15-40 CY
Sizes Offered
Same-Day
Delivery
10 Tons
Typical Weight Cap
$300+
Starting Price
Why “Bigger” Is the Wrong Instinct With Concrete
With household junk or construction scrap, more cubic yards means more room. With concrete, more cubic yards mostly means more weight, and weight is what actually limits the job. A standard hauling truck is capped at around 10 tons on the road, and most roll-off containers carry their own tonnage rating on top of that. Fill a 20 or 30 yard box all the way with concrete and it’s often too heavy to legally haul before it’s anywhere near full.
That’s why concrete-specific dumpsters look different from the rest of our fleet. They’re lowboys — shorter sidewalls, built to take the weight without needing the extra height, and easier to load by hand since you’re not heaving broken slab over a tall lip. A 10 yard lowboy is our most requested size for exactly this reason: it’s sized to hit the weight cap around the same time it visually fills up, instead of one happening long before the other.
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Is this clean concrete, or mixed with something else?
This one question changes the price more than the size does. Clean concrete — no rebar, no dirt, no trash mixed in — can usually be recycled, and recycled loads cost less to dispose of than mixed debris. Concrete with rebar or mesh is normally still fine at a small discount. Once dirt, brick, wood, or general trash gets mixed in, the load gets billed as standard construction and demolition debris instead, at a higher rate. If you can keep the load to concrete alone, it’s worth doing.
Size Guide
Sizing for Concrete and Heavy Debris
| Roof / Project | Recommended Size | Why | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Patio or Sidewalk Section (100-150 sq ft) | 10 Yard Lowboy | Hits the weight cap around the same time it fills visually | View → |
| Standard Driveway Tear-Out | 10 Yard Lowboy | Our most-booked size — keeps the load under typical road weight limits | View → |
| Larger Driveway or Foundation Section | 20 Yard (Partial Fill) | Extra room for a bigger footprint, but only filled to a marked weight line | View → |
| Concrete Mixed With Brick or Block | 10-20 Yard | Mixed heavy debris still needs the same weight-rated lowboy design | View → |
| Foundation or Wall Demolition | 20 Yard (Partial Fill) | Larger volume of broken material, weight capped the same way | View → |
| Dirt, Gravel, or Crushed Slab | 10 Yard Lowboy | Same density concerns as concrete, same size logic applies | View → |
Not sure how much your slab weighs? Give us the square footage and thickness and we’ll estimate the tonnage before your dumpster shows up — that’s a more useful number than square footage alone.
What We’re Usually Called Out For
Homeowners breaking up an old patio or a cracked driveway section make up a good share of these calls, and most are surprised to learn a 10 yard container is actually the right call rather than the undersized option. Contractors doing full driveway replacements or slab tear-outs already know their tonnage and usually just need to know whether we can partial-fill a 20 yard for the same rate as a 10.
Demolition crews clearing a foundation or old retaining wall tend to have mixed debris — concrete with rebar, brick, sometimes dirt — and that’s the group where the clean-load-versus-mixed-debris pricing question comes up most.
What Goes In (and What Doesn’t)
Clean concrete, concrete with rebar or mesh, brick, block, and dirt can all go into a heavy-debris dumpster — sometimes together, sometimes billed differently depending on the mix.
What we ask people to keep out: general household trash, wood framing in large quantities, and anything that isn’t heavy masonry material. Mixing light debris in with concrete doesn’t just risk a contamination fee — it also wastes weight capacity that should be going to the actual concrete.
Why Local Sizing Beats a National Guess
A lot of national dumpster sites will quote a size off square footage alone and let you find out about the weight limit at pickup. We ask about thickness and mix before delivery, because a 4-inch driveway and a 6-inch foundation slab of the same square footage can weigh very differently.
Flat-rate pricing includes delivery, pickup, and a weight allowance sized for heavy debris specifically, not a household-waste allowance stretched to cover concrete.
How to Choose the Right Dumpster in Macon
Choosing the right dumpster depends on the size of your project, the type of debris, and the space available for delivery. Small cleanouts usually need a smaller dumpster, while larger renovations or construction projects often require more capacity. Heavy materials like concrete, dirt, and roofing shingles may also affect the size you should choose because of weight limits.
Not sure which dumpster is right? Our local team will help you select the best size for your project, budget, and property, so you get the perfect fit without paying for more than you need.