New Force 5

Out with the old and in with the new. We've taken the plunge. 10 years ago we started with a used evaporator, when we built our new sugar house in 2007 we bought a bigger but still used evaporator. Later this summer we will be bring home a brand new Lapierre Force 5 (do a youtube search and see what this rig can do). The Force 5 is an innovation in wood fired evaporators. A conventional wood fired evaporator needs fired (filled with wood) every 5-7 minutes. Do this for about 12 hours and you can barely muster the strength to close your eyelids and fall asleep. The Force 5 uses gasification technology to achieve 90%+ efficiency. What does this mean? 45-60 minute between firebox reloads. 40% decrease in wood consumption. A carbon neutral evaporation process, the wood burned gives off less carbon than if it were left to decay in the woods. Not to mention this evaporator looks like a stainless steel rocket ship, cool! After the exceptional production year we decided that it would be best to put as much back into the business as possible to help build infrastructure for the years ahead. We are building a business we hope our grandchildren will have the opportunity to participate in.