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No, more to allow inverted stump shot (backcut lower than the face) to keep the tree from being pulled off the stump by a huge pull. All of this stuff is laid out in black and white in Gerry's The Fundamentals of General Treework.

Good point!

Murph, in your vid of the 3 leader removal, what is the purpose of the stump shot/elevated back cut, especially in the final leader. When pulling heavy back leaners directly against the lean, like that one, it can be a good idea to have the backcut below the hinge instead of even with it or...

I take many of my cues from PNW fallers technique, and they normally make the undercut first and later may have to bang out the pie when the 2 well aligned cuts are very close to meeting, I agree with mistahbenn's technique. To each their own.

I use chain too.