Someone posted this on another woodburning site I am on, anyone agree or dusagree with what he thinks.
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And about buring softwoods? What kind of stove matters a great deal. The problem with their tars and resins is greatest with a controlled burn airtight stove. In a stove that burns very hot with plenty of oxygen the most of the tars and resins will be burnt too. For some examples --- the outside stoves (heating plants) being sold over here can handle softwood as a large periodic fire reheats the thermal store. You don['t run these strapped down. And should be no surprise, but those masonry stoves that are traditional in the lands of the tiaga; they'll handle softwoods with their much higher firebox conditions.
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And about buring softwoods? What kind of stove matters a great deal. The problem with their tars and resins is greatest with a controlled burn airtight stove. In a stove that burns very hot with plenty of oxygen the most of the tars and resins will be burnt too. For some examples --- the outside stoves (heating plants) being sold over here can handle softwood as a large periodic fire reheats the thermal store. You don['t run these strapped down. And should be no surprise, but those masonry stoves that are traditional in the lands of the tiaga; they'll handle softwoods with their much higher firebox conditions.