About two blocks from my house is this lot run by the city. They drop off dozens of trees here each week on one side of the lot, and then put them through a wood chipper to make wood chips for the other side of the lot. The chips are free. All day long, people pull up in vans or landscaper trucks and take the wood chips to use as free mulch.
The city will drop off a tree (for free) at the end of my driveway if I ask. Cutting it to log length and splitting/stacking are of course my responsibility.
My question is: Can wood chips ever be used in a modern EPA wood stove? Or are there just too many issues related to high moisture and too fast of a burn? Anyone ever use chips in an old "smoke dragon" stove? Any comments, threats, or suggestions would be appreciated, lol.
By the way, it took me a while here on this forum to realize that "smoke dragon" was a slang term, not a brand.
The city will drop off a tree (for free) at the end of my driveway if I ask. Cutting it to log length and splitting/stacking are of course my responsibility.
My question is: Can wood chips ever be used in a modern EPA wood stove? Or are there just too many issues related to high moisture and too fast of a burn? Anyone ever use chips in an old "smoke dragon" stove? Any comments, threats, or suggestions would be appreciated, lol.
By the way, it took me a while here on this forum to realize that "smoke dragon" was a slang term, not a brand.