Clearing a yard in Charleston piles up fast. A few overgrown palmettos, a fence line of wax myrtle, the limbs that came down after a storm, and suddenly you have a brush pile taller than you are. Bagging it for the curb is slow, and most of it is too big for the city pickup anyway. A roll-off dumpster gives you one container to fill on your own schedule, and we drop it where you can reach it from the work.
Here is how that works with us and what size tends to fit a yard job.
What counts as yard waste
For dumpster purposes, yard waste is the green and woody stuff that comes out of landscaping work. Limbs, branches, brush, hedge trimmings, leaves, pine straw, palm fronds, and loose sod after you have knocked the dirt off. Old wood fencing and small pulled stumps go in fine too. If you are doing a bigger cleanup that mixes in some lumber or a broken deck board, that is still no problem. The 13, 17, and 22 yard cans take household junk, furniture, wood, drywall, and remodeling debris right alongside the brush.
The one thing yard work tends to drag in is dirt and rock, and that is where size matters. Clean dirt, sod with the soil still packed in, concrete pavers, brick, and stone are heavy material. Those only go in the 7-yard. The bigger cans are built for volume, not weight, so we keep the dense stuff out of them. If your project is half brush and half busted-up patio, the move is usually two cans or a swap, and you can call and we will sort out which.
For a clearer rundown of what is allowed and what is not, here is what goes in a dumpster.
Picking a size for a yard job
Yard waste is bulky but light, so most homeowners do not need the biggest can. Brush takes up a lot of room without weighing much, which means you fill the space before you ever get close to a weight issue.
- A small flower-bed teardown or a weekend of hedge work usually fits the 7-yard, and that is also your can if any real dirt comes with it.
- A full yard cleanup, a fence line of brush, or storm limbs across the property tends to want the 13-yard. It is the size most Charleston homeowners land on for landscaping debris.
- A contractor clearing a lot or a big multi-day removal can step up to the 17 or 22. You can see the full lineup and the rough dimensions on all our dumpster sizes.
If you are not sure, guess one size up. Brush settles and shifts, and a can with a little headroom beats a second trip.
A few things to keep out
Even on a yard job, some items cannot ride along. We cannot take batteries, chemicals, or electronics, so old pesticide jugs, pool chemicals, and dead string trimmers with a battery pack need to go somewhere else. Pressure-treated lumber is fine. Paint and fuel are not.
Keep the dirt out of the big cans. It is the most common mix-up we see. A few shovels of soil clinging to roots will not sink a 13-yard load, but a pile of fill dirt or a stack of pavers needs the 7-yard instead. When in doubt, ask before you load.
How to get one to your yard
We are based on James Island and we run the cans ourselves across Charleston and the surrounding towns, about a 40-mile stretch. You can check whether you are in range on the towns we serve.
Renting is straightforward. Tell us roughly what you are clearing and where the can should sit, a driveway, a side yard, a job site, and we will get it dropped. Delivery, pickup, and disposal are all part of the rental, so once it is full you call and we come haul it off. Rentals run anywhere from a day to a month, which gives you room to chip away at a yard over a couple of weekends instead of racing the clock. On bigger clearing jobs we can swap a full can for an empty one and keep you moving.
Tony answers the phone seven days a week, so you are not stuck in a queue or waiting on a callback to book. If you want a real answer about which size fits your brush pile, call or text (843) 800-0689 and we will figure it out with you.
Charleston yards grow back fast. When you finally get a weekend to cut it all back, having the right can sitting in the driveway is what turns a two-week chore into a Saturday.
Need a dumpster in Charleston? Call or text Tony at (843) 800-0689, or order online.
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