Poindexter
Minister of Fire
Your hinge looks pretty darn good for a first time. I have made many much sloppier than that. When you are watching youtubes about felling, look for the hinge to be the same thickness edge to edge.
Hinges with a lot of triangle to the shape indicate a tree that fell off to one side or the other of what was originally intended, or a tree that was directed to fall somewhere other than it wanted to go.
Most likely your saw has some kind of guide marks on the case to help you make square hinge cuts.
Also, put an empty gatorade bottle downrange and practice crushing it with the trunk of the tree you are dropping.
I agree with TreePointer that your back cut could have been lower, closer to the notch. Those two pieces where the felling cuts are are going to be cold hearted witches to split.
There is a series of excellent felling videos on youtube by Husqvarna, 5-10 minutes each. I bet Stihl has some and the Stihl videos are uniformly excellent though I haven't watched the felling ones if they have them.
Hinges with a lot of triangle to the shape indicate a tree that fell off to one side or the other of what was originally intended, or a tree that was directed to fall somewhere other than it wanted to go.
Most likely your saw has some kind of guide marks on the case to help you make square hinge cuts.
Also, put an empty gatorade bottle downrange and practice crushing it with the trunk of the tree you are dropping.
I agree with TreePointer that your back cut could have been lower, closer to the notch. Those two pieces where the felling cuts are are going to be cold hearted witches to split.
There is a series of excellent felling videos on youtube by Husqvarna, 5-10 minutes each. I bet Stihl has some and the Stihl videos are uniformly excellent though I haven't watched the felling ones if they have them.