Multipliers & add-ons

Once a tree has a base price, multipliers and add-ons are what move it up from there — some apply to a single tree, some to the whole property, and two of them only make sense for a removal.

Per-tree multipliers

These apply to one tree at a time, based on how that specific tree was answered:

Multiplier	Default factor	When it applies
Hazard	×1.35	The tree is within about 10 ft of a structure or power lines
Dead/dying	×1.25	The tree’s condition is dead or dying
Storm-damaged	×1.25	The tree’s condition is storm-damaged

A tree can pick up more than one of these — hazardous and dead/dying, for example — and when it does, the factors multiply together rather than add. A hazardous, dead/dying tree is priced at its base price times 1.35 times 1.25, not base plus two flat surcharges.

The property-wide multiplier

Poor truck access is different from the three above: it’s answered once per property, not per tree, and it’s applied once to the sum of every tree’s price — not to each tree individually. See How quote pricing works for where that step falls in the order of operations. Its default factor is ×1.3.

Add-ons

Add-ons are homeowner-selected extras that build the Complete tier on top of Essential:

Add-on	Default rate	Scales with
Stump grinding	$150	per removed tree
Haul-away	$200 flat + $75	per tree, any service type
Firewood cutting	$100	per removed tree

Stump grinding and firewood cutting apply to removals only — never to trims. A trimmed tree keeps its trunk in the ground, so there’s no stump to grind and no felled wood to cut to length. If a homeowner ticks either add-on on a job that’s all trims, it adds nothing to the price — the tier card marks it “n/a — trim only” rather than silently charging for a service that isn’t happening.

Haul-away is the one exception: it isn’t tied to removals. It charges a flat fee plus a per-tree rate across every tree on the job, trims included, since debris comes off a trim too.

The hazard question has a “Not sure” answer — access doesn’t

The per-tree hazard question — is this tree within about 10 ft of a structure or power lines — offers “Not sure” alongside Yes and No, and choosing it resolves to hazardous, the more expensive assumption. That’s deliberate: a homeowner isn’t a tree expert, so when they’re genuinely unsure, the price reflects the risk rather than assuming it away.

The property-wide truck-access question works differently. It’s a plain yes-or-no with no “not sure” choice at all. Until a homeowner actively picks the tight-access answer, the price reflects easy access — the cheaper assumption, not the more expensive one. Don’t expect a range to already account for a tight driveway you can see in the satellite view; it only does once the homeowner selects it themselves.

What to watch out for

Because per-tree multipliers multiply together rather than add, a tree with two or three of them applied can look like a bigger jump than you expect from the individual percentages. That’s expected, not a bug — check the math against How quote pricing works if a total surprises you.