03-11-2008, 12:55 AM
Oh no evaporators here... "Fire is the only way to do it" (Grampa is old school that way).
We have a "Sugar Shanny" which is basicaly a 14x12 stucture with an open air vent through the middle of the roof. Dead center of the room there is a concrete/cinder block fire pit that the sap pan sits on. There is a pipe at the top of the hill going into the shack's main tank. (Don't ya just love gravity).
We only tap around 60 trees but they are some BIG maples. Most of them get 2-3 taps and mulitiple buckets.
The flow was a bit slow today so we didn't collect. Buckets should be full by tomorrow. I'll take some pics then.
We have a "Sugar Shanny" which is basicaly a 14x12 stucture with an open air vent through the middle of the roof. Dead center of the room there is a concrete/cinder block fire pit that the sap pan sits on. There is a pipe at the top of the hill going into the shack's main tank. (Don't ya just love gravity).
We only tap around 60 trees but they are some BIG maples. Most of them get 2-3 taps and mulitiple buckets.
The flow was a bit slow today so we didn't collect. Buckets should be full by tomorrow. I'll take some pics then.