The short version, from the people who take the calls: when in doubt, go up a size. The step up costs less than a second rental every single time. The overflowing small dumpster is the most common mistake in this business.
A full-size pickup bed holds about 2.5 cubic yards. That makes the math simple enough to do while you look at the debris:
| Dumpster | Pickup loads | The job it fits |
|---|---|---|
| 15-yard | about 6 | One room, a sorted garage, a small deck |
| 20-yard | about 8 | A kitchen, a ranch roof, a full garage |
| 20 Space Saver | about 8 | Same jobs, short driveway |
| 30-yard | about 12 | A house, a demo, a big roof |
We run three sizes: 15, 20 and 30 yards. The 20 comes in two shapes, a standard and a Space Saver, which is why four dumpsters are drawn below. All four are at the same scale, so the size difference you see is the size difference you get. Tap a drawing to open that dumpster's page.
15-yard · $349: 12 feet long, 5-foot walls. One-room jobs and sorted cleanouts.
20-yard Space Saver · $449: the 15's footprint, one foot taller. The tight-driveway shape.
20-yard · $449: 16 feet, 5-foot walls. Where most house projects land.
30-yard · $600: 20 feet, 6-foot walls. The one we own the most of.
Household debris fills the space before it hits the weight. Dense material is the reverse: shingles run about 250 pounds a square, concrete and dirt heavier still. A dumpster of pure concrete is past legal road weight long before it looks full. If much of your load is shingles, tile, plaster, dirt or concrete, say so on the phone. We will size by the ton instead of the yard and nobody gets surprised by the scale ticket.
Rough math that holds up: a full-size pickup bed is about 2.5 cubic yards. So the 15-yard is about 6 pickup loads, the 20 is about 8, and the 30 is about 12. If you can picture the project as pickup loads, you can size the dumpster.
The 20-yard. Cabinets, counters, flooring and the demo debris fit with room left. If the remodel reaches past the kitchen, step up to the 30.
Squares decide it. Up to about 30 squares, single layer: the 20. More squares or a second layer: the 30, because shingles hit the weight limit before the volume. Tell us squares and layers on the phone.
The 30, and a genuinely full house is two of them. Furniture eats volume fast. Nobody doing a house cleanout has ever told us the 30 was too big.
Too big, every time. And this is us telling you to spend less. The step up to the next size is always cheaper than a second rental. The overflowing 15-yard is the most common regret we see.
All four sizes go everywhere on the route: Spartanburg, Greenville and Laurens counties. The service area page has the town list.
Every one of these came off our Google Business Profile. 4.9 on Google · 61 reviews.
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Devin sizes jobs off what we have hauled from jobs like them, and he is good at it. Call, describe the project, and take the size he lands on.