RO systems are common for industrial sugaring but rare for hobbyists, mostly because they’re expensive and partially because they don’t provide as much of a benefit for the boiling time at a smaller scale (you still need to set aside a night to do it).
That makes sense, he’s probably pretty much exactly on the line between a large-scale hobbyist and small industrial operation. He’s got a lot of property with a lot of trees to tap, but it’s pretty much just him and his family doing it all the work, and he does sell it but more as a side-gig than any serious source of income.
I do remember him saying that it pretty significantly cut down on the amount of fuel he needed, but knowing him it’s probably just as likely that he did it because he thought it would be fun to tinker with an RO system than because of any savings.
They are really fun to work with. Once you have the sap feeding into the RO machine then the evaporator with tubes you really feel like you have a little factory going!
RO systems are common for industrial sugaring but rare for hobbyists, mostly because they’re expensive and partially because they don’t provide as much of a benefit for the boiling time at a smaller scale (you still need to set aside a night to do it).
That makes sense, he’s probably pretty much exactly on the line between a large-scale hobbyist and small industrial operation. He’s got a lot of property with a lot of trees to tap, but it’s pretty much just him and his family doing it all the work, and he does sell it but more as a side-gig than any serious source of income.
I do remember him saying that it pretty significantly cut down on the amount of fuel he needed, but knowing him it’s probably just as likely that he did it because he thought it would be fun to tinker with an RO system than because of any savings.
They are really fun to work with. Once you have the sap feeding into the RO machine then the evaporator with tubes you really feel like you have a little factory going!