Dumpster Weight

[CR500]

I'm going to have a 20 yard dumpster on my driveway for about a week during the new roof installation.

Anyone have a guess if it will cause damage to the blacktop? I'm not concerned about surface scrapes but I don't want to end up with a large dent. Temps have been in the high 80's.

[Wgoodrich]

3/4" plywood cut in half set under the wheels and legs of the dumpster would help protect the asphalt by widening the footprint. Also if you are using heavy equipment like a backhoe to carry the roofing to the dumpster I would set the dumpster about a foot from the edge of the asphalt so the backhoe or heavy equipment stays off the blacktop.

Might think on ordering two dumpsters half the size you were thinking then setting the dumpsters under the roof edge so the shingles can be slid off the roof into the dumpsters. I suspect the cost for two smaller ones should be about the same as one big one.

Another idea is to rent a dump trailer you can pull with a pickup being a lighter load on the yard or asphalt and more mobile backing it up to where you need it then when full run to the dump or compactor and back for the next load.

Just an idea.

Wg

[CR500]

I don't think they'll be using any heavy equipment but will check. Typically I don't like to park my car less than a foot from the edge.

A friend has a large dual axle dump trailer but I don't think my little truck could pull it even when empty! Actually I think he uses a pintle hook / ring on that trailer.

Good point about the smaller dumpsters! He said 20yd so that was all I was thinking.

[junkcollector]

The other thing to be wiry of is when they deliver the shingles. Most people have the boom truck back up, then unload the bundles on the roof. That truck is heavy. It really sank in and I had huge ruts in my yard, and a broken sidewalk to boot.

[pushkins]

What you really need to watch is where the shingle delivery truck puts his stabilizers down, they will transfer almost all the weight of the truck to the little feet platforms 12" square....make sure you put something under the stabilizer feet.
As for the dumpster I don't think you need worry to much, I bring in 20 yard dumpsters all the time to sites and on asphalt, the biggest concern I always have is the scrap marks, but like previously mentioned but WG, I usually lay down some 1/2" OSB (cause it's cheap) to avoid any scraps.

[CR500]

Thanks for the info on the shingle delivery truck!! I'll be sure to have him stay on the road (I have a small front yard) and I'll drop some boards under the outriggers!

The roofer said that he usually picks up the shingles but the type I chose is just too heavy (425 lbs / sq).

[pushkins]

wow, those are some heavy shingles.

[CR500]

Dumpster got delivered today. Guess they were out of the 20 yd containers so they sent a 30. Thing is huge. I ended up using 2x10's under the rollers. For some reason I thought they only used rollers on one end and steel skids under the length. This one has a wide steel roller at each corner.

[scuba_dave]

I know I weighed the single 3 tabs at my last house & they weighed around 80 lbs a bundle = 240 lbs per square
I took off 5 layers at my last house = approx 15,000 lbs
We were charged extra based on weight
I haven't weighed the architectural shingles I'm putting on now
I know the next step up are 4 bundles to a square

[CR500]

5 layers, wow!!