UHAUL OR BOX TRUCK FOR DUMP RUNS

[Jacob Evans]

Yesterday my contractor told me I'm paying $1,000 per month to rent a dump trailer for trash outs on our flips. I assume I could save that $1,000 per month rental fee if I just bought a uhaul or dump trailer of my own and rented it to him myself, however I'm not sure how to strucure something like this and I'm not at all interested in getting into the truck rental business or in spending my time making sure the truck isn't abused.

How have some of you rehabbers been able to save on rehabbing costs without adding additional work load to your own plate?

[J Scott]

Hey Jacob -

Figured I'd just reply to your question here instead of my blog...

In my area, a 30 yard dumpster (including delivery, pickup and dump fees) runs about $350. So, for that $1000/month you're paying, you could rent about 3 big dumpsters.

For our typical project, we use one 30 yard dumpster, so unless you're doing much bigger projects or many more projects than we are (more than 3 per month), the $1000 is probably way more than you should be paying for haul-away fees.