Desjardins Sugar House Belchertown Ma.
Our Sugar operation grows every season. The 2009 season will start with a 3x8 wood fired evaporator, will will be taping over 600 taps, most on tubing and around 200 on buckets. we have made a new goal of 200 gallons of finished syrup, last year we hit our 100 gallon mark.
Our 3x8, wood fired evaporator, boils the the sap at a rate of near 100 gallons an hour and making 2+ gallons of syrup per hour. We fire the evaporator every 7 minutes with a bundles of wood
The Sugarhouse
Tapping and collection tanks
pure maple syrup drawn off the evaporator
Filtering and canning
New Canning area
collection
Sap
2001 Dodge Dakota w/210 gallon & 2003 GMC 2500HD with 525 Gallon
Then added hose holder for pump setup
Let The Sap Flow !!!!