Dump trailer rental, dropped in your driveway.

Most rentals in the Columbus area run about $200–$325 for one to three days and $275–$500 for five to seven days, delivered and picked up, with a weight allowance (often 1 to 2 tons) included. Weight over the allowance usually costs $85–$125 a ton, because Pine Grove Landfill charges $85 a ton for household and construction waste. Mattresses, tires and appliances can carry small per-item fees. See the pricing page for the full breakdown.

For most home projects a 14-foot dump trailer is the better fit. It holds about 11 cubic yards (four to five pickup loads), fits on an ordinary driveway, rests on tires that spread its weight, and has 3-foot sides and rear doors you can walk things through. Roll-off dumpsters in Columbus are commonly quoted around $466–$840 and make sense for large jobs that need 20 to 30 yards or several weeks.

Not on your own driveway or yard. Columbus city code generally keeps dumpsters out of public streets and alleys, so plan on private property; if it truly has to sit on a street, call the Columbus Consolidated Government Engineering Department before you book. Phenix City, Harris County and homeowners associations set their own rules, and many HOAs limit how long a container can sit in view of the street.

A 14,000-lb tandem dump trailer can legally carry roughly 4 to 5 tons, but the rental price usually includes 1 to 2 tons of disposal. The load is weighed at the landfill scale and anything over the allowance is billed by the ton. Volume and weight are not the same thing: a trailer heaped with furniture may weigh a ton, while a trailer a third full of dirt or concrete can already be at the limit.

Paint (unless the can is empty or the paint is fully dried), batteries, railroad ties, liquids, chemicals, motor oil, propane tanks, asbestos and anything hazardous. Tires, mattresses and appliances with refrigerant are usually allowed for a per-item fee. Yard waste, and concrete, brick or dirt, have to stay out of the junk load: Columbus landfills do not take mixed loads, and inert materials go to the Granite Bluff Inert Landfill on River Road.

It shouldn't. The trailer rests on its tires and tongue jack, and plywood boards go under the jack foot and the tires to spread the load. Those boards matter most on asphalt in a Columbus July, when the surface softens in the heat. Keep it off septic tanks and drain fields, and off soft red clay right after a heavy rain.

A 14 x 7 foot bed with 3-foot sides holds about 11 cubic yards, roughly four to five full-size pickup beds. That is a packed two-car garage, a kitchen gut, or the shingles from a single-layer roof on a typical ranch house (with shingles, weight runs out before space does).

Yes, it is one of the most common uses. One layer of asphalt shingles weighs roughly 250–400 lb per square (100 sq ft), so a 25-square roof is about 3 to 5 tons, usually more than the included allowance. Two layers normally means two loads. Give the roof size when you book so the price is right the first time.

Often within a day or two, sometimes the next morning on weekdays. Spring storm season, summer PCS moves around Fort Benning and the fall cleanout months book up first, so request your date as early as you can.

Yes: Phenix City, Smiths Station, Fortson, Cataula, Hamilton, Pine Mountain, Midland, Cusseta and the Fort Benning area. Columbus's Pine Grove Landfill only accepts waste generated in Muscogee County, so loads from outside the county go to a different facility, which can change the price a little.

Columbus Dump Trailer Rental is a referral service. When you request a trailer we pass it to one independent, local dump trailer rental company that calls you, confirms the price, delivers, picks up and dumps the load under its own terms. We may be paid by that company for the referral. Your request is never sold to a list or sent to several companies.