diff --git a/dvc/cache/__init__.py b/dvc/cache/__init__.py
index 1cb0fc994..c4a742a5a 100644
--- a/dvc/cache/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/cache/__init__.py
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ class Cache:
         if local:
             settings = {"name": local}
         else:
-            settings = {**config, "url": config["dir"]}
+            from ..config import LOCAL_COMMON
+
+            settings = {"url": config["dir"]}
+            for opt in LOCAL_COMMON.keys():
+                if opt in config:
+                    settings[str(opt)] = config.get(opt)
 
         tree = get_cloud_tree(repo, **settings)
         self.local = LocalCache(tree)
diff --git a/dvc/tree/__init__.py b/dvc/tree/__init__.py
index aff54088a..cbd1595a6 100644
--- a/dvc/tree/__init__.py
+++ b/dvc/tree/__init__.py
@@ -78,5 +78,11 @@ def _resolve_remote_refs(repo, remote_conf):
 
 
 def get_cloud_tree(repo, **kwargs):
+    from dvc.config import SCHEMA, ConfigError, Invalid
+
     remote_conf = _get_conf(repo, **kwargs)
+    try:
+        remote_conf = SCHEMA["remote"][str](remote_conf)
+    except Invalid as exc:
+        raise ConfigError(str(exc)) from None
     return _get_tree(remote_conf)(repo, remote_conf)
diff --git a/dvc/tree/base.py b/dvc/tree/base.py
index ef4ad89fd..466bb0ecf 100644
--- a/dvc/tree/base.py
+++ b/dvc/tree/base.py
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ class BaseTree:
     @cached_property
     def hash_jobs(self):
         return (
-            self.config.get("hash_jobs")
-            or (self.repo and self.repo.config["core"].get("hash_jobs"))
+            self.config.get("checksum_jobs")
+            or (self.repo and self.repo.config["core"].get("checksum_jobs"))
             or self.HASH_JOBS
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/remote/test_remote.py b/tests/unit/remote/test_remote.py
index f7ea0c3ce..3769fb2c3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/remote/test_remote.py
+++ b/tests/unit/remote/test_remote.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ from dvc.tree.s3 import S3Tree
 def test_remote_with_hash_jobs(dvc):
     dvc.config["remote"]["with_hash_jobs"] = {
         "url": "s3://bucket/name",
-        "hash_jobs": 100,
+        "checksum_jobs": 100,
     }
-    dvc.config["core"]["hash_jobs"] = 200
+    dvc.config["core"]["checksum_jobs"] = 200
 
     tree = get_cloud_tree(dvc, name="with_hash_jobs")
     assert tree.hash_jobs == 100
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def test_remote_with_hash_jobs(dvc):
 
 def test_remote_without_hash_jobs(dvc):
     dvc.config["remote"]["without_hash_jobs"] = {"url": "s3://bucket/name"}
-    dvc.config["core"]["hash_jobs"] = 200
+    dvc.config["core"]["checksum_jobs"] = 200
 
     tree = get_cloud_tree(dvc, name="without_hash_jobs")
     assert tree.hash_jobs == 200
diff --git a/tests/unit/tree/test_tree.py b/tests/unit/tree/test_tree.py
index 645617610..2c4fc3af7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tree/test_tree.py
+++ b/tests/unit/tree/test_tree.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import pytest
+
+from dvc.config import ConfigError
 from dvc.path_info import CloudURLInfo
 from dvc.tree import get_cloud_tree
 
@@ -16,3 +19,30 @@ def test_get_cloud_tree(tmp_dir, dvc):
     assert get_cloud_tree(dvc, name="base").path_info == base
     assert get_cloud_tree(dvc, name="first").path_info == first
     assert get_cloud_tree(dvc, name="second").path_info == second
+
+
+def test_get_cloud_tree_validate(tmp_dir, dvc):
+    tmp_dir.add_remote(
+        name="base", url="ssh://example.com/path", default=False
+    )
+    tmp_dir.add_remote(
+        name="first",
+        config={"url": "remote://base/first", "type": "symlink"},
+        default=False,
+    )
+    tmp_dir.add_remote(
+        name="second",
+        config={"url": "remote://first/second", "oss_key_id": "mykey"},
+        default=False,
+    )
+
+    assert get_cloud_tree(dvc, name="base").config == {
+        "url": "ssh://example.com/path"
+    }
+    assert get_cloud_tree(dvc, name="first").config == {
+        "url": "ssh://example.com/path/first",
+        "type": ["symlink"],
+    }
+
+    with pytest.raises(ConfigError):
+        get_cloud_tree(dvc, name="second")