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This will change the location of your notch and compensate for the side lean. The final step is to plumb your front/back lean. Go back to the tree and then walk away from it at a degree angle from the direction of your stake.
If your tree is too small to cut in this way without risk of falling before you drive in the wedges, see below for our tips on felling small leaning trees.
This last spur was leaning towards the road and a neighbours fence. I cut it close to the middle leaving a small hinge holding the tree up while I cleared.