Look at it from this point of view : forget the hinge, it isn't the fiber's pull which makes the trunk splits, but only the bending of the trunk. How much bending a particular tree / specie can tolerate is the concern.
Find a way to avoid the excessive bending in the trunk and you will be all...
That's it, the lean, the lay and the notch "look "all to the same point. I just verified in the Dent's book, page 103.
It's supposed to give less wood to cut at once on the back, so, speeding the cut.
But I think that's a little tricky and you can just get the opposite of your goal. Because...
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