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I’m curious what everybody does about the construction debris that seems to accumulate around your home and shop.
For large jobs, I get a dumpster on site but for small jobs, I always seem to come home with a pickup truck load of trash.
My contract says that the home owner is responsible but I’m not gonna leave a pile of lumber for some older lady to haul to the curb.
So, this weekend I spent two days cleaning up my shop and the pile of junk behind my shop. Filled a 30yd container and I’ve still got more.
I’ve got to find a better way. What do you do about this?
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Ryan, For years my company did as you did, hauling and handling garbage twice. In the truck, out of the truck ect. Nowadays we keep a four yard dumpster at our homebase which is emptied weekly. For the larger jobs that don't quite qualify for a site delivered dumpster we have a self dumping trailer (8x14) which when filled at the job can be hauled directly to the nearest landfill.
Steve
*Ryan, I see you are a contractor in so. Jersey. I'm located in the Phila. region. In this area almost every township has a dump or transfer station. When the job has only a little trash or the job is to small I generally send a laborer to dump it. Cost is per pound but a full pickup is generally $20-25. Your area is probablly the same. Try the yellow pages for your nearest one. Good luck, Bill Swales
*Ryan,Check with some other local builders or the people who operate the dump or transfer stations in your area. I can name you about four family owned companies here in Dallas that will haul off about any size construction debris you may have. Most will even do the demo and then haul it off in their own truck. It's one heck of a lot cheaper than having our carpenters haul off the trash.I'm sure if you're in a town large enough there must be someone who performs this service to builders. If not, you need to buy a bobtail truck with side boards and start a side-line business. Low overhead......high profit. You'd hire someone to do that .....right?Good luck,Ed. Williams
*Ryan, i just haul little job stuff to Monmouth County dump in Tinton falls. It's pretty cheap and keeps you from dumping a bunch of crap in your yard. I used to live in an apartment and dump my debris in their dumpsters after hours. Just don't get caught.
*Ryan,I generate a lot of debris in my roofing business,but getting rid of it is not a problem.In my area there are plenty of guys with dump trucks happy to clean up our job sites for $8-10 per square. when we tear off we try to make sure everything lands on a tarp in the yard.The hauler will show up mid day,shovel it all into his truck and dump it ,for less than I could accomplish myself with a dumpster or trailer.The great part is I don't have to load or unload it,and I don't have to maintain,maneuver,or store a dump truck or trailer.If I do a small repair which generates debris it will all usually fit into 1-2 trash cans which I will empty out on the tarp at the next big job.Good Luck,stephenPS the shingle debris is now dumped at a recycle center where it is shreded and re-sold as paving(or paving base actually)