10 Yard Dumpster Rental in Concord, CA
Short answer: a 10 yard roll-off costs $465 with 1 ton included and measures 12 by 7.5 by 3 feet. It holds about 50 garbage bags or 3 pickup loads, fits nearly any driveway in Concord, and is the size we bring when the debris is heavy rather than bulky.
The 10 yard is the only container in the range where the three foot wall is the selling point. You throw debris over the side rather than carrying it through a door, which matters when the material is tile, brick or plaster and every piece is lifted by hand.
It is also the container that most often gets picked for the wrong reason. People choose it because it is the cheapest, then discover that furniture and cabinetry fill it before the ton is anywhere near reached. For bulky debris the 15 yard costs $75 more and takes the same driveway space.
What One Ton Actually Looks Like
Two thousand pounds arrives faster than people expect. Roughly 250 square feet of ceramic tile with mortar, or the plaster and lath from one room, or eight to ten squares of composition shingle. Any of those alone will finish the allowance with the container half empty.
That is not a flaw, it is the design. Dense material needs a small box that the truck can legally carry, and the flat rate on dirt and concrete exists precisely because those loads have no practical ceiling by volume at all.
When to Go Bigger
Household junk, furniture, cabinetry, brush and decking fill volume rather than weight. On those jobs the 10 yard runs out of room with most of its tonnage unused, and a 20 yard at $615 usually saves a second delivery. The rule we use on the phone: if you can lift a piece of it with one hand, you are buying volume, not weight, and volume is what the 30 yard and 40 yard exist for. Browse everything we haul on the services page.
Where a Slab Tear-Out Actually Goes
Concrete removed from a driveway or patio counts as construction and demolition debris under CalRecycle standards, and it is routed to a facility that processes it separately from general household waste. Loading it flat rather than tossed in loose chunks matters here more than on any other size, since the 10 yard’s low wall gives dense material almost no room before the tonnage runs out.
Placement and Booking
Allow about 60 feet of straight clearance and 22 feet of overhead room for the truck. On a 10 yard, access is rarely the constraint. Rentals run 7 days as standard and from 1 to 21 days on request, and same-day delivery is available on weekday calls placed before 2PM. Compare the full range on the dumpster sizes page or call (925) 940-9906.
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Rafael Pires, OwnerWeight examples taken from scale tickets on jobs dispatched out of 4918 Clayton Rd. Last reviewed September 2026.
