Checking what VT sugar makers are doing

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

ok picked up new Vac pump from MES, Clayton was awesome. He even called one of his customers that bought same unit last year the guy said he went six weeks 24/7 his electric bill was 300 approx. better than 279.52 for 4 weeks of a flogging by a unnamed electrical company saying we are commercial but everybody else says we are AG. Clayton was 1000 less than another company for same type of pump with a moisture trap included. No VFD on this pump Clayton said this pump doesnt need one, he explained it to me it made sense. This pump has a 1.2 HP motor at 5.2A the old milker was 9A 1HP.
All plumbed and already on went right to 28+(with all the valves closed) hahah lines will be up and running today.

Ryan, Going to upgrade motor that will take a VFD and have Breezy do his magic on the 75 so we can get more vac out of it move that unit up to quarry hole with a VFD on a generator.

Clayton Ro's are very impressive, like an old saying we had when street racing, if it dont go chrome it, well Claytons units arent "chromed"

big bush all tapped out turning pump on this today

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

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not the best picture light in back ground to much. no water to mess with no oil reclaimer

[spud]

Hey Flat Lander how high of vacuum do you get with that pump? How many CFMs? I hope you have a great season.

Spud

[PARKER MAPLE]

Set vac pumps this morning and electric releasers. The started tapping. Got -300 in today. Probably could of had more but cut in new drops and slow going threw the snow. Hope for another 400 tapped tomorrow then that lot will be done. My father got the RO wire this morning. And cousin got it plumbed. I love it, big family affair lol.
Not if Mother Nature will cooperate like the rest of use we will be in good shape.
PM

[Flat Lander Sugaring]

Hey Flat Lander how high of vacuum do you get with that pump? How many CFMs? I hope you have a great season.

Spud

re plumbed unit turned it on and at releaser went to 27.5/28. 1000' up in woods 26.5 on one, 25, 24. now were going to start chasing leaks.
17cfm unit good for 1000 taps were at 450/500 adding another 75 to 100 next few days.
will post pics
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all tapped in except for a a few that have a tree on them. head tank moved, arch together new valves on cage tank. putting ro together tomorrow and hooking up pellet stove. little welding.

does any one have prints on a oil reclaimer home build?

[VT_K9]

We made some head way on getting the vac. and the pump lines tie up a little more. I will have those finished tomorrow. I'll probably start tapping afterwards. We'll wire the pump and turn it on Tuesday. Then we prep. the R/O and evaporator. Game on this week.

Mike

[northwoods_forestry]

Finished tapping all the pipelines yesterday. Plumbing in all the tanks this morning and getting the sugarhouse ready. Buckets will go out tomorrow.

Here we go!

[spud]

Turning both pumps on today preparing for tomorrow. I had the pumps on the other day just to check for leaks. I am not running super high vacuum yet but it will have to do for now. I am tired of hiking through 30 inches of snow looking for leaks. Based on the 10 day forecast we are going to have several days in the 40s and that should melt a bunch of snow making it easier to get around the woods. At that time I will chase down more leaks. It is snowing hard at my house this morning but the sun is supposed to come out by 1:00pm.

Spud

[GeneralStark]

Pump is on at 26.5". Still have about 200 taps to put in but it is supposed to hit 40 here with some sun this afternoon so I figure I will run the pump while I am off at my other job and see what I get. Could be a decent week!

[billyinvt]

Bright sun and 34 degrees should loosen things up a bit. The wind is out of the NW though so I doubt there'll be much of a run. Nice little stretch of weather coming up though if it gets cold enough tuesday night.