Resin in wood ok to burn?

[eshwars]

Hi all,

While splitting wood recently, I found a log that has a significant amount of resin (dried up tree sap?). It's hard like a rock. It's so hard that my axe was bouncing off it it when I tried to split that log.

This season I got a PE Summit LE insert that's been working great. Is it safe to burn a log like the one I've described in the insert? The resin clog anything up or harm the insert? I'm attaching a picture to show what the log looks like.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[stoveliker]

Yes, you can burn wood with resin. If it's rock hard, it's likely dried enough. It'll be ok. Don't let it smolder (but the same holds for wood) and you'll be fine.

BTW, I don't see a large amount of resin on that split. Sometimes one can have tennis ball size resin quantities...

 

[Highbeam]

Hi all,

While splitting wood recently, I found a log that has a significant amount of resin (dried up tree sap?). It's hard like a rock. It's so hard that my axe was bouncing off it it when I tried to split that log.

This season I got a PE Summit LE insert that's been working great. Is it safe to burn a log like the one I've described in the insert? The resin clog anything up or harm the insert? I'm attaching a picture to show what the log looks like.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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My wood comes from logging waste so lots of butts. Those fir butts have tons of dry white pitch/sap. Sometimes it’s wet at first but dries up later. Yes, I burn it in noncat and cat stoves. It’s never run away on me. You may notice some extra black smoke and yellow flames at first.

 

[begreen]

It's fine. We get that too occasionally. It will melt with heat and accelerate ignition of that area for a short while. Turn down the air accordingly.

 

[Dave_in_ABQ]

I like using small pieces of resinous wood to start fires. Lights easily.

 

[EbS-P]

I like using small pieces of resinous wood to start fires. Lights easily.

I don’t recommend a whole split of it with a full load on a hot bed of coals on a windy night. Parts started glowing.

 

[eshwars]

Thank you all for the responses. Overall it helps put my mind at ease that I'm not doing something drastically wrong by burning resinous wood.