So I looked up the cost of a big oak removal in 1985 and it messed with my head
I was digging through some old county records for a property line dispute, you know, the usual paperwork rabbit hole, and I found a work order from a local tree service dated June 1985. They charged $900 to take down a 30 inch red oak, which sounds cheap, but with inflation that's about $2,600 today. Around here that same job runs $1,800 to $2,200 now, so we're actually making less in real money, even though the equipment is way better. Does that match what other folks see in their markets, or are my local prices just weird because of the competition?