10-Yard Dumpster Rental Philadelphia

The 10-yard dumpster is the smallest bin in the lineup and the one built for narrow Philadelphia streets. It measures roughly 12 to 14 feet long, 8 feet wide, and about 3.5 feet tall, so it drops onto a single driveway or one parking-lane spot in Point Breeze or South Philadelphia without eating half the block. That low profile is why it clears the parked-car gauntlet on the tight one-way streets around Bella Vista and Kensington where a 30-yard roll-off simply won't turn in.

A 10-yard bin fits a single-room job: a bathroom gut, a kitchen tear-out, a garage or basement cleanout, or a small deck removal. It holds about 10 cubic yards, roughly 4 pickup-truck loads, and carries dense material like tile, plaster, and roofing shingles at a weight the truck can legally lift off a Manayunk or Roxborough hill. If the job is a full-house estate cleanout in Germantown or a roof tear-off, the 20-yard at $695 or 30-yard at $795 moves more debris per haul; the trade-off is footprint versus volume, so a 10-yard wins on tight streets while the bigger bins win on open driveways with more junk to lose.

A dumpster rental is not junk removal: the crew drops the empty bin, the customer loads it over the rental window, and the crew hauls it away full. The $595 is flat and all-in, which means the tonnage allowance and disposal are already inside the price on a standard fill. Philadelphia requires a street-placement permit when a bin sits on a public street rather than private property; a driveway or private lot in Mount Airy or Northern Liberties needs no permit, while a curb spot on a permit block does. Confirm the placement when booking so nothing stalls delivery.