Bill in IL
Well-known Member
I just started on this maple syrup making adventure. I like it so far as used to hate "mud season" no I have a reason to like it. I put together an evaporator using an old 200 gallon saddle tank and used 2 steam pans for boiling pans. I attached a picture to give a better idea.
Just looking for more ideas on how to do this smarter. The larger guys use continous flow evaparators. How do they work? What creates the flow in the pans or how do you keep the sap from the syrup? I got some stainless scraps around and would consider making one if it would work for me. I only have 30 taps and could do about 10 more till I am out of trees so my size doesn't justify much.
Just looking for more ideas on how to do this smarter. The larger guys use continous flow evaparators. How do they work? What creates the flow in the pans or how do you keep the sap from the syrup? I got some stainless scraps around and would consider making one if it would work for me. I only have 30 taps and could do about 10 more till I am out of trees so my size doesn't justify much.