with small trees you don't have to think much about it, cause there is not much weight in them.
this one, the center piece I removed weight about 17K# I would have preferred to take several small pieces out but the tree was off the ground 4 feet in the middle so it wasn't safe to cut there to start. walked the tree for 30 minutes to decide where to cut.
First cut, upper end of the tree because it was close to the ground so the saw wasn't being held up high when finishing the cut, half of the cut is made standing on the tree to start, then finish the downhill side, and finally the uphill side.
as you mentioned, instead of a straight cut, make an angle cut, both so the piece will drop cleanly without pinching the bar as well as can be moved downhill when both side are done. saw above is an 066 with a 36" bar. ( I had 3 saws and 6 bars with me)
second cut was 17 feet lower on the tree, again I wanted a place I was comfortable when an 8 ton chuck of wood slides down. again, a slight angle the opposite of the last so the piece can be removed when free. worked good this time, as you can see there are small gaps between the piece to be removed and the rest of the tree ( and look, another large one just up the road
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this was the worst part, I wanted to pivot the part, and get it to roll to the side. I put a choker around the upper end, a snatch block to a tree to the side and pulled it out. it moved easily, but did not pivot, rolled slowly down the road behind the truck and even pulled the tree out the snatch block was attached to.
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before it stopped.
then cut that section in two and moved it off the road further. used an 088 with a 42 in bar for that. it is heavy, but much faster and not working about movement when the cut is done
then just for fun, put a 59" bar on it to clean up the end from one side. even an 088 does not like a bar that big...need to find me an 090