Now, to take a deeper dive into what the 3 main factors are that drive the price up.
1. Where on the property the tree is located
The more obstacles around the tree and the further the tree is away from where a work truck would park, the more precautions are needed to do the work properly and safely.
2. Where the pruning cuts are made
If the cuts are isolated to only one small section of the tree, this keeps the cost lower. If the work is to happen all throughout the tree then this drives the cost up because it requires an arborist to do more strategic navigation through the tree.
3. Diameter of branches being removed
Simply put, larger diameter branches have more complexity to removing them safely and properly. Take for example, a thick branch overtop of a house. An arborist cannot simply cut the branch and then remove it from the top of your house. Instead, they must set up an extra rope that gets tied onto the branch to swing it away from your house. An everyday feat for arborists but it still takes time and precision to do it properly.
Think of the diameter of the branches as being somewhere around the size of a coin, a dessert plant, or a dinner plate.
Once the cuts get to be around the size of a dessert plate or larger, then we need to consider adopting a rigging strategy to perform the job well. All this, can increase the cost of the work being performed.