankle deep in brass by noon. Theron

[Farmboy]

Bent up the Stainless steel for the sides of my evaporator today. The peices aren't quiet long enough so I need to bring them to my dads buddies house so he can weld more to them. Also got a sunset milk tank from the they guy I got my evaporator from. He gave it to me with the evaporator I just never had a chance to pick it up. The model # is MC-200PX. I'm assuming that it's 200 gallons. Were going to build a base for it sot it sits outside the sugar shack and acts as a feed tank for the evaporator. Not much more time till the season starts.