10 Yard Dumpster Rental in Tacoma, WA

Most people size a dumpster by how much stuff they can see. With dense debris that is the wrong instinct. A 10 yard box holds roughly three pickup loads, but the two to three ton allowance governs the job — and concrete, tile, dirt and wet Puget Sound sod hit that ceiling with the container barely half full. That is what this size is built for. Compare the full lineup here.

• Capacity10 cubic yards
• Footprint12 ft x 8 ft x 3.5 ft
• Weight allowance2 – 3 tons
• Holds about~3 pickup truck loads

Why people choose the 10 yard

Heavy material is the whole reason this container exists. Broken sidewalk, patio flagstone, brick, ceramic tile, mortar, sod with soil still hanging off the roots — all of it is dense enough that a 20 or 30 yard box would be over allowance long before you filled it. A small footprint keeps the load legal and your invoice at the flat rate quoted. See heavy debris.

Access decides a lot of Tacoma jobs. Twelve feet of steel fits into places a 22 foot box simply will not go: a rear-alley pad on the North Slope, a single-width Hilltop driveway, a Stadium District spot with a car still parked behind it. On the bluff streets near Old Town, where the grade is steep and the shoulder is narrow, the short container is often the only one we can set safely and pick up without drama.

Small jobs finish faster with a container that matches them. A bathroom gut, a single-room flooring pull, a garage clearout, a fence-and-post removal — these produce a defined amount of debris and there is no benefit to renting air. Grant has been sizing these since 2012 and the 10 is right more often than customers expect. Tell us the material on the contact page and we will confirm before we roll.

Good fit for

• Concrete, brick and flagstone patio removal
• Ceramic or porcelain tile tear-out
• Sod, soil and dirt with weight attached
• Single bathroom or small kitchen gut
• Small roof tear-off up to about twelve squares
• Garage or shed clearout
• Fence panels, posts and footings
• Tight alley and single-width driveway placement

Not the right size for

• Whole-house cleanouts and multi-room remodels
• Bulky-light debris like framing and cabinetry
• Full roof tear-off on a large home
• Furniture and mattress-heavy junk removal

Will it fit?

Plan on a rectangle about twelve feet by eight, plus room to work — call it twenty-two feet of driveway so the door can swing open at the back. The truck itself needs more: roughly sixty feet of straight approach, ten feet of width, and around twenty-three feet of overhead clearance while the hoist is up. Watch for low limbs, sagging service drops and carport eaves. Protection boards go down under the rails on every delivery, no charge, no asking.

Before delivery, move cars and bins, mark irrigation heads and septic lids, and tell us about new concrete, soft ground, a steep grade or low power lines. Our delivery and driveway protection guide covers all of it.

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