Roll-off trailers and bins: how the setup works

A roll-off keeps the container separate from the trailer. You back up to the job, set a loaded bin down or dump it, pick up an empty one, and drive off. That is the difference from a dump trailer.

Three separate things, and you buy them separately

Everything on our roll-off page is one of three items, and only one of them is a trailer.

• The trailer. The only titled vehicle here, and the expensive part.
• The bin. A steel container. No axles, no hitch, no title.
• The open deck body. A bin footprint with no walls, for loads that will not go in a box. Swaps on and off the same way.

Most customers start with a trailer and one bin, then add bins as the work justifies it.

What we stock

Everything on the lot right now is 7x14, from PJ and Durahaul. That holds a roof tear-off and still goes down a residential driveway.

• Bins: 10 gauge floor and walls, barn doors at the back so you can walk debris in, stake pockets and D-rings inside, and a tarp. One Durahaul bin runs a 7 gauge floor, for broken concrete and shingle bundles.
• The open deck body: slide-in ramps, and the same stake pockets and D-rings.
• The trailers: tandem axle with a scissor hoist, in bumper pull and in gooseneck. The gooseneck carries more and tows steadier. The bumper pull hooks to the truck you already own.

The page above is the live list, and we order roll-off equipment regularly.

Why one trailer and several bins pays

A second trailer costs what a trailer costs. A second bin costs a fraction of that, and it is what keeps the work going while a full container sits somewhere.

A roofer drops an empty bin at the house on Monday, tears off into it all day, and swaps it Tuesday morning without a landfill run mid-job. A cleanout crew stages bins at two properties and runs one trailer between them. An outfit renting containers keeps three bins earning on three driveways with one truck.

A full bin can also just sit. If the transfer station is closed, or the debris has to be gone today but the disposal run can wait until Thursday, a roll-off separates the two. A dump trailer is not available while it is full.

Rent-to-own covers the trailer, not the bins

Rent-to-own can only cover what is listed on the manufacturer's original certificate of origin. The trailer has one. A bin does not, because it is a container rather than a titled vehicle, and neither does a package that bundles a trailer with bins. So you will see rent-to-own figures on the roll-off trailers and none on the bins or the open deck body.

Plan on buying the bins outright, or ask us what payment options are open on them. Rent-to-own is expensive, and we lay out how expensive in what rent-to-own really costs.

Come look at one

Bring us the job: how often you fill, how far the disposal run is, whether the debris has to sit. That settles it against a straight dump trailer in about five minutes, and the bin coming off makes more sense in person.

See what is on the ground on our roll-off page, or get in touch and we will price a trailer and however many bins the work needs.