It's about a 5' gap to the fence. We've got several big maples on the property (including this one). Trying to sink some 2x2 wooden stakes as footing for a lean-to to dry all the sticks that drop throughout the year for a burn in spring/fall. Assuming I'm even able to get them into the ground, am I at risk of seriously harming this tree? My thought is that the root system is likely large/robust enough to handle whatever damage I might cause, but I love these trees and the thought of seriously harming or killing one makes me sick.

Sorry if this isn't necessarily the right subreddit for this, but I figured people here would put the health of the tree first lmao. If this is a bad idea from the jump, hopefully people won't be afraid to talk me out of it.

If there's an appetite, I can also post some pictures of the other maples too.