Dumpster Rental FAQ — Reading, PA

Call us. If it is too small we will bring a second container or swap it, and if you genuinely have not touched it we can usually exchange it for a different size the same or next day. It is far cheaper to make one call than to overfill a container — an overloaded box legally cannot be transported and will have to be levelled before we can lift it.

Allow roughly 10 feet of width and the container length plus about 15 feet of clearance behind it so the truck can set it and pick it up. A 10 yard needs about 30 feet of total run, a 30 or 40 yard closer to 60. Vertical clearance of around 23 feet is needed for the hoist — mind low branches and overhead service drops.

The overage is charged per ton at a rate we tell you up front, based on the scale ticket from the disposal facility. We give you the actual ticket. Most residential customers never see one — it typically comes up on heavy material like plaster, tile, masonry or a roof with more layers than expected.

No. The load has to sit level with the top rail so it can be tarped and legally transported on Pennsylvania roads. If it is heaped, the driver cannot take it and you will need to level it before we return. When you are loading, keep the bulky items flat and fill the voids rather than building a pile at one end.

The 20 yard, by a wide margin. It is the sweet spot for whole-home cleanouts, mid-size remodels and most roof tear-offs, and its walls are low enough that you can throw things over the side rather than walking everything through the door. The 15 yard is the runner-up for garage and basement clearouts, which are common in this area's older housing stock.

Pennsylvania restricts a number of materials from ordinary landfill disposal — paint, solvents and oils, tires, batteries, hazardous chemicals, propane tanks and gas cylinders, and medical waste among them. Call us and we will tell you exactly where each of those should go instead, or point you to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) for the full rules.

Yes. Mattresses, box springs, sofas, tables and general furniture are all fine in a standard mixed load. Breaking down bulky items before they go in makes a real difference to how much you fit — a disassembled sectional takes maybe half the volume of an intact one.

Small appliances without refrigerant are fine in the dumpster. Anything containing refrigerant, including refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers, needs the refrigerant professionally recovered before it can go to a landfill. Set those aside and we will point you to the right place.

Not wet or liquid paint, solvents or oils — those are on our prohibited list. Latex paint can go in once it is fully dried out solid — stir in kitty litter, sawdust or a paint hardener, leave the lid off until it hardens — but wet paint of any kind, along with propane tanks, gas cylinders and other hazardous chemicals, has to go to a household hazardous waste collection instead.

Yes. Our yard and containers are at 1185 Morgantown Rd, Reading, PA 19607, and the trucks go out from there every morning. We are not a national booking site reselling your job to whichever hauler bids lowest — when you call (484) 334-4904 you reach the people who run the trucks.

We do not lead with a founding year because what matters more is how we operate today: locally owned, based in Reading, with a small crew that answers the phone and shows up when it says it will. Ask us about our track record with a specific job type and we will give you a straight answer.

Fully licensed to haul in Pennsylvania and carrying general liability and auto coverage appropriate to commercial hauling. We are happy to send a certificate of insurance to general contractors, property managers and municipalities before a job starts — just ask when you book. It is a routine request for us, and we can usually turn it around the same day so it does not hold up your project schedule.

Constantly. Roofers, remodellers, restoration companies and property managers make up a large share of our week. We run standing swap-out schedules, priority call windows during peak season, consolidated monthly invoicing and negotiated rates on volume. Call and ask for the commercial side, and we will set up an account that fits how your crews actually schedule work.

It is weighed, then sorted where the load makes sorting worthwhile — clean wood, scrap metal, cardboard and clean concrete get diverted rather than landfilled. Everything else goes to a permitted disposal facility. Materials restricted from ordinary Pennsylvania landfill disposal are separated out and routed to the right facility.