10 Yard Dumpster Rental in Arlington, TX

A 10 yard roll-off is 12 feet long, 8 feet wide and about three and a half feet tall, rated for roughly two to three tons — call it three pickup loads. On a great many Arlington jobs it is the only container that makes sense, and not because the pile is small. It is because the pile is dense. Weight stops a truck long before volume does, and in a market where foundation work lifts wet clay out of the ground by the wheelbarrow and re-roofs come off by the square, that catches people out constantly.

• 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

Start with the material, because in Arlington it decides everything else. Foundation and pier work is the local job that fills this box: excavation spoil out of pier holes and perimeter tunneling, broken concrete from slab breakouts and interior pier access holes, and the landscaping and flatwork lifted to get at the perimeter in the first place. That spoil is Blackland clay, and the USDA soil survey describes Houston Black as 40 to 60 percent clay with high shrink-swell potential. Wet, it is very heavy for its volume, which is the whole reason a 10 exists here. Load it flat and low, never mounded, so the tarp sits properly and the axle weight stays legal. A container that looks a third full can already be finished. Tell us what you are digging and roughly how many piers before you order, and we will stage the swaps rather than send one box and hope. Our guide to foundation repair and concrete debris in Arlington works through it, and concrete and heavy debris hauling gets a container size of its own for exactly this reason.

The second stream is everything else that is dense: driveway, apron and patio flatwork coming out, brick and mortar rubble, tile with the thinset bed still attached, and asphalt shingle off a tear-off, which runs about 250 pounds a roofing square and stacks up fast on a two-layer roof. None of it is bulky. All of it is heavy. Keep it in its own clean load and the job runs; tip a couple of wheelbarrows of it into an otherwise light container and you have created the same overweight problem in miniature. One legal item belongs in the plan whenever a 10 is on site for spoil, because spoil means digging. Under Texas Utilities Code Chapter 251 you must notify Texas811 no earlier than the 14th day before and no later than the 48th hour before you break ground, excluding weekends and legal holidays — two working days in practice. That applies to pier footings, a fence line, a pool demolition and a driveway tear-out alike. See demolition debris hauling for how we sequence a breakout.

The third job this box does is fit where nothing else will. Twelve feet of steel tucks onto the short original drives in the 1950s and 60s streets around downtown, Abram and Center and through the older blocks near UTA, where a longer container would hang into the roadway. Those drives are also the ones most likely to be cracked already or to have a panel that has settled, because the ground under them moves through the year, so read how we protect a driveway on delivery before you pick a spot. Protection boards go down on every set and they earn their keep in July and August, when an asphalt drive is soft by mid-afternoon and a loaded box will take an impression out of it. For the household side of the work see residential dumpster rental, or compare the whole range on our dumpster size guide and call it in.

Good fit for

• Wet clay excavation spoil from foundation pier holes
• Broken concrete off a slab breakout or pier access hole
• Driveway, apron and patio flatwork tear-out, staged
• Brick, block and mortar rubble
• Asphalt shingle tear-off loaded flat and low
• Tile, thinset and mortar bed off a bath or kitchen floor
• Landscaping and edging stripped for perimeter access
• Short original central Arlington drives with no room for more

Not the right size for

• Whole-house cleanouts full of bulky furniture
• Garage, attic and shed clear-outs
• Multi-room remodels making airy, bulky debris
• Fencing, patio cover and commercial fit-out volume

Will it fit?

Give the truck about 60 feet of straight approach, roughly 10 and a half feet of width and 20 feet or more of overhead clearance while the hoist works. The obstruction overhead in Arlington is almost always a mature post oak, live oak, red oak, cedar elm, pecan or hackberry leaning over the drive, ahead of service drops, a basketball goal and carport framing, so look up. Twelve feet fits the short original drives around downtown, Abram and Center and near UTA. Expect that concrete to be cracked or to carry a settled panel, because it sits on clay that shrinks and swells — the USDA soil survey puts cracks at half an inch to four inches wide, 12 inches or more deep, and open 90 to 150 days a year — which is why we photograph the approach on arrival. Protection boards are standard on every set. Asphalt softens through July and August, with 20.2 days a year at or above 100 degrees, and wet spring and autumn ground ruts under a loaded truck. Toward Kennedale, Crowley and Burleson the approach is often gravel or dirt. In an HOA neighborhood the CC&Rs govern placement and duration: no Texas statute protects a container, and no Arlington ordinance limits how many days one may sit.

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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