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10, 20 & 40 yard
Three sizes, three prices, within 20 miles of our service origin: 10 yard lowboy $700 (10 tons included for dirt, concrete, brick, and rock), 20 yard $650 (3 tons included), 40 yard $700 (4 tons included). $85 per ton over on the 20 and 40.
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Our 10 yard lowboy is $700 with 10 tons included for dirt, concrete, brick, and rock. It holds up to 10 tons. Choose it for a separate heavy-material load.
Keep the load level with the top rail and within the 10-ton capacity. Tell the office what you are loading so we can confirm placement, access, and material suitability.
The 20 yard includes 3 tons and the 40 yard includes 4, which is plenty for what actually goes in them: drywall, framing lumber, cabinets, furniture, carpet, packaging and general cleanout junk are bulky and light. Past the included tonnage it is $85 per ton off the certified scale ticket, and we hand you the ticket.
Material guide
Three sizes. The only real question is what your debris is made of and how much room the truck has to work with.
The heavy stuff. Dirt, concrete, brick, and rock, with 10 tons included. Low four-foot walls for easier loading, and a twelve-foot footprint that fits a driveway without blocking the garage.
Load it with: dirt · concrete · brick · rock. Maximum capacity: 10 tons. Keep other materials separate.
For smaller projects. $650 base. Same scope of work as the 40 yard but sized down for single-room remodels, garage or estate cleanouts and light demo where you know the pile stays small. Low four-foot walls, so debris goes over the side rather than up a ramp.
Load it with: cabinets and countertops · drywall · flooring and carpet · tubs, vanities and fixtures · deck and fence lumber · single-layer roofing · garage and estate cleanout junk · furniture · yard and green waste
The bin we run most. $700 base. Eight-foot walls, forty cubic yards — the size customers pick most often because it holds the volume a real project actually generates. Needs real room: roughly 60 feet of straight clearance and 23 feet overhead, so check for branches and power lines first.
Load it with: light demolition debris · warehouse and industrial cleanout · commercial construction waste · land-clearing brush and tree limbs · bulk packaging and crating · large-volume framing waste · retail and restaurant fixture strip-out
Closing out a CALGreen permit? See our C&D waste diversion & reporting page — certified scale tickets and facility diversion documentation for the 65% requirement come with every pull.
Footprints are approximate and vary slightly by container. If access is tight, tell us the measurement you are worried about when you book and we will tell you whether it will work.
Side by side
| Size | Approx. footprint | Roughly equals | Weight included | Take it for | Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 yard | 12' × 8' × 4' | 3–4 pickup loads | 10 tons included | Dirt, concrete, brick, and rock; 10-ton maximum | $700 |
| 20 yard | 20' × 8' × 4' | 6–8 pickup loads | 3 tons $85/ton over |
Kitchen or bath remodel, garage and estate cleanouts, deck removal, flooring | $650 |
| 40 yard | 22' × 8' × 6' | 12–16 pickup loads | 4 tons $85/ton over |
Major remodel, site clearance, warehouse or industrial cleanout, land clearing | $700 |
Footprints are approximate and vary slightly by container. If access is tight, tell us the measurement you are worried about when you book and we will tell you whether it will work.
10 yard · 12' × 8' × 4'
Ten cubic yards, low walls, and a footprint that fits a standard driveway without blocking the garage. The $700 base price includes 10 tons of dirt, concrete, brick, or rock. Keep the load level with the rail and do not exceed the 10-ton capacity.
20 yard · 20' × 8' × 4'
Twice the volume of a 10 yard with the same low four-foot walls, which matters more than people expect — you can still throw material over the side instead of carrying it up a ramp. Same scope of debris as a 40 yard job, sized down for single-room remodels, cleanouts and light demo where the pile is not going to fill a 40. If you are not sure which to pick, take the 40 — it is $50 more and twice the space.
40 yard · 22' × 8' × 6'
Forty cubic yards and eight-foot walls — the size customers ask for most because it holds the volume a real project actually generates. Whole-house cleanouts, full re-roofs, major remodels, construction site clearances, warehouse and industrial cleanouts, land clearing. It needs real room: our driver wants roughly 60 feet of straight clearance to set it down and about 23 feet overhead, so check for low branches and power lines before you book.
We run 80 of them. Deep enough that a multi-phase demo or construction job can keep six to ten on rotation for weeks without a delivery gap. See the full fleet →
Junk removal & hauling
Sometimes a dumpster is the wrong tool. If the pile is already made and you just want it gone today, we will bring a truck and haul it — no container left behind, no five-day rental, no neighbours asking questions.
This is quoted per load rather than off the booking calculator, because it depends on volume, weight and how much of it our crew has to carry. Call and describe the pile and we will give you a number on the phone.
Sizing questions
The questions our dispatchers answer on the phone every day. If your project is not here, call and describe it — we place bins in the Inland Empire daily and we will tell you straight if a smaller one will do.
A 20 yard is an option for mixed bathroom-demolition debris such as cabinets, drywall, and fixtures. Use a separate 10 yard lowboy only for dirt, concrete, brick, or rock, with 10 tons included and a 10-ton maximum. Describe the materials to the office before booking.
A 20 yard is an option for cabinets, flooring, drywall, and other mixed kitchen-remodel debris. If you have a separate load of dirt, concrete, brick, or rock, ask about the 10 yard lowboy, which includes and holds up to 10 tons.
Tell the office the roofing material, roof area, and number of layers so it can recommend the right bin. The 20 yard includes 3 tons and the 40 yard includes 4 tons. The 10 yard heavy-material offer is for dirt, concrete, brick, and rock, not a blanket allowance for roofing debris.
Keep the 10 yard heavy-material load limited to dirt, concrete, brick, and rock, with 10 tons included and a 10-ton maximum. Ask the office for the appropriate mixed-debris bin for wood, drywall, and general trash.
The 10 yard heavy-material offer covers dirt, concrete, brick, and rock, with 10 tons included and a maximum capacity of 10 tons. Describe the mix when booking so the office can confirm the receiving facility. Keep wood, drywall, plastic, and trash separate.
About six to eight full-size pickup beds, loaded level. A 10 yard is three to four, and a 40 yard is twelve to sixteen. People almost always underestimate their pile — the 40 costs $50 more than the 20 and gives you twice the space, so guessing high on a big job is almost always cheaper than a second haul.
Usually not. Household cleanout debris is bulky and light — furniture, boxes, shelving, old exercise equipment — so you run out of room long before you run out of weight. Take the 20 yard for a garage or single-room cleanout, or the 40 yard for a whole-house. The included tonnage on either is far more than a cleanout will ever weigh.
Use the 10 yard lowboy for dirt and rock, with 10 tons included and a 10-ton maximum. Ask the office about sod, brush, branches, and tree limbs before selecting a mixed-debris or yard-waste bin. Do not assume a full bin of dense material is within the weight limit.
Before you load
California landfills reject these, and if they turn our truck away it becomes an expensive problem for both of us. Ask us first and we will point you to the right disposal route.
Tires: Tires are not accepted. Tires hidden under other debris are often only found at the disposal site; when that happens, additional fees apply. If any of these materials are found in the container at pickup, JD Transport Inc. will not pick up the container until the renter removes them. If they are found at the disposal site, the renter is liable for any extra cost JD Transport Inc. incurs to dispose of them. These materials can be extremely hazardous to our employees, disposal-site employees and the environment. Full list in our FAQs.
Still deciding?
Call us and describe the project. We place bins in the Inland Empire every day and we will tell you straight if a smaller one will do.
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