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   FastEddie | Mar 13, 2006 04:55pm | #1

   The rule of thumb is ... no matter how big the dumpster is that you rented, there will be more than enough trash to fill it.  The neighbors will see to that.

    

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   davidmeiland | Mar 13, 2006 05:13pm | #4

   I have one choice of box... it's 30 yards. Actually I could get a 2-yarder also, but that won't do it. The neighbors will not be throwing stuff in there, it's not that kind of 'hood. Alternative is to get someone to haul it away in a truck. Just trying to weigh the relative costs.

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   BossHog | Mar 13, 2006 05:20pm | #5

   I think the rule of thumb is 2 squares of asphalt shingles per cubic yard.
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   DanH | Mar 13, 2006 07:27pm | #6

   Of course, it makes a fair difference how you toss the stuff in.  If it lands flat and you fill in around the edges well you get a lot more in than if you just dump the stuff in the middle.
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   Shoeman | Mar 13, 2006 04:57pm | #2

   I can never recall how many square of which type fit what cubic yard dumpster.

   That said - I have had pretty good luck asking the people that deliver the dumpster.

   Seems I have called a couple places and took the average of what they told me.

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   Sphere | Mar 13, 2006 05:12pm | #3

   bon fire..much faster.

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   Piffin | Mar 13, 2006 07:41pm | #7

   dan nailed it.

   But for an idea - go the the yard and take a look at how much volumnthere is in a stack of 16 squares of shakes and sixteen of shi9ngles.

   Then double that.

    

    

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   JeffBuck | Mar 14, 2006 12:36am | #8

   bet a 30 will do it ...

   20 might even make it too ...

   but if all U can get is a 30 ... there ya go.

   The bennie of an on site dumpster is ...

    

   it's there ... on site!

   park it close as possible ... chute into it from the roof is best.

    

   when U have to truck it out ... U usually gotta tear it off ... throw on a tarp ... then move it all again when the truck shows up to be loaded ... unless U can find a buddy that'll drop it off or rent one for the full tear off day ... then ... ya gotta drive to the dump ... and after U pay yer buddy ... U pay the dump guy.

   I much prefer an onsite dumpster.

   clean out the garage or basement at the same time if there's room.

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   IMERC | Mar 14, 2006 06:16am | #14

   he should get a 40 cor even several....

    

    

   as soon as it is on site the nieghborhood will help him fill them...

    

    

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   DoRight | Mar 14, 2006 12:55am | #9

   I tore off about 30 to 33 squares of shakes.  Half of your job BUT less your layer of shingles.  So it might be comparible.

   I tore off the shakes and tarpaper and NEATLY, I mean neatly staked it in a pickup truck bed about four feet high.  Six loads.  I am not that annal typically, but I had to haul the stuff a fair distance and pay by the load to dump it.  Had I just thrown it in the truck I figure I would have had 12 rather than 6 loads.

   Hope this helps.

    

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   seeyou | Mar 14, 2006 12:59am | #10

   30 yard will come close to handling it all if you pack it right. I've never encountered cedar over cedar.

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   zak | Mar 14, 2006 04:57am | #12

   I did my house last summer- 2 layers of asphalt over 2 layers of cedar over skip planks.  I was lucky enough to know somebody with a small dump truck, an Isuzu NPR style.  I paid him $50 and paid about $50 for two very full trips to the dump.  I still can't believe how nice that was- I did a few loads in my pickup, and it seemed like I could get about a square in each load.  So it would have been 22 loads, and at least one very sore back.

   zak

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   seeyou | Mar 14, 2006 12:53pm | #15

   I've got a dump trailer that will hold about 6 yds. For something light like cedar, we stand plywood up for taller sides and double the capacity.Birth, school, work, death.....................

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   artworks | Mar 14, 2006 01:38am | #11

   Addvertise , gardners like cedar shingles for staking plants, and any one with a wood stove would just love it for kindling, maybe find a chipper, sell chips to landscaper !Farmer hay fork is good for clean up. and I used garden fork with a wedge welded on the bottom for removal. It's a dirty job and , as you may know, time consuming pounding down / removal  the nails. I  think the volume of materials  would ruffly be double of an asphalt removal.  Done a couple of double cedar shingle remove . then  replace with asphalt Good luck

    

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   DanH | Mar 14, 2006 05:14am | #13

   Save out a few dozen decent shingles for shims.
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   happy?

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   davidmeiland | Mar 25, 2006 08:06am | #16

   We started on this one today. WOW... what a lot of debris to deal with. About 1/4 of the roof, or 4 square, got stripped, and it's close to half of a 30-yard box. Obviously it's not easy to compact debris like that into a box, so there's plenty of air space, but I'm definitely going to have a second box dropped off.

   Even more scary is the condition of the old skip sheathing. The wood itself is in good condition, but the old plain steel nails are shot. It's an 80-year-old house and they nailed the skip sheathing on with 8d brights that are pretty much rusted out. I went over the entire thing with 8d galv ring shanks and re-nailed it, which tightened things up quite a bit. The nails at the edge of the roof, into the top of the barge boards, were 100% rusted out, completely gone, and the bead-board soffit was basically just sitting there loose at the edges.