Just a spiral groove on the stump for the rope to follow. I did it a few times back in Cali where every job was on a slope. I have never needed a butt check on a tree here.
If you had multiple trees to fall couldn't you set up a portawrap on one central tree and fall a bunch with the same...
The rope needs to run a little or it will likely break. A guy I used to work with carved a spiral notch on the bottom of the tree and took raps with the butt check line. The rope ran a little and then stopped the tree.
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