Good to know 😊

Never received mine this year? I was looking forward to ordering some of the new forever taps. 😮

Great information. An additional video on the placement of the V-trough and how they position in the hood and preheater would be very helpful.

I connected my back flip drain into the hot sap line going to the float box & placed a valve in the connection. This allows me to drain my back flip directly into the float box at the end of the boil. I drain the preheater after every boil to prevent freezing.

Looks pretty cool. If only it could have a check valve, then it would have the best of all worlds and features. Do you recommend cleaning them?

Yo I have so many red maples right here

When I tell people I invest in precious metals they ask “gold or silver?” I say nahh stainless steel 😁

Looking forward to putting mine to good use ! Thank you !

That is an awesome design I saw you and Jimmy use it to warm up a batch to bottle 😊

It is the middle of July ?

Do you use the steam tray with it or straight fire underneath?? Great video will be trying this with mine very soon!!

That's pretty cool right there ! Thank you for showing this !

Does it have a manifold to drain the flues?

Morning Jim. How about showing a video for insulation of a 3 x 12 Silverplate?

That is exactly what we do and it works well for us. - Tim

I just picked up a lightly used Smoky Lake 2x4 raised flu pan set today. I can't wait to use it next season!

Thanks for the knowledge sharing. I love my smoky lake filter press and stem bottler.

great to know, thanks!

How much does that option cost over the flat divided pan.

I just bought a dauntless divided pan evaporator and I was wondering how you moved your sight glass to your draw off fitting. Do you need a high temperature plug to change it out?

Is that a steam pan on top of the flue pan

I have your head tank, and it fits my process except for one thing. I do not use the automatic feature as part of my usual process. I use the automatic switch as a "backup." I discharge my concentrated sap from my RO directly into this tank. It might be on a second pass. If the head tank gets low, it will turn on a pump and directly pump in either first-pass RO sap or original sap and fill the tank up. That keeps me safe from running out of fluid in the evaporator. My problem is that I did not watch the sap level in this tank, and it overflowed from the RO process. It was a big mess. I now watch that sight glass level as a matter of routine, just like I watch the sight glass levels of the two float tanks. It has never happened again. But there is no electronic grounding of the head tank. The switch became submerged and electrically comprised, which allowed me to get a buzz. I replaced the switch. Could you place the switch above the level of the tank and, therefore, not allow it to become submerged? It would be good to bond the tank to the ground. Your products have made our syrup production so much easier!

How much does the forced draft improve your evaporation from 12 gallons per hr.

Just bought a Dauntless from Jimmy down there can’t wait till the upcoming season.

Just bought the big brother Dauntless.

Cool! I also like diaphragm pumps normally used as water pumps in RVs to move sap around via switches.

Very nice video !

I just bought a Dauntless yesterday. Can’t wait for the next season 😎 thanks Jim

Nice!!

Heck yes Jim! Great video 😊

There is zero disbelief of this unit doing this much. I was doing almost 30GPH with the hybrid on a Corsair. going to this exact setup for next season.

Looks like a great idea

Didn’t see any mainlines? All laterals end up in your tank? And how do you drain the tank to another tank maybe on your truck to the evaporator.

Would you do a video where you discuss what those plugs might be used for in a hybrid pan I’ve had one for about a decade now and have yet to use it always interested in learning a new way to make the process easier though

Do you guys sell these at all? Would love to buy one if so. Thanks!

Anyone else see its on a leader arch

Awesome presentation

🍁

The Dauntless is a brilliantly designed evaporator! It covers a super wide range of experience levels from entry level backyard setups to guys like me who need to nerd out at a very reasonable price. Mine is set up with the previous high efficiency pan set, float box w/sight glass and force draft. For a baby evaporator it absolutely rocks!

Would you be able to to some more videos on the 2x4 raised flue high output evaporator.

Does the sap in the drop flues get wasted? How does that sap get removed? Any help would be appreciated as this is my first using the drop flue pan and burned my first batch yesterday.

LoL if your waiting this yr, you missed half of it

Great vid. Weight & sound when you clack them together is also what I go by. Jim's definitely a welder...wood has peorosity.

After a boil or a whole season we have virtually no ash in our Dauntless anywhere. Burning dry, correct size and species is important. We’re running beautiful, dry pine.

Would you be able to make another video on the 2x4 corsair raised flue evaporator.

The Dauntless is awesome. We're running 50 taps +/- with flat pan & no blower. In our 5th season & definitley hitting well above 12GPH. 14.5 the highest so far w/ good dry wood (pine). You won't be disappointed with this or any other smoky lake product. Quality stuff.

My Dauntless cranks without the blower...With the blower it's going to be a fire breathing dragon!

Great knowledge u make stuff so much more understandable

If you don’t have space for year-round storage, would a tarp similar to what you cover a snowmobile with be efficient enough to prevent damage?

FWIW, diatomaceous earth, shortened to DE, is a type of powdered stone and therefore it’s inorganic. However, it’s approved for use in organic food production. I thought some people might find that confusing.