Anyone here boiling sap?

[Maverick]

I like that setup; looks like the skeleton of an old oil tank..?

 

 

 

Ya, he found the idea on the net. Basically the firebox is under the first pan and then there is a 2 inch air gap and 2 inches of sand ontop of a plate under the second pan. We had flames shooting 4 feet out of the stack. When it get's going it is freakin' hot. He is planning on lining the firebox with a ceramic insulating blanket of some sort to eliminate heat loss.

 

Thats a nifty set up Maverick...mount some wheels under it and your a mobile sap makin machine

 

Haha, that would be too funny.

[TJQ]

Got our second batch in the bag.. 900+ litres of sap boiling down in a couple of days! about 6 gallons of syrup. in the last one. Still too much snow in the bush here to use the four wheelers.. but not enough to use the skidoo in a few places either... next collection is gonna be difficult. I still have one more run and maybe another after that!

 

http://howtomakemaplesyrup.com/maplesyrupjournal/2014/04/23/a-good-run-with-a-heavy-heart/

[Sinker]

Sorry to hear about your dad TJ. Good on you for stepping up and keeping the tradition alive. Lots of great memories to remember, and be made, in the shack!

 

Nice haul too!

 

S.

[aplumma]

Got our second batch in the bag.. 900+ litres of sap boiling down in a couple of days! about 6 gallons of syrup. in the last one. Still too much snow in the bush here to use the four wheelers.. but not enough to use the skidoo in a few places either... next collection is gonna be difficult. I still have one more run and maybe another after that!

 

http://howtomakemaplesyrup.com/maplesyrupjournal/2014/04/23/a-good-run-with-a-heavy-heart/

well just hook up the kids and holler mush a few times they will get the idea.

 

 

Art

[crappieperchhunter]

Just read your April 23 write up TJ. Sorry to hear about your pops. You have a great family tradition going on there that he started for all of you. And now it has even more meaning. He will always be out there keeping an eye on it. Enjoy the work and enjoy the memories you have made and will continue to make and thx for sharing it all with us.