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  1. #551
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnallin View Post
    I'd say drive over to the CDL store in Castile NY but Bascoms in Vermont is closer!
    next time that’s exactly what I’ll do.
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

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    You H2O/Leader dealers closer to you than Bascoms. Bascoms is in New Hampshire not Vermont. You have a H2O dealer in Pawlet, VT which isn’t that far. Go onto H20 Inovations website and use dealer locator to find some near you that you can drive to.
    Sugaring for 45+ years
    New Sugarhouse 14'x32'
    New to Me Algier 2'x8' wood fired evaporator
    2022 added a used RB25 RO Bucket
    250 mostly Sugar Maples, 15% Soft Maples. Currently,(110on 3/16" and 125 on Shurflo 4008 vacuum, 15 gravity), (16,000 before being disabled)
    1947 Farmall H and Wagon with gathering tank
    2012 Kubota with forks to move wood around

  3. #553
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    I have been using 5/16 spouts and drops on 3/16 lines with tees that are 3/16-5/16-3/16. I also use the Zap Bac spouts and replace the spout, drop and tee every other year. This is year 8 of that setup and was recommended by Cornell Maple. It helps with tap hole sanitation and keeps all drops/spouts (and tooling) the same size as we also have mainline with 5/16 laterals.

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    Check out Shaver Hill Farm too, they are an H2O distributor. Awesome people

  5. #555
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    Quote Originally Posted by MRFNY View Post
    Check out Shaver Hill Farm too, they are an H2O distributor. Awesome people
    nice, is that a little closer to Saratoga region?
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

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    Quote Originally Posted by YBSean View Post
    I have been using 5/16 spouts and drops on 3/16 lines with tees that are 3/16-5/16-3/16. I also use the Zap Bac spouts and replace the spout, drop and tee every other year. This is year 8 of that setup and was recommended by Cornell Maple. It helps with tap hole sanitation and keeps all drops/spouts (and tooling) the same size as we also have mainline with 5/16 laterals.
    I just checked out the zap bac spouts, had never heard of these before…looks like Bascom and a few others carry them, so I’ll have to try them next season. I have the stubby adapters on their way and looks like ZB makes the spout ends for those, too.
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

  7. #557
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    Quote Originally Posted by ADK_XJ View Post
    nice, is that a little closer to Saratoga region?
    They are out near the Cobleskill area. I went there recently for some glass containers and it was about an hour and 15 minutes from the Charlton area (just west of Ballston Spa).

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    Quote Originally Posted by ADK_XJ View Post
    I just checked out the zap bac spouts, had never heard of these before…looks like Bascom and a few others carry them, so I’ll have to try them next season. I have the stubby adapters on their way and looks like ZB makes the spout ends for those, too.
    We use the zap bacs as well. Order them through anyone who deals CDL equipment. They do make stubby adapters too but we just use the spouts. Our cycle is year 1 new drop and white smart spout, year 2 and 3 zap bacs. Year 4 start cycle over again.
    305 taps on 2 Shurflo's, 31 taps on 3/16" and 229 taps on gravity. 565 in all
    Mountain Maple S3 controller for 145 of the vacuum taps
    2x6 Darveau Mystique Oil Fired Evaporator w/ Smoky Lake Simplicity Auto Draw
    Wesfab 7” filter press

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    Today is the day! We didn’t get anywhere near the snowfall projected, so I’m suiting up for a day in the woods. The only concern is the high wind warning later this afternoon and evening.
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    2015: 8 bucket taps (7 red, 1 sugar) on DIY barrel evaporator
    2016: 13 taps (bucket and tube) on block arch and hotel pans
    2017: SAME
    2018: 25 taps on 2x3 flat pan and resurrected barrel arch
    2019: 25 taps...same setup plus DIY 3x150gpd RO filter
    2020: 50 taps, all buckets..."new" oil tank arch setup
    2021: 100 taps (50/50 buckets/3-16 tubing) on 2x4 divided pan
    2022: 150 taps (50/100 b/t) on 2x4 pan with sap warmer pan
    2023: SAME
    2024: 150 taps, added single-post 4x40 RO system

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    Be safe out there,there looks like there will not enough warm weather for 10 days,i am going to bottle up bourbon barrel syrup today and then make about 20 lbs granulated sugar next couple days ,stay warm

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