When I lived in the huon valley in tas many years ago, when felling big gum trees for our firewood/fence posts/etc where possible we would pull it the way we wanted it to fall with the old diesel oliver track tractor we had while somone else cut from the other side.
Up here in leeton I simply cut a wedge from one side about 1/3-1/2 of the way through the tree from one side, then start cutting from the other side, making sure to get myself out of the road for when she goes over.
