It's a MapleI'd say there is not a chance of this working unless its some small tree that has most roots near the surface and the soil is loose as can be.
I dug out some 5-6" gum trees last week using my Terramite backhoe. It took a lot of digging around and under the stumps with the backhoe bucket just to loosen them enough to get them out. The tap roots went so far into the ground that there was no way to use the FEL to dig down far enough to get at the roots below and I have a Piranha tooth bar on the front bucket.
It's a clump of 3 maple tree stumps, one about 10" and the other two about 4". They are where I want to build a shed.How many 10 " tree stumps are you talking about??......If it's just 3-4 that would probably work. Myself, I use an axe for these small jobs.
Cheers,
Mike
If I can't get them out I will have to cut them flush to the ground and build over them but I really didn't want the shed that high.