Cape Girardeau’s Local Waste Experts
40 Yard Dumpster Rental in Cape Girardeau, MO
$625 flat, 5 tons included, 7 days. The 40 yard is the biggest bin we run, built for demolition and commercial jobs with machine loading. It’s also the size people order wrong most often, so read the honest part below before you book it.
Ready to Start?
Call (417) 457-4868 a real person at our Scott City yard answers. Order by noon, get it today.
How Big Is a 40 Yard Dumpster?
22 feet long, 8 feet wide, 8 feet tall. Roughly 12 pickup loads. Eight feet is over most people’s heads, which is the whole story of this bin: it’s made to be fed by a skid steer, an excavator, or a ramp, not by two guys and a wheelbarrow.
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Width
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Weight Planning on Demo Jobs
5 tons sounds like plenty until a demo job mixes materials. Framing and roofing together climb fast, and any masonry changes the math completely. Concrete never goes in a 40. It loads in a 10 yard at half fill, full stop. For mixed demo, we’ll often run a 40 for the bulk and a 10 for the dense stuff, on one invoice. Overage past 5 tons is $95 per ton, pro-rated off the ticket you see.
Demo Weight Cheat Sheet
- Framing + roofing together climbs fast
- Masonry changes the math completely
- Concrete: never in the 40, use the 10 at half fill
- Overage: $95/ton, pro-rated off the ticket
Jobs That Genuinely Need the 40
Structure Demolition
Gut jobs and full teardowns where a machine is doing the feeding. See demolition options.
Commercial Construction
Big additions and new builds with continuous debris flow.
Storm Recovery Staging
A property's worth of tornado debris moving at once. Storm cleanup details.
Multi-Unit & Warehouse Cleanouts
Turnovers and warehouse jobs with dock or loader access.
The Honest Part: Do You Actually Want a 40?
If you’re hand loading, no. You’ll spend half the job lifting debris over a wall taller than you, the bin will leave half empty, and the 30 would have saved you $100 and your back. We flag this on the phone every time and about a third of 40 callers downsize. The ones who keep it have a machine on site, and for them it’s the cheapest cubic yardage we sell.
No Machine? Take the 30
$525
- Hand loading wears you out fast
- An 8-ft wall often leaves the bin half empty
- Saves $100, and your back
Machine On Site? Take the 40
$625
- Skid steer, excavator, or ramp feeding it
- Cheapest cubic yardage we sell
- Built for demo and commercial jobs
What's Included in the $625?
Service & Logistics
Delivery, pickup, disposal, and the first 5 tons. Demo crews burn through containers, so swap-outs land the same day you call. Multi-bin jobs run on one invoice, with a certificate of insurance sent the day the GC asks.
Transparent Weight
Overage past 5 tons is $95 per ton, pro-rated off the ticket you see. At about $15.60 per cubic yard, it’s the best rate on the lot — the catch is you need a machine to fill it.
Street placement needs the City’s right-of-way permit first. See permit steps before you book a residential drop.
Swap-Outs Keep Big Jobs Moving
Demo crews burn through containers. Call the swap before the bin tops out and the replacement lands the same day, so nobody stands around leaning on shovels. Multi-bin jobs run on one invoice with a certificate of insurance sent the day the GC asks. Construction details
40 Yard Questions
Does it fit on a residential street?
It fits where a 20 fits footprint-wise, but street placement needs the City’s right-of-way permit first, and an 8-foot wall on a residential street draws attention. Most 40s go to job sites and commercial lots. Permit steps.
What's the cost per cubic yard?
About $15.60 per yard, the best rate on the lot. The 10 yard runs $32.50 per yard by comparison. Big bins are cheap space. The catch is you have to be able to fill them.
Can I get more than 5 tons hauled?
Yes, either as pro-rated overage or as planned multiple hauls. On heavy commercial jobs, tell us the tonnage estimate up front and we’ll quote the whole sequence instead of nickel-and-diming per haul.
Book the 40 Yard
Call or text (417) 457-4868. If you’re not sure the 40 is right, say so. Talking people down a size is a normal Tuesday here.
Call:
(417) 457-4868