Senior Project!!!

[U.S.M.C.Cpl]

Hello,
My name is Mike and I am trying to help My Sister In-Law out with her Senior Project... I am a bit Overwhelmed right now... She Is doing her Senior project on Maple Sugaring... It is a number of different projects if you ask me...
Step one restore the Sugar Shack 1500 to 1800 feet out in the maple orchard... See Thread http://mapletrader.com/community/showthread.php?t=12991 Now I told her I would match her $ for $ on this project and she told me she had $600 so that gave us $1200 total, not bad for a 17 year old high school student who has had to work for everything she owns...
Step Two Install or Restore 250 taps on a gravity system... We found 3/4" and 1" Mainline burried in the dirt in the orchard, so we have dug it up, flushed it, drained it, bleeched it, rinsed it, repaired what was repairable, and reinstalled enough to have 122 taps, so she only has 128 to go to hit the 250 mark, but we are out of supplies... After doing some research we found that the people who used to tap the orchard had over 800 taps, wow thats alot...
Step Three she actually has to produce Maple Syrup... That would mean she needs something to boil the sap with and that will keep up with her 250 taps...
So this is where We would like to THANK a # of members here on Mapletrader... I am sorry if We miss anybody...

stoweski @ http://www.beesofthewoods.com/ for donating North American Maple Producers Manual

DaveLaurie0824 for giving us a deal on a 2x4 Small Brothers Lightning Evaporator, Hood, Stack, Buckets, Fire Brick, and other Evap related equipment... (They can share the details of the deal if they would like to, needless to say we are out of funds now... But it was worth every penny..)

NH Maplemaker @ http://www.mapleandhoney.com/ for donating health spouts w/drops

tuckermtn @ http://www.tuckermtn.com/ for donating two 300 gal galv. stock tanks

Jim Schumacher @ http://smokylakemaple.com/ for donating

Paul @ http://stainlesssteelcreations.net/ for donating a Preheater

Richard @ http://osbornesmarine.com/ for being a great friend, and Mentor

Pete @ http://www.raggedmountainresort.com/ for picking up donations and dropping them off on his way to sunapee

Nijmeh @ http://maverickhousewares.com/ for donating a CT-03 Oil/Candy/Fryer Thermometer

No Name, Unknown, or Whom Ever for donating 200 Leader Plastic 5/16" Barbed Tees, 100 Leader 7/16" Stubby Spouts, 100 Leader Check Valve Spout Adapts, 100 Leader End Line Rings

Andy Wegner @ http://www.wegnermetalworks.com/ for donating 8" Hydrometer Cup

sugarmountain for donating a syrup scoop

Kim Munson @ http://www.stainlesspails.com/categories.asp for donating 3 sixteen quart stainless steel pails

Dave Fallon @ www.amtecgrips.com for donating 3/4" tension grips

Rob Bauer @ http://dawnindustries.com/ for donating tubing cutters

Matt and Jessica Williams @ WH Supply (802) 868-0941 for donating

John Hagan @ www.wilburcurtis.com for donating a Stainless Steel Filtering Rig actualy it is an iced tea dispenser

Colin Christie @ http://www.sugaringequipment.elapier..._en.asp?no=101 for donating

Richard Jackson @ http://www.voorheesrubber.com/ for donating Rubber Candy Molds and a Book

Lisa Hardwick @ http://www.omnifilter.com/ for donating a OB5 Filter Housing and a RS14 Filter

Lloyd L. Munsee @ http://www.bigtreemaple.com/ for donating a roll of 5/16" tubing, Cone Filter, Pre Filter

Dianna Jablonski @ Virginia Vermiculite LLC for donating a bag of expanded grade 3 or grade 4 vermiculite

Mike @ http://www.stolororganics.com for donating 8oz organic sunflower oil to use as a defoamer

We would also like to thank everyone else for there advice and offers to help out with time and labor and experience, as soonas we can come up with a work day we will let any and all know when... I can tell you it will be most Sundays, depending on the weather!!!

Also would like to know if anyone knows where we can get some donations or extreme discounts on rough cut lumber, and maple sugaring equipment and supplies... We have wrote letters to a number of local lumber companies, and have had one say they would donate some lumber to my Sister In-laws Senior Project... We have also wrote letters to a number of Maple Sugaring Equipment Suppliers and have had NO luck at all...

We would also like to thank the members of Mapletrader, as this is like having one big family!!!

[GramaCindy]

Hello USMC….Congratulations on your perserverence! I want to thank you for your service to our great land too. My son is a SGT in the USMC and I know of the sacrifice that you all make on behalf of all of us. I am only in my first year of sugaring and if I had some supplies to help you, I would too. Please keep us posted as this is a very small world and we all help where we can.

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

what else do you need, Hydrometers? syrup, sugar,

[lakeview maple]

when do you want to start rebuilding the shack,set a date a tell us what you need ? The truck and the cooler are loaded ,yeehaa lets get busy,

[Kev]

Dont be afraid to approach your nearist Legion post or S.A.L. They are into helping students do things too.

[Jim Schumacher]

Chuck Haynes and I are working on a great new design for a drip pan to serve a pre-heater. I am confident it will be highly effective and will be more versitile and flawless then most other designs. I would like to send you one complete with a preheater. I will just need some details about the contour on the top of the pans and the hood. Please pm me with some photos and shipping info.

Jim

[Kev]

its really cool to see so many people helping out on this project.

[3rdgen.maple]

This is indeed what america should be all about. What a great way to say thanks for your services than to help out. Could you please send me a pm with your name and address. I have contacted Bascoms in NH and have asked if an account could be setup in your name so anyone interested can send in a donation for your needs. I will let you all know as soon as I get a reply back. I would be proud to contribute to it. Good luck on this project with your sister in law.

[U.S.M.C.Cpl]

Thank You Everyone for your time and information!!

Hello USMC….Congratulations on your perserverence! I want to thank you for your service to our great land too. My son is a SGT in the USMC and I know of the sacrifice that you all make on behalf of all of us. I am only in my first year of sugaring and if I had some supplies to help you, I would too. Please keep us posted as this is a very small world and we all help where we can.

Well I think everyone should be required to do a min of four years in the military, but if we made that a law this would not be a free country now would it... Tell your son I said Semper Fi!!! I know how you feel at this point I think my sister knows more about sugaring than I do, I have to read up on this stuff... No worries, I am sure with all the great people on here and the leters and e-mails my sister in law has me doing we will come up with enough supplies, labor, and know how to get her through the senior project... She should start lifegaurding at the town beach pretty soon, so she will hopefully make some more money to get us some more supplies, all I have to do is try to keep up with her... Just the offer to help is good enough for her...

Thank You Very Much!!!

what else do you need, Hydrometers? syrup, sugar,

Thank You for all of your time, and advise!!!

Ok I sent you the list of what we have and you sent me a list of what she needs to get...

1. Syrup and Sap hydrometer
2. " " cup Andy Wegner @ http://www.wegnermetalworks.com/ for donating 8" Hydrometer Cup
3. draw off bucket Kim Munson @ http://www.stainlesspails.com/categories.asp for donating 3 sixteen quart stainless steel pails
4. syrup scoop and skimmer sugarmountain for donating a syrup scoop
5. defoamer
6. a dial temp probe Nijmeh @ http://maverickhousewares.com/ for donating a CT-03 Oil/Candy/Fryer Thermometer
7. filter rig
8. felt filter
9. pre filters
10. pre heater Paul @ http://stainlesssteelcreations.net/ for donating a Preheater
11. float box Jim Schumacher @ http://smokylakemaple.com/ for donating


Outside we still need 5/16" lateral line, 5/16" fittings, mainline wire, and who knows what else...

And rough cut hemlock or pine

when do you want to start rebuilding the shack,set a date a tell us what you need ? The truck and the cooler are loaded ,yeehaa lets get busy,

well we did some work this weekend you missed it and I really needed a beer too...

Dont be afraid to approach your nearist Legion post or S.A.L. They are into helping students do things too.

its really cool to see so many people helping out on this project.

We are still contacting local business, and suppliers to try to get donations and discounts... If you know where we can get food grade 275 or 325 caged totes for sap storage really cheap or free, that would help as i think when we hit her 250 taps she is going to need some storage for it...

She didn't want me to ask for help at all then she realized that everything is so expensive, and she could not afford everything she needed so as much as she hate to ask for help she came to the understanding that this project was not going to happen with out help from others!!! I agree I never would have thought in todays world that we would have anyone offer to help!!!

Chuck Haynes and I are working on a great new design for a drip pan to serve a pre-heater. I am confident it will be highly effective and will be more versitile and flawless then most other designs. I would like to send you one complete with a preheater. I will just need some details about the contour on the top of the pans and the hood. Please pm me with some photos and shipping info.

Jim

Thank You Very Much!!!

Ok If you need measurements or more info other than what i sent you please let me know and I will get it right out to you... I talked to my sister in-law to get her to explain to me what you are talking about, from what you are saying, she would not need to buy a float box??? I dont know I am lost!!! Anyway Thank You Very Much again!!!

This is indeed what america should be all about. What a great way to say thanks for your services than to help out. Could you please send me a pm with your name and address. I have contacted Bascoms in NH and have asked if an account could be setup in your name so anyone interested can send in a donation for your needs. I will let you all know as soon as I get a reply back. I would be proud to contribute to it. Good luck on this project with your sister in law.

To be Honest I almost thought that an america where people helped out other people was a thing of the past, but this tight nit community here has proven me wrong...

Michael Barnhart
90 North Road
PO Box 266
Sunapee, NH 03782

My sister in-law is Victoria, my In-Laws asked that I do not put her full name and addy on the internet as she is 17 and in high school...

I dont even know what to say, She is at a loss for words as she too did not think there was anyone left in america that would help another, besides her parents, bro and sis, and her brother in-law...

All I can say is Thank You

[3% Solution]

Hi Mike,
Does this land belong to a family member?
Or someone that has given permission for you to do this?
Do you need any advice on the carpentry end of things?
I know where North Rd. is.
Do you guys know the Leavitts on North Rd.?