Ever run it through the BK? I burn mine in the pit as I split. If I had a place to keep it dry maybe I would give it a shot.
I raked up a huge pile of bark chunks before the rains came. It’s on a gravel road with plastic over it so I know it’s going to be getting wet. The bk is fed a diet of perfect 2-3 year old fuel. The nc30 is my shop stove that burns the junk. Whatever I don’t burn this month in the stove will go into the fire pit for our Halloween pumpkin carving party.
Hi Highbeam , Western WA here also near Tacoma. We love that heavy bark in our Country stove! Takes off quick, coals up nice and lasts a while. I usually use it as a reload onto a good bed of coals. I use the large pieces of bark like shingles on top of the front stack of wood in the woodshed that is slightly exposed to rain during a blow. Usually bring it in the house in a bucket though, it tends to be a bit flaky!
We might be neighbors. I’m up near Buckley. I knew the welder that built country stoves when they were a local company. His name should be on the tag. Lots of people have country stoves around here. Burned more bark last night. A full load of it requires way more intake air than firewood and be careful, it kinda swells up as it burns and can push against the baffle.
Know what you mean about the expanding of the bark! I try to load so that even with the expansion, a couple inches remain for the reburn tubes to do their thing! I am in Lakewood. I'll check the tag for a name.
Scrap and bark is what I use to start the OWB every year...99 cleans up the yard/wood pile area during the summer.
Lakewood. One of my first projects as a young engineer was the sidewalks in front of idlewild elementary school.
I love to burn DRY fir bark. It swells up, and looks like a bunch of cats stacked up and running orange. Nice on the weekends when I want some Xtra heat for a couple hours in the morning. I guess I utilize fir bark kinda like uglies.
My Wif taught at Idlewild school before teaching college! I went to St. Martins for Civil Engineering. Long time ago. Hmmm...small world! Camber, surely you don't stuff orange cats in your stove?
