10 cubic yards
10 Yard Dumpster Rental in Kenosha, WI
The right call for heavy, dense loads — concrete, brick, dirt, tile — and small cleanouts where volume was never the limiting factor.
- Licensed & insured
- Same-day in Kenosha
- Flat-rate pricing
- All 15 area communities
- Dimensionsabout 14 ft long × 7.5 ft wide × 3.5 ft high
- Holdsabout 50-70 kitchen-size trash bags
- Weight included1-2 tons
- Space neededa clear, level run in the driveway
The 10 yard container in Kenosha, WI
The 10 yard is our smallest container, and in a city built out mostly across the 1950s through 80s it earns its keep on jobs that look small but weigh a lot — a patio tear-out, a driveway apron replaced, a single bathroom stripped to the studs in a 1970s ranch home off Northern Avenue. Concrete, brick, tile and dirt hit a container's weight allowance long before they come close to filling it by volume, so a 10 yard often handles a job that looks, by eye, like it should need something bigger.
It is also the natural fit for a genuinely small residential job — a single-room remodel, a small closet-and-garage cleanout, or clearing out a shed — where a larger box would just be paying for space you do not need.
When the 10 yard is the right size
Choose it for dense, heavy material (concrete, brick, tile, dirt, sand fill) regardless of how small the pile looks, and for genuinely small residential jobs — a single bathroom, a small garage, a modest yard-debris pile after trimming back overgrowth.
When to size up instead
If you are clearing more than one or two rooms, doing a full garage-plus-attic cleanout common in these older Kenosha-area homes, or handling a roofing tear-off after a winter storm, the 15 or 20 yard is usually the better call. Describe the job on the phone and we will steer you rather than let you undersize it.
Capacity
What actually fits in a 10 yard container
Rough working figures. Weight, not volume, is what stops most loads.
| Material | How much fits |
|---|---|
| Concrete or brick | about 4-5 cubic yards, weight-limited |
| Dirt or sand fill | about 4-5 cubic yards, weight-limited |
| Household junk / furniture | fills close to the full 10 cubic yards |
| Single bathroom strip-out | typically fits with room to spare |
Suitability
Is the 10 yard the right size for you?
Choose the 10 yard for
- Concrete, brick, tile or dirt removal
- A single bathroom or small room remodel
- A small garage or shed cleanout
- Light yard-debris cleanup
Pick a different size for
- A whole-house cleanout or multi-room remodel
- A full roofing tear-off after storm damage
- Large-volume, low-density debris like bulky furniture from a full house
Placing a 10 yard container on a Kenosha-area property
The 10-yard is Kenosha's heavy-material box: concrete and paver breakout from freeze-thaw-cracked driveways, a single bathroom strip-out, roofing tear-off, or dirt and fill. It tucks onto a tight Southport or Uptown driveway where a bigger container will not fit, and because dense loads hit the weight limit long before the box looks full, part-filling a 10 is usually cheaper than sizing up.
Compare
Every size side by side
The 10 yard is the smallest option — best for dense material or a genuinely small job, not a discount version of a bigger container.
| Size | Dimensions | Capacity | Weight included | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Yard Dumpster | about 14 ft long × 7.5 ft wide × 3.5 ft high | about 50-70 kitchen-size trash bags | 1-2 tons | Small home projects, roofing debris, concrete and dirt. |
| 15 Yard Dumpster | about 16 ft long × 7.5 ft wide × 4.5 ft high | about 80-100 kitchen-size trash bags | 2-3 tons | Garage cleanouts, flooring removal and yard waste. |
| 20 Yard Dumpster | about 22 ft long × 7.5 ft wide × 4.5 ft high | about 110-130 kitchen-size trash bags | 3-4 tons | Kitchen remodels, roofing jobs and large cleanouts. |
| 30 Yard Dumpster | about 22 ft long × 7.5 ft wide × 6 ft high | about 170-190 kitchen-size trash bags | 4-5 tons | Multi-room remodels, estate cleanouts and new construction. |
Not quite right?
- 15 Yard Dumpster — the next size larger
- Compare all four sizes
- Read the full Kenosha sizing guide
Talk to a real person
Book a 10 yard dumpster in Kenosha?
Call (262) 300-5776. Tell us the material and the town, and you will get a flat price and a delivery window on the same call.
Mon–Sat 7:00am – 6:00pm
Answers
10 Yard Dumpster — questions we get asked
Is a 10 yard big enough for a small remodel?
Yes, for a single room — a bathroom strip-out or a small kitchen remodel usually fits comfortably. For two or more rooms at once, size up to a 15 yard.
Can I put concrete in a 10 yard dumpster?
Yes, this is one of the best uses for a 10 yard specifically — concrete is heavy enough that a small container often reaches its weight limit before a larger one would even look full.
How much driveway space does it need?
About 22 feet of clear, level run, plus a little extra width and roughly 23 feet of overhead clearance for the truck's hoist.
Service area
10 Yard Dumpster delivered across the Kenosha area
We run roll-off containers out of our Sheridan Road yard to all fifteen communities we cover — Kenosha itself, plus Pleasant Prairie, Somers, Salem Lakes, Twin Lakes, Bristol, Paddock Lake, Brighton, Paris, Randall and Wheatland in Kenosha County, and Racine, Mount Pleasant, Sturtevant and Union Grove in neighboring Racine County. Kenosha and the closer communities are usually same-day; farther communities are typically same- or next-day. If your address is not listed, call anyway. We likely still get there.