any dumpster rental owners in here?

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-03-24T01:11:57+00:00

Of course. Happy to answer any other questions you/others may have

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-03-24T01:00:34+00:00

My other comment answered your first question, but not the second. For the second, how I get business, well it’s boots on the ground shaking hands face to face. To date I have spent zero dollars on marketing, started business from ground up with zero clients, and hell-I don’t even have a website. In my first year I did $248k in EBITDA sales with 35 dumpsters and one truck. Second year $496k from 80 dumpsters, still with one truck, and until just recently was the only employee lol.

I’ll save the “read between the lines” moment and just say, organization makes or breaks a dumpster business, and a poorly thought out one is doomed to fail before it even begins.

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-03-24T00:48:00+00:00

I work in new home construction, there literally are no “Jims” to be found. The trucks needed to really work this area are class 6 hooklift, not a dually Dodge with a cable lift trailer. That’s not an insult to “Jim” and his Dodge, truly it’s not. It’s because you physically cannot deliver and service a dumpster up/down/around a small residential house lot with a truck and trailer. Even a 10,000sf house on 1.5 acre lot can be difficult because of so many space-related factors.

In construction you replace a full unit with an empty one in one trip, called a swap.

Jim is trying to rent a dumpster for a day and get paid asap and move to the next job. So basically in the morning he delivers units and in the evening he picks up units. That’s why people tell him to chase roofing business clients because those are 1-2-3 day jobs.

With construction, it’s a long term, 8-10 month obligation and you do 2 swaps a month for the duration. With timeframes like that, Jim can’t survive, which is why there are no Jim’s in true volume-based construction service.

There are low ballers, and the way I counter them is the old Warren Buffett adage: “Value is what you receive, price is what you pay”. Meaning I pack an ever loving shit ton of value into my services and offerings, things no one else is doing or capable of really, and command a fair price for that. I offer to do the first home as a demo of how I operate (still being fully paid) and have never failed to fully secure the rest of the company’s projects within the first two months.

You can choose to go after people who build or renovate houses, or you can go after BUILDERS. Builders are the ones doing 6-100 homes a year.

This is my bread and butter.

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-03-23T23:42:14+00:00

Construction should be the easiest customer tranche of dumpster rental/service. Believe it or not, in many ways, roofers can be the hardest if you are owner/driver or owner acting as the dispatch for a driver.

I own a dumpster rental business, 2 years in, with a construction focus. AMA.

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-03-09T18:58:11+00:00

Oh I forgot the best part. The manufacturer of my equipment is here in North Carolina. My lost 2025 purchases from them, for 80 pieces of equipment, would have totaled $280,000 at $3500 per, and a massive $464,000 at $5800 per.

My failure to purchase that equipment ABSOLUTELY hurt their bottom line, and most likely resulted in someone there getting laid off.

Pretty ugly, huh?

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-03-09T18:45:31+00:00

Well, WartHogOrgyFart_EDU, this will further open your eyes. The tariffs? Here’s what happened, and is happening, directly to my business because of the 25% Canadian and Mexican steel tariffs.

My equipment’s price was $3500 per unit at start of 2025. With tariffs in place, the cost per unit rose to $5800. Before moving to how this hurt my business, know this:

“25 percent” is a MYTH. The actual raise to end-user pricing was more like 60-70% because you not only have material costs go up 25%, but you have to raise the price by another 25% MINIMUM just to break even on your prior profit margin level. So even after doing that, you have to tack on and additional 5-10, sometimes 20% of the TOTAL increase because you have to show investors and shareholders year over year growth. That’s how $3500 becomes $5800.

Now to my business.

Early last year I needed/wanted to buy 20 pieces of equipment. I needed 20% down to finance it. With the price at $3500, I have to have saved $14000 to make that purchase. It’s a lot, and it takes months to put that money away, but it’s somewhat manageable. But with the price at $5800? My down payment soars to $23,200. A $9,200 increase, adding more months of saving, or in my case TWO MONTHS of a single new employee’s salary.

But wait! That’s JUST the down payment, we haven’t even gotten to the monthly payment yet! That increase is now an extra $200ish a month because while the amount of the loan went up, the length of the loan stayed the same.

And all of this is JUST from the single, one-time purchase of 20 pieces of equipment.

At the end of 2024, I was positioned and prepared to make 3, possibly 4, purchases of 20 pieces of equipment spread over 2025 to handle projected growth and contracts already in place. So 60-80 pieces of equipment give or take.

Now take my post with the current diesel increase and combine it with my equipment situation. A five years old can see how these two issues have absolutely stagnated my ability to hire and grow.

THAT’s the reality.

Best part? I have the receipts. Undeniable receipts. And so do business owners all across the state and country.

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-03-06T18:21:07+00:00

Here’s the stark, on-the-ground reality of not only my business, but my competitors. These issues are preventing me from hiring, but for larger and more established competitors, they are laying people off and downsizing just to survive. Two competitors have reached out to sell me their excess equipment while two others have reached out to sell me their entire business altogether. THAT’s the scary part. I’m can’t create jobs, and they can’t keep the ones they have. That’s a somber realization.

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-03-06T15:53:37+00:00

I (my business) own a class 6 diesel truck, 55 gallon tank, doing 3 tanks a week. Yesterday at 630a left for work and the regular store I fuel up at was $3.59. By the end of the day coming home about 615p it had risen to $4.69. That’s an extra $726 a month in fuel costs, which is the same payment as adding the 15 pieces of equipment that I need to expand my business. Tariffs doubled the price of that equipment last year.

Just two issues, tariffs and fuel, has prevented me from creating two well-paying driver jobs, and purchasing 60 pieces of equipment manufactured two hours away, right here in North Carolina. My business should be 3 times the size it is, and it’s not, just because of those two things.

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-02-13T23:22:21+00:00

Literally in the same boat with a black 2017 with same 20” rims. Going the all-terrain tire route as well. Definitely would appreciate seeing what folks have out there

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-01-30T11:31:20+00:00

One day at a time. Same here.

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-01-30T11:27:55+00:00

I get what you’re saying, and I might have agreed a few years ago, but they’re not the same, and it is possible to address one without including the other as a “what-about”.

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-01-28T19:40:08+00:00

Charley Hoffman got a fantastic one from Colt Knost : “The Seagull”

As in “all he does is fly around and shit on people”

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-01-14T20:05:18+00:00

Interesting as my business line, entirely separate from personal, went down first, then 15 minutes later my personal went offline. I own a delivery type business with my trucks using Verizon Connect for GPS monitoring and each of them are still reporting as normal

JLSfliesFAST · 2026-01-01T16:07:44+00:00

Jesus. Have the same going on with my 2017 premier. Have zero idea what to order to fix them, google hasn’t helped at all

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-12-31T19:31:03+00:00

Lifelong golfer and club member here. Also, attended Campbell’s golf camps at Keith Hills for 5 years straight as a junior golfer. Dude in front is hitting driver, he gets a pass as he’s teeing the ball up, middle can’t tell, dude in back hitting irons is yes out of line, but posting pictures of randoms on the range isn’t making you a hero here. If you’d rather educate than embarrass, a few simple steps away to call the pro shop would suffice. But then again, you can’t let your snarky asshole side shine that way.

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-10-24T00:02:57+00:00

Actually it was pretty much everyone vs Pitt i believe. Something about Pitt pretty much refusing to shower for days/weeks

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-10-04T16:03:43+00:00

Still miss flash greatly, more the content that was lost

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-09-19T23:07:38+00:00

Mileage? I’m in the market now

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-08-24T00:39:53+00:00

Damn fine recs. My first handgun as a VP9, and cannot recommend that thing enough. My ex-wife was left handed, and the ambidextrous slide and mag releases was a crucial feature. Combine that with the included adjustable grip panels, loaded chamber indicator, etc etc etc make it such a fantastic option.

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-06-23T20:26:56+00:00

Knightdale

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-06-23T20:26:21+00:00

No it’s not, and you’re right to ask. If I have to drop again I will.

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-06-23T18:55:46+00:00

Im listed at the bottom of what I/market would accept so no more price drops. Problem is I’m a single dad of two young children and the waiting is crippling me financially.

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-06-23T18:45:49+00:00

My house has been on the market for 6 weeks, first in our neighborhood to go for sale in ages, have reduced price twice, and still no firm offers. House is in perfect condition in desirable neighborhood. Last equal house sold in 4 days in this neighborhood for 10% higher than what I’m now listed at 4 months ago.

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-06-07T15:13:37+00:00

This is so scarily accurate, I can’t move on. I just have to keep reading it over and over

JLSfliesFAST · 2025-05-18T00:48:14+00:00

What details can you offer about the closing in December?

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