"shazzbat" replied:
Incidentally, if you're ever in the position of wanting to remove a tree
like this again, don't cut it to a stump, cut it to about or just below
eye level (for safety's sake). Then you can use the tall stump for
leverage to get at the roots.

What excellent advice, I do wish you had given it last month, before I
chopped my small plum tree down to a very small stump.

Mike Derby