Where does one take tree stumps/roots once they are dug up? The dechetterie doesn’t take them. We are in 16420.
I’ve had to leave mine to dry out/rot slowly in a less obvious part of the garden, at which point, I will carve it up with a chain saw, or axe it to death, and use it for firewood.
How big is it? Do you have a photo you could post? As a wood turner I may have a user for it - and being near Bellac I’m comparatively close to you.
Be careful with that, as a stump it may well have soil containing stones clinging to it which won’t do your chain much good in an encounter.
Just before we signed for this place back in '93 the commune nicked a meter off our laneside boundary in order to widen it and build 4 houses a little further up. There was an oak tree there which they felled and left on our property ‘as it was ours’. I did consider the chainsaw but decided against when i saw all the stuff clinging to it. I chopped bits off from time to time over the years but I think there is still a little bit there still now.
Locally the communes have pooled their resources and created single organisations to run thé déchèteries and the water. If you are under an intercommunal scheme you might find that one déchèterie will accept tree trunks from private individuals.
@_Brian - I have a lump of Yew, the bottom 400mm or so of a trunk about 30kg in weight. I can put it aside if you fancy it but would need to collect at some point from 33890, no rush whatsoever, it was due to become firewood. I understand possibly too far.
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Its more of a collection of stumps from a neglected bay tree plus some cedar stumps. A digger is supposed to be getting them out for us but don’t know what to do with them!
I have an oak stump in a similar state, I occasionally cut large root sections off when I can get rid of enough soil/stone material to make something worthwile cutting.
Ah those laurel things 
Still deciding what to do with some that we will have to deal with at some not-so-distant stage in the future - ours must be well over 60 years old and were left to grow untended, they’re some of the thickest I’ve ever seen!
Hi @Mat_Davies - that sounds perfect. Could you put it to one side and I’ll arrange to visit on one of my grand tours. Yew makes a fine clock if you would like one as payment?
This one’s 400mm across…
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Ah - now I see why you want to get rid of them! No use to me, I’m afraid but copied up and left to dry out for a year or so they would burn very well. I used to use bay in my outdoor pizza oven until I ran out - it burns quite hot.
I will put it aside, I will take some dimensions and send you a photo. Absolutely no need of any form of payment and no rush.
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Have you considered leaving them in place and reducing their height to below ground level with a stump grinder. The chippings will make good weed suppressing mulch for the garden.
We have but we are building an outside eating area and they are where the retaining wall is going!
Strikes me you have 2 choices… move the positioning of the future-wall… or complete and thorough removal of the stumps…
I’ve noticed how resilient some of our trees/plants are… just when you think they’re completely removed, they suddenly gather a new lease of life and throw up strong regrowth etc… fortunately nowhere near a retaining wall… not yet, anyway 
Perhaps the digger operator could excavate a hole in which to bury the stumps elsewhere ?
Jeez, haven’t they let him out yet. 
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