Most haulers focus on the Rental Price ($350) and forget the Hidden Costs that eat their lunch. If you don’t know your exact cost-per-mile or labor burden, you aren’t running a business—you’re running a charity. We built this calculator to help you see the real math behind every dumpster you drop. Plug in your numbers below to see if you’re actually profitable, or just busy.
Round trip: Yard -> Drop -> Dump -> Yard
Tires, oil, maintenance allocation
We run our own dumpster business — we know the grind because we live it every day. — Todd Atkinson, Founder & Hauler
It looks like a great job: You charge $400, the dump fee is $60, and you think you made $340.
You didn’t.
Once you factor in the 1.5 hours of driver labor, the 4 gallons of diesel, the wear on your tires, and the insurance allocation, your “profit” might be closer to $100. This calculator exposes those hidden leaks so you can:
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