Yes it is a DIY hood , I took a pattern to a sheet metal shop and they bent everything then I put it together with stainless steel pop rivets....
You will enjoy this , it is a hobby that will have you addicted after one season kinda like firewood.
I mix 1/4 cup of DE per one gallon of hot syrup . I use the Orlon filter and one paper pre filter. The DE forms a mat on top of the filters that...
Looks good Brad I'm sure it will work fine. I gravity filtered with cone filters for years ,what a pain. The main reason I built the vacuum filter...
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Yes it is and I really like it. I use a small shop vac that is just for maple. Being a one man operation I don't try to filter and bottle while...
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Looks like season will be coming to an end here soon. There are 3 to 4" in the bags from yesterday ,hope to get that much today. Cold with 3 to 4"...
Welcome to the forum ,hope you can make it down to our GTG in October
I have been burning cherry and box elder with no coals and very few ashes. I am forced air at the rear of the fire box . I can run the evaporator...
I am also just doing it for fun and I have syrup to give to friends and family
Muddypaw that is a nice looking shack and evaporator. Where are you located,I am near Fredericktown
I have probably gone thru almost a cord and made roughly 13 or 14 gallon. Today was a good day ,started boiling this morning with 125 gallon of...
Gathered 100 gallon yesterday afternoon , boiled it off this morning. Gathered 160 gallon late afternoon today , will fire up early tomorrow...
Swung one of those for many cord , don't think I'm man enough anymore. It must have got run over to be bent like that.
Just watching the weather forecast for today , hopefully the sap will run this afternoon . Please take time today to say a prayer for the people...
The three point logging winch is my most important implement for my tractor , only time it comes off is when I put the box blade on to work on our...
Beautiful rig and beautiful setting !!!
