I've paid for tree removals several times now at the same house

It's a classic y=mx+b from your high school math

y is the cost

m is how expensive your tree person is

x is how many trees you wanna remove

but the biggest piece is b: b is how much it costs for your tree person to get their stuff to your land

to have a single pine tree that leaning over the house, in 2010, it was 1,200 bucks.

to have five more trees removed a few years later, it was 2,000 bucks

to have the entire crew and all their gear show up and clear cut as many trees as they could do in a full day, in 2018, was 2,500 bucks, with stump removal

to have the entire crew show up in 2021 for another full day, it was 4,000 bucks, without stump removal

Remember that each one of those years, a buck is worth a different amount. I actually think it was all very consistent with itself, all things considered.