Trailer Rental Guide
Everything you need to know about your rental. If you’re not sure about something — especially whether you can load it — check here first. It’s a lot easier to answer that question before the trailer’s full.
What Can I Load?
Yes
Household junk, furniture, wood, drywall, flooring, cabinets, remodeling debris, yard debris, tree limbs, brush, ceramic and porcelain tile, metal, roofing shingles.
Not right now
These need specialized disposal we’re not set up for yet: mattresses and box springs, tires, appliances, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, anything containing refrigerant.
Never
Heavy material. Concrete, dirt, sand, gravel, rock, brick, block, asphalt. Not because we’re precious about it — that weight fills the trailer’s legal limit before it’s half full.
Hazardous material. Chemicals, fuel, oil, solvents, wet paint, batteries, propane cylinders, explosives, ammunition, medical waste, biohazards, radioactive material, sewage, liquids, hot ashes or anything still burning, and sealed containers when nobody knows what’s inside.
Not sure? Call before you load it.
Genuinely — this is not a formality. Getting something out of a full trailer is a bad afternoon for everybody.
Weight & Charges
What’s included — one ton, 2,000 pounds. That’s part of the $315.
Over that — $25 per 500 pounds, rounded up to the next 500. Weight comes from the disposal facility’s certified scale ticket, not from an estimate or a guess.
The trailer’s limit — four tons, 8,000 pounds. This is a safety and legal limit, not a pricing tier. An overloaded trailer isn’t legal to tow, and if a load is over the maximum it may need material removed, redistributed, or a second trip before we can move it.
Roofing shingles — accepted, with a $25 per ton disposal surcharge, $25 minimum, on top of normal weight charges. Worth knowing: a single-layer tear-off on an average roof runs 2 to 3 tons on its own.
Is a ton a lot? More than most people expect. A full garage cleanout of household junk and furniture is usually well under it. Where it adds up is anything dense — tile, plaster, wet lumber, and shingles.
Other charges that can apply: additional rental days, extra disposal weight, roofing surcharge, a return trip caused by blocked access, loads over the maximum, prohibited materials, trailer damage, corrective labor. If any of these come up you’ll get an itemized invoice explaining it. Nothing appears without a reason attached.
Where It Goes
Space needed — 10 feet wide by 25 feet long, clear and reasonably level.
Best surfaces — concrete, asphalt, or compacted gravel. Grass, landscaping, and unpaved ground are possible but depend on conditions when we arrive.
Before Friday
- Move the cars
- Unlock the gate, or send us the code
- Clear the driveway and the route in
- Tell us about anything we can’t see from the street
Things worth mentioning: a steep driveway, a narrow entrance, low branches or wires, soft or recently repaired pavement, a septic field or drain lines, irrigation, a culvert, HOA or street restrictions. The more we know beforehand, the less likely delivery turns into a problem.
We make the final placement call. We’ll put it where you asked if we safely can. Sometimes we can’t — access, grade, overhead clearance, or ground conditions decide it. If your spot won’t work we’ll tell you before we set it down.
About your driveway
A loaded trailer is heavy, and heavy things sitting on a surface for three days can leave marks.
Tire impressions. Indentations in gravel or grass. Scuffing on asphalt in warm weather. Occasionally worse on surfaces that were already weak or recently repaired.
We use pads where they help and we’re careful about placement. But nobody can promise a driveway looks untouched afterward, and we’d rather say that now than on Monday.
While It’s Here
Loading
- Spread heavy material out rather than piling it in one spot
- Keep everything below the top rails
- Keep it inside the trailer
- Leave the rear doors and latches accessible
- Don’t compact debris mechanically
An evenly loaded trailer travels safely. An unbalanced one doesn’t.
Please don’t
Tow it. Move it. Hitch anything to it. Operate the hydraulic dump. Modify it or remove anything from it.
That’s not fine print. A loaded dump trailer that shifts is genuinely dangerous, and moving it is our job.
Also — keep kids away from it, and don’t let anyone else move or operate it either.
If something goes wrong
Damage, theft, vandalism, or anything unsafe — call us.
Before Pickup
Monday morning, before we arrive:
- Stop loading. Once it’s ready for pickup, adding more creates problems.
- Move vehicles blocking access
- Unlock the gate
- Make sure the rear doors are reachable
- Everything below the sides
- Nothing prohibited in the load
You don’t need to be home as long as we can get to it.
Common Questions
Still Have a Question?
Call us at 423-582-7730 or send a message.
It’s always easier to answer a question before loading than after.