30 Yard Dumpster Rental in Tacoma, WA

Here is the useful detail about the 30: it takes up the same twenty-two feet of driveway as a 20 yard but gives you another eighteen inches of wall height and a bigger weight allowance. If the ground space is already committed, going up costs you nothing extra in footprint. That trade is why whole-house remodels, estate clearouts and long-running builds end up in this size.

• Capacity30 cubic yards
• Footprint22 ft x 8 ft x 6 ft
• Weight allowance4 – 5 tons
• Holds about~9 – 12 pickup truck loads

Why people choose the 30 yard

Volume is the reason people move up, but the extra allowance matters too. Four to five tons covers a mixed demolition load in a way the 20 sometimes cannot — plaster and lath, old subfloor, cast iron, layered flooring and the assorted density of a house built in 1948. Our demolition debris service leans on this size for exactly that reason.

Estate and whole-house cleanouts fill it faster than anyone expects. Furniture, mattresses, boxed paper, appliances and forty years of garage contents are bulky rather than heavy, and six-foot walls swallow that. Families clearing a Fircrest, Lakewood or University Place home usually find the 30 is one container rather than two of something smaller. See the estate cleanout page and the checklist before you start sorting.

For builders it is the low-maintenance option. One container running through a framing and finish sequence means fewer swap calls, fewer delivery windows to coordinate and less interruption on a tight site. Six-foot walls do mean loading over the top or using the rear doors, so plan where the box sits relative to where the debris is generated. We can talk through placement on the contact page.

Good fit for

• Whole-house remodel or major renovation
• Estate cleanout with furniture and appliances
• Interior demolition on a larger home
• Multi-week framing and construction debris
• Commercial office or retail clearout
• Large deck, shed and outbuilding demolition
• Bulky yard waste and blackberry clearing
• Hoarding cleanup and full property clears

Not the right size for

• Concrete, brick, tile or soil loads
• Small single-room bathroom or closet remodels
• Short gravel drives with no turning room
• Placement under low wires or heavy tree cover

Will it fit?

The footprint matches the 20 — twenty-two by eight — so if a 20 fits, a 30 usually does too. Allow about thirty feet of driveway with door swing. What changes is the height: six-foot walls mean you are lifting debris higher, and the truck still needs its sixty feet of straight approach, ten feet of width and twenty-three feet of overhead. Long gravel drives out in Graham need a firm, dry line and clear septic locations. Protection boards standard.

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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