Frequently Asked Questions

Most rentals run $295 to $695, with no hidden fuel or pickup fees. The price depends on the size, the type of debris, how long you keep it, and the location and any permit it needs. You get a flat rate on the phone covering delivery, pickup, the standard rental of up to 7 days and the included weight — 2 to 3 tons on a 10 or 15 yard, 3 to 4 on a 20, 4 to 5 on a 30, 5 to 6 on a 40. Going over can mean an overage. The cost guide breaks it down.

Yes. Delivery, pickup, the rental period and disposal up to the included weight are all in the one flat price. No fuel surcharges, no hidden fees.

Two things: going over the included weight, and keeping the container past the rental window, at a small daily rate. Banned items also have to come out of the load before it can go. We explain it all on the first call so there is nothing to find later.

Not a different rate — but concrete, brick, dirt, shingles and tile use up the included weight fast. So we size heavy loads differently (a 10 yard loaded level, or split loads) and tell you where the weight line is before you load.

Major credit cards, electronic payments and business checks. Business clients and repeat contractors can have invoices emailed, and long-term and multi-container customers can ask about special pricing.

On your own driveway or private property in Springfield, we found no City permit for a roll-off. In the street or on the sidewalk, check first: City Code Sec. 98-1 bans any obstruction in the public way that hinders traffic or diverts or blocks drainage, and work in or next to the right-of-way that is expected to affect normal traffic needs a temporary traffic control permit from Public Works (Sec. 98-29), with plans that follow the federal work-zone manual and fees set per city block per week. We found no dumpster-specific permit and no published fee — Traffic Operations (417-864-1980) is the office to ask. Other towns differ — Battlefield wants a free City permit for any project dumpster in public view, and Ash Grove's code bans obstructing a street. The permit guide and your town page cover the details.

Possibly, but ask first. In Springfield, talk to Traffic Operations at 417-864-1980 before you count on it. Willard and Nixa keep commercial waste containers on private property unless the City gives written permission, and Republic lets construction use the street for reasonable periods but wants a safe walkway kept clear and refuse removed within 3 days of finishing. Tell us when you book and we line the delivery up with it.

Because most of the ones we checked do. Springfield requires an annual City licence from Environmental Services for anyone in the business of hauling solid waste, including construction and demolition waste, with liability insurance and the company name, tare weight and a City sticker on every truck (Secs. 94-7, 94-8); the fee is not published. Willard's annual licence needs $2,000,000 of liability insurance on file, Nixa's permit a $500 bond, Billings and Marshfield charge $25 a truck a year, and Bolivar's permit carries a $10,000 bond — though Bolivar needs no permit for demolition and construction waste. Battlefield, Ash Grove, Ozark and Sparta require a City permit too. We hold ours. We quote the section on each page and tell you where your job stands.

Because several do. Nixa contracts its household trash and recycling to Republic Services, Sparta's contract is with GFL, and the Willard, Ash Grove, Billings and Marshfield codes say the City provides for residential collection, by contract if it chooses. Springfield, Republic, Ozark and Bolivar are open markets where residents pick a private hauler — Ozark says it is "not an exclusive trash hauler city". The codes leave room for project debris: Springfield's and Sparta's container rules leave out demolition and construction waste, and Ash Grove, Sparta, Billings and Marshfield send residents with bulky rubbish to a hauler the City has licensed. A roll-off carries project debris, not weekly trash. We tell you straight on the phone where your job stands.

It can. Some subdivisions have rules on containers in driveways. We do not know your HOA's rules — check them before you book.

Ask for boards under the dumpster and the driver puts them down. Tell us before delivery if a surface needs more than that — the terms put surface damage on the customer unless protection was asked for before delivery.

A flat, stable surface, room for the container — about 12 feet long for a 10 yard, about 22 feet for a 20 and up — plus the truck, and nothing low overhead. Power lines, tree branches, parked cars and bins are the usual problem.

Springfield, Republic, Battlefield, Willard, Strafford, Fair Grove and Ash Grove in Greene County; Ozark, Nixa, Sparta, Billings and Clever in Christian County; and Rogersville, Marshfield and Bolivar further out — each with its own page. The complete Springfield guide pulls it together.

At 660 S Glenstone Ave, Springfield, MO 65802.

Mostly the timing. Billings, Clever, Ash Grove, Sparta, Marshfield and Bolivar are 21 to 32 road miles from the yard and more often next day than same-day. Price depends partly on the delivery location, and we say any difference up front.

Yes — most of the towns we checked license or permit haulers, and Battlefield, Ash Grove, Willard and Nixa have rules on where a container can sit. Each town page says what that town's code says, and we tell you where your job stands when you call.