[AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad

[Bob McNitt]

Henry's right ... w/o a sap pan, appropriate firebox and covered shelter 
bldg, you'll be wasting sap. As I recall, our pan was about 5x3. You might 
consider seeing if anyone nearby you is sugaring and review their operation.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Miller" <hank at millerfarm.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Sap is rising/good news and bad


> If you haven't figguered out how/where you are going to boil the sap don't 
> bother starting.   I learned this the hard way when I was 14.   My 
> neighbor had the spouts, and buckets were easy to find.  Nobody had 
> anything useful for boiling sap.  We ended up with about 200 gallons of 
> sap, and were dumping some for lack of storage!  (I'm not sure how much we 
> dumped, I think we were collecting 10 gallons a day)
>
> What we tried was a hot water bath canner on a barrel wood stove.  Never 
> got hot enough to boil anything despite plenty of dry wood to work with. 
> I was told my friend's parents had tried boiling in the house a few years 
> before, but the house got all sticky.
>
> You don't need everything now, but if you don't have a plan and all the 
> equipment on order, you could be wasting time.
>
> Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>On Mar 13, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Paul Waugh wrote:
>>
>>> I will try the copper pipe and screw. Thanks
>>
>>Ask around the town. You may find someone who's got buckets full of
>>the made-to-purpose spigots that simply tap into the hole, and who is
>>not planning to use them now.
>>
>>You'll need some buckets, too.
>>
>>Note: about one barrel (50 gallons) of sap is needed for a gallon of
>>syrup.  You'll need a big pile of sawmill scraps to feed the fire.
>>
>>Roy
>>
>>
>>Roy Morgan
>>k1lky at earthlink.net
>>529 Cobb St.
>>Groton NY, 13073
>>
>>
>>
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