A dumpster price is four things bundled into one number: driving the bin to you, the days you keep it, dumping it at the landfill, and the weight you put inside it. Every real quote covers all four. The quotes that surprise people later are the ones that quietly shrink one of them, and it is almost always the weight.

Here is how the math actually works, and the three questions that tell you in about thirty seconds whether a price is honest.

What a flat rate is really paying for

Delivery. A truck, fuel and a driver coming to your address.
Rental days. The bin sitting on your driveway instead of earning money somewhere else.
Disposal. The landfill charges the hauler by weight, not by the size of the box.
Pickup. A second trip out to haul it away.

When we quote $350 plus tax for a 10 yard, all four are already inside that number, along with 3 days and 1 ton of weight. Nothing gets added at the end unless you go past what is included, and every one of those extras is published on our sizes and pricing page before you book.

Why the cheapest number online often ends up costing more

Disposal is the biggest single cost in this business, and it is charged by the pound. So the easiest way for a company to advertise a lower headline price is to include less weight and charge more for every ton over. The bin looks cheaper on the website and costs more in your driveway.

A teaser price with a small tonnage allowance and a high per-ton overage rate can finish higher than a larger flat price that included enough weight in the first place. Any honest hauler will tell you the same thing.

Where the extra money usually shows up

Fewer tons included than the job realistically weighs
A per-ton overage rate that is not printed anywhere on the site
A rental window shorter than you assumed, with a daily rate you find out about later
Fuel, environmental or admin surcharges added at billing time
A wasted trip when the truck arrives and cannot reach the spot

The three questions to ask any dumpster company

How many tons are included? Yards measure volume. Tons measure weight. You are billed on both, and the second one is the one people forget.
How many days are included, and what is an extra day? A price with no rental period attached to it is not a price.
What is the rate per extra ton, and do I get the scale ticket? If they will not say the number, or will not show you the weight slip, that is your answer.

Ours, so you can compare: 1 to 3 tons included depending on size, 3 days included on every bin, $25 plus tax per extra day, and $120 plus tax per ton over, prorated by the pound.

The scale ticket is what makes weight billing honest

Weight is not a guess and it is not our opinion. Our truck crosses a certified scale at the landfill loaded, dumps, and crosses it again empty. The difference is your load, printed on a ticket by the landfill, not by us.

If you go over your included tonnage, you get a copy of that ticket. And the overage is prorated by the pound rather than rounded up to a whole ton. Here is the math, worked through: a 22 yard includes 2 tons, so 4,000 pounds. If the scale says 4,600 pounds, you are 600 pounds over, which is three tenths of a ton, which is $29.70 plus tax. Not a rounded-up full ton, and not a number anybody made up in the office.

Our prices and every published extra

All prices are flat, plus tax, and include delivery, pickup, disposal and 3 days.

Size	Price (plus tax)	Tons included	Dimensions
10 yard	$350	1 ton	14'L x 7.5'W x 2.5'H
17 yard	$420	2 tons	16'L x 7.5'W x 4'H
22 yard	$480	2 tons	18'L x 7.5'W x 5'H
30 yard	$590	3 tons	19'L x 7.5'W x 6'H

The extras, in full:

Extra days: $25 per day, plus tax.
Overage: $120 per ton, plus tax, prorated by the pound from the landfill's certified scale ticket, which you receive.
TVs and tires: accepted, $25 per item plus tax.
Trip fee: $150 plus tax may apply if the truck cannot deliver or pick up because the spot is blocked by a car, a gate or a low branch.

Not accepted at all: wet paint, batteries, hazardous chemicals and liquids, asbestos, food waste and flammable materials.

Heavy material is priced differently, on purpose

Concrete, dirt, brick and block are dense enough to overload a truck before they fill a box, so they get their own rate: the 10 yard bin at $390 plus tax, that material only, filled three quarters maximum, with prior approval. Details on our concrete dumpster page.

Roofing is the other weight job

Shingles go in the 10 or 17 yard only, never the 22 or 30, because a full big box of shingles is too heavy to haul legally. We will not promise you what your specific roof weighs, because the scale ticket decides that, not a phone estimate. As a general industry rule of thumb, about 7 squares of architectural shingles run roughly a ton, and a second layer doubles it. More on our roofing dumpster page.

Booking and paying

Book online at any hour, or call or text us at (773) 999-1001. Payment is required before delivery, so there is no invoice hunting you down afterward. Same-day delivery may be available depending on dumpster availability and where you are, and we place the bin exactly where you want it on your driveway or private property. Street placement usually is not allowed for residential jobs.

Get your flat price with the tons and days spelled out before you commit: call or text (773) 999-1001, or book online.

How Dumpster Rental Pricing Works: Tons, Days and the Scale Ticket