The base on hand pump cracked and leaked syrup while filtering. We had to stop filtering.\u00a0 We checked our records:\u00a0 the same piece cracked in 2017.\u00a0 We got the filter press for 2002 season so the original part lasted 15 years.\u00a0 We were not expecting the base to crack again so soon.\u00a0 We keep a spare diaphragm on hand because they wear out from the pumping action.\u00a0 \u00a0But the base is just a reservoir although it does get the pressure generated from the pumping action.<\/p>\n
33 overnight.\u00a0 Cloudy windy most of the day.\u00a0 Snow flurries at 12:45 PM.\u00a0 By 3:45 PM the sun was out.\u00a0 Forecast for low 20s next two nights with high around 40.\u00a0 That\u2019s what we need.<\/p>\n
Into the woods at Noon for finishing and bottling.\u00a0 We were planning a big weekend of bottling.\u00a0 We had 4 milk cans of syrup.\u00a0 \u00a0 Planned to bottle 1 today and 2 or 3 tomorrow.\u00a0 Now we have to wait for parts to recover from the pump blowout.\u00a0 \u00a0 Time is running out.\u00a0 \u00a0Back to the farmhouse by 4:00 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n
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