I occasionally fell small trees using a Makita battery saw with a 10" bar. I sometimes do a double cut thinking its aligned then find the two cuts don't join and I end up doing a third cut to join them. Its likely absent mindedness as I cut a tree every year or two but are there any tricks to make sure the cuts align from each side?
Also, the stump in the photos is saturated with water drawn up by the roots and is very difficult to cut through. Its extremely slow going and dulls the chain cutters quite quickly. I've used a Stihl pole chainsaw on it in places and it barely cuts as well, though the cutters still have some sharpness to them. I sharpened all the chains before the job (which was reducing the trunk to this stump). It seems the density of the 'wet' wood is the primary culprit as the upper trunk cut quite quickly.
![double cut1.JPG double cut1.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/880/880868-bf4dff71db9f0c4bda68318ceca47530.jpg)
![double cut 2.JPG double cut 2.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/880/880869-3583a26ff9f1cfd0f15660378add928d.jpg)
Also, the stump in the photos is saturated with water drawn up by the roots and is very difficult to cut through. Its extremely slow going and dulls the chain cutters quite quickly. I've used a Stihl pole chainsaw on it in places and it barely cuts as well, though the cutters still have some sharpness to them. I sharpened all the chains before the job (which was reducing the trunk to this stump). It seems the density of the 'wet' wood is the primary culprit as the upper trunk cut quite quickly.
![double cut1.JPG double cut1.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/880/880868-bf4dff71db9f0c4bda68318ceca47530.jpg)
![double cut 2.JPG double cut 2.JPG](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/arboristsite/data/attachments/880/880869-3583a26ff9f1cfd0f15660378add928d.jpg)