If you only take one piece of advice: book the 20 yard if you are unsure. It is our most-booked size, it handles about 6 pickup truck loads, and it costs only $50 more than the 15 yard. We run three sizes total, 15 Yard, 20 Yard and 30 Yard, and which one is right comes down to the project, not the price tag. Here is how to match them.

Quick comparison: all three sizes side by side

Size	Price (1 day)	Tons included	Holds about	Footprint (approx.)
15 Yard	$345	2	about 4–5 pickup truck loads	16′ L × 7.5′ W × 4.5′ H
20 Yard	$395	3	about 6 pickup truck loads	22′ L × 7.5′ W × 4.5′ H
30 Yard	$475	4	about 9 pickup truck loads	22′ L × 7.5′ W × 6′ H

“Holds about” is measured in pickup truck loads because that is the comparison most people already have in their head. A standard pickup bed holds roughly 2 to 3 cubic yards heaped, so when we say the 20 yard holds about 6 pickup truck loads, picture backing your truck up to the curb and dumping it in six or so times. It is a faster gut check than staring at a cubic yard number that does not mean much on its own.

What fits in a 15 yard dumpster?

The 15 Yard is $345 flat and holds about 4–5 pickup truck loads, with 2 tons of disposal included. It is the right call for smaller, contained jobs:

Garage or basement cleanout
Bathroom remodel
Carpet and flooring removal
Small deck teardown
Yard debris from one weekend

It is also our narrowest footprint at about 16 feet long (approx.), so it is the size that fits driveways where space is genuinely tight.

What fits in a 20 yard dumpster?

The 20 Yard is $395 flat, holds about 6 pickup truck loads, and includes 3 tons of disposal, a full ton more than the 15 yard. It is the size most Dearborn-area homeowners actually need:

Whole-house cleanout
Kitchen remodel
Roof tear-off up to ~25 squares
Estate cleanout
Moving purge

A full roof tear-off up to roughly 25 squares fits in a 20 yard without pushing the weight limit, which is the job where people most often guess wrong and undersize.

What fits in a 30 yard dumpster?

The 30 Yard is $475 flat, holds about 9 pickup truck loads, and comes with 4 tons included. It is built for volume, not just weight:

New construction debris
Large demolition
Commercial cleanout
Major renovation
Multi-room estate cleanout

If a crew is generating debris daily, or you are clearing an entire house down to the studs, this is the size that keeps you from ordering a second container mid-project.

What if I’m stuck between two sizes?

Size up. The price difference between our sizes is small, $50 between the 15 yard and 20 yard, $80 between the 20 yard and 30 yard. Compare that to the cost of filling a dumpster, having it hauled, and then paying delivery and pickup all over again for a second one because the first one filled up early. The math almost always favors the bigger size when you are genuinely on the fence.

A simple way to decide: walk the project and count what you actually see. If the pile is one garage, one room, or a single small deck, the 15 yard is usually enough. If you are counting more than one room, a full roof, or “most of the house,” go straight to the 20 yard. If a crew will be adding to the pile every day for more than a week, plan on the 30 yard from the start instead of hoping the smaller one stretches.

What if the problem is weight, not volume?

This is the mistake that actually costs money. Concrete, brick, block, dirt and asphalt are so dense that a regular dumpster hits its weight allowance long before it looks full. A 30 yard full of concrete would blow past its 4-ton allowance fast, and every ton over gets billed at the overage rate. For that kind of material, use our concrete & heavy debris container instead: $499 flat with 10 tons included, built specifically for concrete, brick, block, dirt, asphalt, plus washout containment. If your project is mixed, some framing and drywall plus a driveway tear-out, ask us when you book. We will tell you whether one container handles it or whether splitting the heavy material into its own load saves you money.

What actually happens if you guess too small?

It is rarely a disaster, but it does cost you. If the container fills before the job is done, your options are paying for an extra day while you arrange a second delivery, or scheduling a swap where we pull the full one and drop an empty one, which means a second delivery and pickup charge on top of what you already paid. Compare that to the $50 difference between the 15 yard and the 20 yard, and sizing up front almost always wins on cost, not just convenience.

Every container we drop, regardless of size, gets boards placed under the rails to protect the driveway and a hinged rear door so you can walk heavier items in instead of lifting them over the side. That part does not change with size, so pick based on volume and weight, not on which one is easier to load.

Why don’t you offer a 10 yard?

We don’t run 10 yard containers, and we will say so instead of pretending otherwise. Our 15 yard starts at $345, which lands close to what a lot of companies charge for a 10 yard anyway, while giving you roughly half again the space and 2 tons of disposal. For the size of job that usually reaches for a 10 yard, garage corners, small cleanouts, a single-room tear-out, the 15 yard covers it with room to spare, and you are not stuck ordering a second bin if the job runs a little bigger than planned.

Still not sure?

Describe the project when you call, not just the square footage, and we will size it in about a minute based on what we have seen work for similar jobs. See every size, price and dimension side by side on our dumpster sizes page, including the 15 yard, 20 yard and 30 yard pages.

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15, 20 or 30 yard? Picking the right dumpster the first time