Best Dumpster Rental in Chelsea, AL
18 locally owned dumpster rental companies serving Chelsea, ranked by Index Score (1 based in town, the rest within 25 straight-line miles), holding 1,405 Google reviews between them. Published 20-yard prices start at $325. Listings are free and placement can't be bought.
18 dumpster rental companies in Chelsea, AL, ranked by Index Score
1,405 Google reviews across the 18, and 5 of them publish a rate you can read without calling.
| Company | Score | 20 yd price | Google rating | Phone |
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98 | $48520 yd | 5.0★ (223) | |
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96 | $37520 yd | 5.0★ (152) | |
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93 | $42520 yd | 5.0★ (212) | |
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92 | $41520 yd | 5.0★ (53) | |
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91 | — | 5.0★ (122) | |
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91 | $32520 yd | 4.9★ (53) | |
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87 | — | 5.0★ (31) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (185) | |
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84 | — | 5.0★ (33) | |
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83 | — | 4.4★ (50) | |
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82 | — | 3.9★ (65) | |
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80 | — | 5.0★ (13) | |
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79 | — | 4.8★ (22) | |
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77 | — | 5.0★ (21) | |
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77 | — | 4.3★ (17) | |
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75 | — | 5.0★ (67) | |
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75 | — | 5.0★ (61) | |
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72 | — | 4.7★ (25) |
How the Index Score ranks this table, and why the distances are approximate
How to read the Chelsea list
One has a yard in Chelsea; the remaining 17 cover it from somewhere else. Alabama Junk is both the best-rated and the most-reviewed of them, at 5.0 across 223 Google reviews. Five of the 18 publish a rate on their own site; the rest quote by phone. That split is typical, and it is why the medians here are worth having.
How much does a dumpster cost in Chelsea, AL?
Updated regularly. Based on 12 published prices from 5 of the 18 companies serving Chelsea.
| Size | Median price | Range | Included weight | Included days | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 yard | $345 | $325 to $415 | 2 tons | 3 days | 5 |
| 20 yard | $415 | $325 to $485 | 2 tons | 3 days | 5 |
How the weight and day columns are calculated
How these prices were collected, and what they leave out
What dumpster sizes can you rent in Chelsea?
7 sizes are listed by companies serving Chelsea:
- 8 yd1 company
- 10 yard dumpster10 yd7 companies
- 15 yard dumpster15 yd9 companies
- 20 yard dumpster20 yd11 companies
- 25 yd2 companies
- 30 yard dumpster30 yd5 companies
- 40 yard dumpster40 yd5 companies
Drawn to scale. How the footprints actually compare
| Size | Typical job |
|---|---|
| 10–15 yard | Household cleanout, single-room remodel, small yard job |
| 20 yard | Roofing tear-off, whole-home cleanout, small construction |
| 30–40 yard | New build and commercial work. Many residential streets can't take one |
$325 to $485
5 companies serving Chelsea charge that much for the same 20-yard container. The middle of that market is $415, so calling the cheapest rather than a mid-priced one saves $90 on a job neither of them has seen yet.
What are you throwing out?
- Dumpster for a bathroom remodel 10 yd
- Dumpster for a concrete and dirt removal 10 yd
- Dumpster for an estate cleanout 30 yd
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Chelsea is in Shelby County, AL.
What the Chelsea dumpster market looks like
The 15-yard quotes here run from $325 at Junk Father Dumpster Rentals & Junk Removal up to $415 at Alabama Junk. That is $90 of daylight between two companies covering the same town. 1 yard sits in Chelsea out of 18 serving it, and the widest radius reaching the town is 24 straight-line miles. Distance rarely changes the drop fee. It changes how fast anyone can come back. Between them these companies carry 1,405 Google reviews. Alabama Junk holds the biggest book at 223, rated 5.0.
You can price 5 of these 18 companies without picking up the phone. The rest quote on the call, so have your size and your dates ready. A 20-yard runs $415 in the middle here against $399 across Alabama, so Chelsea prices 4% above the state. Tipping fees and haul distance are usually what is behind a gap like that. The sizes this town actually stocks are the 15-yard and the 20-yard, with 9 of the 18 carrying the 15-yard. Anything outside that is a special order somebody has to drive in.
Alabama Junk holds the best rating serving Chelsea at 5.0 from 223 reviews. The bottom of this page sits at 3.9, so read the row before you dial. The usual rental window quoted around Chelsea is 5 days. Vulcan Waste LLC/Dumpsters publishes a longer one, which matters if the job slips a week. The typical allowance quoted here is 2 tons before overage, across the 4 rates that state one. Roofing and concrete blow through that faster than a house cleanout does.
15 of the 18 run a website you can check before calling. The other 3 take the job over the phone, which is common for the smaller yards and says nothing about the work: between them the 18 hold 1,405 reviews. No single company dominates Chelsea. The biggest book of reviews is 16% of the town's 1,405, so there is genuine choice here rather than one name and a queue. The cheapest published anything in Chelsea is a 10-yard at $324, from Alabama Junk. That is the floor on this page, not the price of the size you probably need.
What Chelsea houses are made of
The median home in Chelsea was built in 2007, across 5,733 housing units. That is recent stock: drywall, engineered lumber and asphalt shingle. It fills a container by volume rather than weight, so the bigger size is usually the economical one unless you are tearing off a roof.
What the weather adds to a Chelsea dumpster bill
Chelsea gets 58.9 inches of rain in a normal year, plus 1.4 inches of snow. None of that is your rubbish, but you pay to haul it, because the container is open to the sky and the load is weighed at the tip. 48 days a year drop below freezing, and a wet load that freezes is heavier and harder to tip. Tell the hauler if the container has frozen to the driveway before they send a truck. Ask for a tarp if it is going to stand through a wet week. NOAA 1991–2020 normals, from a station 6 miles out.
Common questions about dumpster rental in Chelsea, AL
- What does a 20-yard dumpster cost in Chelsea?
- Companies serving Chelsea that publish a price list a median of $415 for a 20-yard, against $399 across Alabama. That is a starting price. Weight over the included allowance is billed separately.
- What is the lowest dumpster price in Chelsea?
- The lowest published starting price among companies serving Chelsea is $324. A low base rate can still carry a delivery fee, a fuel surcharge or a per-mile charge outside a set radius, so ask what the number includes.
- What is the top-rated dumpster company in Chelsea?
- Alabama Junk ranks first in Chelsea on our Index Score, at 98 out of 100 on review volume, rating, published pricing and reachability, weighted. Position on this page moves on evidence and nothing else. No company can pay to rank higher, and none has.
- How many dumpster companies serve Chelsea?
- We list 18 independently owned companies serving Chelsea, 1 of them based in town. National carriers and brokers are not included.
- What dumpster sizes can I get in Chelsea?
- Companies serving Chelsea list 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40 yard containers. Match the container to the job: a 10 for a single room or dense debris, a 20 for a roof or remodel, a 30 or 40 for a clearance or a build.
- How do Chelsea dumpster prices compare to the rest of Alabama?
- The median published 20-yard price in Chelsea is $415, 4% above the $399 median across Alabama. Tipping fees are set by the landfill, not the hauler, so prices can step up sharply across a county line for no visible reason.
- How much is a 15-yard dumpster in Chelsea?
- In Chelsea: a 15-yard runs a median of $345 (5 companies). The gap in price between sizes is smaller than the gap in what they hold, so the larger container is usually the better value per yard.
- How long can you keep a dumpster in Chelsea?
- The most common listed rental period among Chelsea companies is 3 days, from the 9 that publish one. Extra days are usually billed at a daily rate. Most companies will collect early at no extra charge, so book the shorter period and call when you finish.
- Are there dumpster companies based in Chelsea?
- 1 of the 18 companies we list are based in Chelsea itself; the rest are within 25 miles and typically serve it. Staying local can buy you same-day delivery and an easier callback when the job overruns, which is worth more on a tight schedule than a small difference in the base rate.