Last Monday the Sap Evaporator was finally delivered from Leader. I went through Anderson’s Maple Syrup for my order and advice. I purchased the American model because that one fit the amount of taps that I hope to eventually get to.
So far we have only done a fit check and dry assemble. Now we have to rent a wet saw to cut about a dozen fire bricks for the tunnel. Once that is completed the drop flue pan and the syrup pan can be put in place and a simulated sap cook will begin with water.
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Yay! We are so excited for you! We have also been working on gathering tapping supplies…only a few short months away! How many taps do you suppose you’ll have?
We have around 150 taps at this point. Last year we finished around 8 gallons. We hope to be up to near 300 this year. I just mounted a transfer pump on the Kubota RTV to help rid us of many of the 5 gallon buckets. I put a 65 gallon tank in the RTV and now just drop a pump line into the smaller 35 gal tanks that we have around the farm then finally into the 200 gal tank inside the Sugar shack.
Sonny, that’s a really fancy rig. Congratulations! Lots of work ahead…have fun.
That looks like a pretty big piece of equipment. I wish you good luck with your syrup and your honey.
how long will in stay all shiny and new looking. Does honey too?
The evaporator pans are stainless steel so they should last quite a while. It only boils down sap to syrup.