Burning Bark and Punky Wood

[Joey_C]

When I bought my used Vermont castings Intrepid pre 1990 non catalytic stove the folks offered me the wood they had stacked up on a pallet under a tarp.

There are many nice pieces of seasoned wood but also lots of bark and punky wood. Is it ok to use the bark for kindling and /or mix in the punky wood?

TIA

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[begreen]

It'll burn if dry though it may be a bit smokey.

 

[Hogwildz]

Depends on the state of punkiness. If it is just the outer rings, should be fine as long as it is dry. If more than 1/2 way through, toss it in the woods. It will never be dry enough to burn, and will burn like shat.

 

[ckr74]

Depends on the state of punkiness. If it is just the outer rings, should be fine as long as it is dry. If more than 1/2 way through, toss it in the woods. It will never be dry enough to burn, and will burn like shat.

Right on, and usually smells like shat too.

 

[Hogwildz]

Right on, and usually smells like shat too.

UH HUH, Certainly not potpourri

 

[Joey_C]

K, thanks for the replies!

 

[mass_burner]

Bark also makes lots of ash.

 

[Joey_C]

So I'm taking that they "can be burned" but unless I was desperate, to avoid picking up or collecting it. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Highbeam]

I burn lots of bark. It burns great. Smokier than wood to start but there is plenty of heat in it. Our doug fir bark can be 2-3 inches thick.

Punky wood will burn too if it is dry but less well and more like shat. Which will also burn if it is dry enough.

 

[sportbikerider78]

Depends what your 'wood situation' is. Might burn poorly but heat is heat.

 

[peakbagger]

I used to work for pulp mill. They had 100 years of bark piled up and buried around town. They put in bark boiler an hauled the bark out of the piles and burned it for twenty plus years. The buried stuff burned better than the fresh stuff. They ran out of the buried stuff a few years before they shut the place down. It wasn't the only place in New England that did it.

 

[English BoB]

Think about this, if the bark was on a split - would you burn it ?

bob