I paid $550 to have the tree removed, stump ground and two other trees trimmed. One of the trees that was trimmed had a very large branch about 18" across that was leaning towards my house removed, The other tree was basically just trimmed back a bit. I'm not sure what kind of tree it was that was removed. It was about 3ft wide at the base and probably about 30 to 35 feet tall. I live in the Dallas area. I'm not sure about renting the equipment as I would not have a way of hauling it around, so I did not look into it. The area I live in will pick up just about anything you place by the curb without question so there is a huge stack of branches out by my curb. I did not ask if it would cost more to have it hauled off because it wasn't necessary. Two other people on my block saw the tree action and also had removals done after they finished with mine. There was a total of 7 guys that did the work., with a couple of teenagers that swept up and bagged the much up etc.