Dumpster Rental in Henderson, TX

Types of Dumpster Rentals We Offer in Henderson

With this many older houses and rentals, turnover work comes first in Henderson. The rest follow.

Rental Turnover Dumpsters

When a tenant moves out and leaves furniture, mattresses and trash behind, a landlord needs the unit cleared fast. A 20 yard handles one house, and a 30 yard covers a small group of units. We can swap cans for property managers turning several units in a month.

We've worked with landlords who turn three or four houses in a month. Cody's suggestion for them: keep one can on the worst house and let us swap it as each one fills. One phone call per swap. Swapped by noon most days we're down that way.

Estate Cleanouts

Many Henderson homes have been owned by one family for decades. An estate cleanout means furniture, clothes, boxes and the contents of the garage and shed. A 30 yard with 6-foot walls and 3 tons fits most houses.

Downtown Building Renovations

Henderson's downtown is brick, rebuilt after an 1860 fire destroyed most of the commercial buildings. Renovating an old building means plaster, flooring, ceiling tiles and old fixtures. Plaster is heavy, so a 20 or 30 yard filled carefully is the usual pick.

Concrete and Slab Removal

Old driveways, carports and patio slabs crack with age. Broken concrete weighs about 860 pounds per cubic yard, so it goes in a 15 yard and only part way up. A full 15 yard of concrete would weigh more than 6 tons.

Tonnage check: concrete is the one load where the can is never full. A single old carport slab can use up the 2 tons in a 15 yard long before the pile reaches the walls. Honestly, we'd rather see half the can empty than a truck over its limit.

Roofing Dumpsters

Older Henderson roofs may have two layers of shingles. Architectural shingles weigh 400 to 430 pounds per square, and two layers doubles that. We size the can by the weight.

On a job last spring near the courthouse square, a two-layer roof on an old frame house came off in one day. The roofer guessed 3 tons. The scale said a bit over 4. Because we'd talked about two layers on the phone, the 20 yard was the right call and the overage was no surprise to anyone.

Henderson Dumpster Rental Prices

Dumpster rental in Henderson costs $325 for a 15 yard, $345 for a 20 yard, $425 for a 30 yard and $545 for a 40 yard. Each includes 2 to 5 tons and a 7-day rental. Extra tons are $50 to $70 each. Ask about delivery on longer runs.

Oil Boom Houses and a Brick Downtown

Oil was found near Henderson in October 1930, and the East Texas oilfield changed the town overnight. Henderson grew from about 3,000 people in 1930 to 10,000 in 1933. A lot of the housing from that boom and the decades after it is still standing.

The town has fifteen historical markers and the Depot Museum on 5 acres. Older homes often have plaster walls, wood siding and old tile, all heavier than modern materials.

Every time we pull up to one of these older houses, we look up first. Big pecan and oak limbs hang low over a lot of Henderson driveways, and the can needs clear air above it to tilt off the truck.

Our trucks reach Henderson on SH-64, which runs from Tyler right into the business district.

SH-64 is a pretty drive, all pine and pasture. It's also a long one with a loaded can behind the cab, so we try to line up Henderson pulls with other stops in Rusk County the same day.

West of Tyler, we also deliver dumpsters in Athens.

Getting a Henderson Rental Ready for the Next Tenant

A turnover goes faster when the can arrives the day the unit is empty. Here is the order most landlords use:

Cody's advice to every landlord: "Walk the unit with your phone and send us the pictures." From that we can tell you the size, the tons and whether that couch on the porch is going to need two of us to lift.

• Haul out furniture, mattresses and bagged trash first, while the floors are still covered
• Pull damaged carpet and pad and roll it tight before it goes in the can
• Tear out broken cabinets, blinds and fixtures
• Set aside paint cans, cleaners and batteries, which can't go in a roll-off
• Call for pickup or a swap as soon as the can is full

Tires, paint, chemicals, batteries, fuel tanks and hazardous waste can't go in. Fridges and window units left behind need the freon removed before they are loaded. Keep those out and a roll-off dumpster in Henderson goes back to the scale with no extra stops.

Last summer we did four turnovers for one owner in a single month. One 20 yard, three swaps. That's cheaper and quicker than four separate rentals, and the houses were ready to show on time.