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Dumpster Sizes, Dimensions and Weight Limits

Name: Wilkins Waste
Address: Battle Creek, MI, 49014, US
Telephone: (866) 571-3175

A cubic yard is a 3-foot cube. Weight, not volume, decides most rentals, so both numbers are listed for every size.

10-Yard Box

Footprint: 12 ft x 8 ft x 3.5 ft
Volume: 10 cubic yards — 3 pickup beds
Weight: 2-ton weight limit
Typical work:

15-Yard Box

Footprint: 14 ft x 8 ft x 4.5 ft
Volume: 15 cubic yards — 4.5 pickup beds
Weight: 2.5-ton weight limit
Typical work:

20-Yard Box

Footprint: 16 ft x 8 ft x 5.5 ft
Volume: 20 cubic yards — 6 pickup beds
Weight: 3-ton weight limit
Typical work:

30-Yard Box

Footprint: 20 ft x 8 ft x 6 ft
Volume: 30 cubic yards — 9 pickup beds
Weight: 4-ton weight limit
Typical work:

40-Yard Box

Footprint: 22 ft x 8 ft x 8 ft
Volume: 40 cubic yards — 12 pickup beds
Weight: 5-ton weight limit
Typical work:

Sizing by weight, not eyeball

Crews searching "20 yd dumpster" usually need the size the debris weighs, not the size it looks. Dense material — concrete, plaster, shingle, dirt — hits the weight limit long before the rim; light demo and household volume does the opposite. Rule from the desk: estimate pickup beds, multiply by a third to get cubic yards, then check the weight limit against your material. Or skip the math and call dispatch.

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