What size dumpster for a construction job?
The 30-yard is the standard construction can, and for remodels, tear-outs and tighter lots the 20-yard is usually the better fit. Several local haulers and national booking sites serve Hattiesburg jobsites; local quotes in August 2026 ran roughly $400 to $600 for a week with about 2 tons included, with brokers higher.
Which size for a jobsite
30-yard — new build, framing scrap, major renovation, a house being gutted. It is the tallest can at about 6 feet, which matters when you are throwing lumber over the side all day.
20-yard — kitchen and bath remodels, deck removal, a single-trade job. Same 22-foot footprint as the 30 but lower walls, so it loads easier by hand.
15-yard — roofing up to roughly 20 squares, flooring tear-out, siding. On a shingle job the tonnage runs out long before the volume does.
If your lot is tight or the slab is not poured yet, the 22-foot cans still need a straight run of about 60 feet for the truck. Say so up front and have it checked before delivery day rather than after.
Weight is what catches contractors out
Construction debris is dense. Concrete, brick, block, mortar, tile, plaster and shingles hit the tonnage allowance while the can still looks half empty — that is normal, not a mistake.
Over the included tons, this market commonly charges $50 to $100 per ton, billed off the landfill scale ticket. Ask for the ticket, and ask what the allowance is before you compare two quotes.
For a clean concrete or brick load, a smaller can you can legally fill to the limit often beats a 30-yard you cannot load past the halfway mark. Tell the provider the material and let them size it.
Keep the banned items out of the pile — tires, batteries, paint and solvents, fuel, asbestos, and anything with freon. The landfill refuses or surcharges those loads and the cost comes back to the job.
Swaps, extra days and who shows up
Seven days is the standard included period here. Past that, extra days commonly run $10 to $25, and most outfits would rather you called when the can is full than committed to a pickup date up front — most builds do not run on the schedule they were drawn on.
On a longer job the usual pattern is a pull-and-replace: call when it is full, the provider books the swap, and the next can is a fresh rental. Ask whether swaps are priced the same as the first drop, and whether there is any contract or minimum haul count.
Pine Belt Dumpsters is an information and referral site, not a hauler. We publish this to help you buy well; if you want, we will pass your job details to local providers who work the Hattiesburg and Forrest–Lamar side and they will quote you directly.
On an active jobsite the thing worth pinning down is the arrival window, and only the company with the truck can commit to one. Get it from them, in writing if the schedule depends on it.
Get in front of local providers
We’re not a hauler and we don’t quote prices. Tell us what the job is and we’ll pass your request to local dumpster providers who can service it. A request for contact, not an order — nothing booked, nothing charged.
More answers
- What does a dumpster rental cost in the Hattiesburg area? — What the market charges by size, what the tonnage allowance covers, and what adds cost.
- What size dumpster do you actually need? — Plain guidance on 10, 15, 20 and 30 yard cans and what each one really holds.
- Do you need a permit for a dumpster? — Private property vs the street, HOA rules, and who to call before delivery day.
- Dumpster rental or junk removal? — The honest comparison, including when junk removal is the better call.
- What can you put in a dumpster? — The allowed list, the prohibited list, and why the prohibited items matter.
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