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At Prime Dumpster, we provide roll-off dumpster rentals across Shelbyville, Tennessee, and the surrounding Bedford County communities in sizes from 10 to 40 yards. Farmhouse and barn renovations out past the walking horse grounds, roof and siding work in the older streets around the square, and new construction along the Madison Street and Highway 41A corridors all keep containers in use for homeowners and contractors.
Shelbyville has one pricing rule that genuinely changes which container you should rent, and it is worth understanding before you choose. Below are our ranges, how the city charges at its own transfer station, what cannot go in the load, and what the city expects if a container sits in a street.
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The prices below reflect average ranges for a standard five-day rental period. Your account manager will confirm tonnage, overage rates, and other project specifics during your free, custom quote.
| Size | Average Price Range | Approximate Dimensions | Common Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Yard Dumpster | $399–$499 | 12' L × 8' W × 3.5' H | Concrete, brick, and heavy debris; small cleanouts; single-room remodels |
| 15-Yard Dumpster | $449–$569 | 16' L × 7.5' W × 4–5' H | Garage cleanouts, kitchen and bathroom remodels, small roof tear-offs |
| 20-Yard Dumpster | $499–$649 | 22' L × 7.5' W × 4.5' H | Whole-home cleanouts, multi-room renovations, flooring removal, roofing |
| 30-Yard Dumpster | $599–$799 | 22' L × 8' W × 6' H | Major renovations, new residential construction, large commercial projects |
| 40-Yard Dumpster | $699–$899 | 22–24' L × 8' W × 8' H | Commercial demolition, industrial cleanouts, large-scale construction |
Here is the rule that matters most in Shelbyville, and it is unusual enough to be worth a paragraph of its own.
The city runs its own transfer station and charges commercial loads $8.50 per cubic yard. The city code adds the part that catches people out: the cubic yards are counted from the capacity of the vehicle, not from what is actually inside it. A half-empty container is billed as a full one.
What that means is simple. Picking the right size here is worth more than almost anywhere else, because paying for air is a real cost rather than a rounding error. Tell us the job honestly and we will put the smallest container on it that will finish the work.
Beyond that, the usual things apply. Weight drives the rest of your bill, since shingles, brick, and broken concrete are dense enough to reach a tonnage limit while a container still looks only half used. And a drop in a public street carries conditions the city takes seriously, which the permit section below covers.
Your account manager works all of this out with you on the call, so the number you are quoted is the number you pay.
Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 2 tons (4,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 50-70 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 3 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 3 tons (6,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 80-100 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 4.5 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 3 tons (6,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 110-130 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 6 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 4 tons (8,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 170-190 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 9 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Perfect For:
Weight Limit: Up to 5 tons (10,000 lbs)
Bags of Trash: Approximately 230-250 large trash bags.
Truck Loads: Roughly 12 pickup truck loads.
*These are general estimates and can vary depending on the type of trash being disposed of and how tightly it’s packed.
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Volume and density together give you the answer, and in Shelbyville the capacity rule makes the choice sharper. We rent five sizes.
The 10-Yard Dumpster is the entry size. A single bathroom, a porch tear-off, or an attic and closet clearing fits, and dense rubble belongs here too, since brick and block reach a weight limit long before the walls fill.
The 15-Yard Dumpster covers a room taken to the studs, a small roof tear-off, or flooring lifted out of two or three rooms.
The 20-Yard Dumpster is what most Shelbyville houses end up with. A whole-house clearing, a kitchen and bath done together, or a storm cleanup with mixed debris all fit.
The 30-Yard Dumpster is sized for an addition, a gut renovation, or a new build where a crew keeps loading all week.
The 40-Yard Dumpster is the top of the range, for commercial strip-outs, demolition, and light industrial clearing where space runs out before tonnage does.
Torn between two? Give your account manager the details of the job and let them call it.
On private property, your driveway or a pad inside the property line, nothing in the city's street rules reaches the container.
A street, sidewalk, or public place is different. Shelbyville's code makes it unlawful to obstruct a street, public place, or sidewalk unless the obstruction is authorized, and anything that interferes with the free use of the way or blocks the entrance to a building counts as an obstruction. So a street drop needs the city's agreement first, through the Public Works Department.
What the city then expects is unusually specific, and it is the part worth planning around. Anything occupying a street with building materials or other obstructions has to carry a red light, or another light the city manager approves, fixed at the end of the obstruction overnight and fastened so wind cannot carry it off. Warning signs and flares have to be visible to traffic a hundred feet in both directions, and at night lighted flares go out every fifty feet across that whole hundred-foot run on each side.
Work that actually cuts into a street is a separate permit, with a fee and a refundable cash bond held until the repair passes inspection.
Public Works sits at 714 Industrial Parkway and can be reached at 931-684-2644. If you are unsure whether your drop spot is private ground or city right-of-way, your account manager can help you check and get you to the right person before a date is set.
Ordinary construction and cleanout debris is what these containers carry. Tennessee does not publish a statewide list of banned materials, so the limits here come from the city's own rules and from what its transfer station takes.
Shelbyville's definition of hazardous waste is broad, and it is the list to read before loading. The city treats asbestos, batteries, oil, paint, pesticides, household cleaners, lawn and garden products, intact drums and cylinders, vehicle parts, dead animals, and any medical or biological waste as hazardous. Home maintenance and improvement materials and commercial or industrial waste are on the same list for the purposes of city collection, which is exactly why a rented container is the route for remodel debris.
Liquids, wet paint, solvents, and fuel stay out of any standard container. Unused water-based latex paint has a free drop-off at the city transfer station, which is a genuinely useful alternative.
Two facility refusals are worth knowing. Fence wire is not accepted at the transfer station at all. Leaves have to be bagged and taken to the transfer station rather than to the city burn pit, where only limbs and brush may be burned.
Treated and painted wood has its own dumpster at the burn pit, but that one is for city residents only, so a contractor cannot plan around it. Ask your account manager about anything unusual before it goes in.
If the item you want to dispose of isn’t on this list, give us a call for more guidance or check out our guide of what you can throw in a dumpster.
*Approved items may vary by location. Always check your local laws and regulations to avoid any fines or additional fees.
Loads from Shelbyville go to the city's own Transfer Station at 712 Blue Ribbon Parkway, at the end of Blue Ribbon Parkway. The City of Shelbyville Public Works Department runs it, and from there the city's own trailers move the material on to a landfill in Lewisburg.
Opening hours are tighter than most places, so plan around them. It takes loads Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., closes between 11:45 and 12:30 for lunch, and is shut Friday through Sunday. Public Works takes calls on 931-684-2644.
Commercial loads are charged $8.50 per cubic yard there, counted from the container's capacity rather than its contents. Metal goes in free of charge. The city also runs a burn pit at 220 Amos Smith Road on the same weekday hours, where limbs and brush are burned and anything else goes into a dumpster at the same per-yard rate. Your account manager will confirm which site your load is headed to and what the gate adds before delivery.
712 Blue Ribbon Parkway, Shelbyville, TN 37160
City-run site, open Monday through Thursday 6 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., closed for lunch.
Most Shelbyville orders can be scheduled within one to two business days, with delivery arriving in a 24 to 48 hour window. Lead time matters more here than usual because the transfer station runs a four-day week.
Five habits that keep a delivery smooth:
Tell your account manager when you expect to finish and the pickup gets slotted sooner.
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Prime Dumpster coordinates dumpster rentals throughout Shelbyville and the surrounding parts of Bedford County, from the square and the older streets off North Main to the neighborhoods along Madison Street and Highway 41A, the Blue Ribbon Parkway industrial area, and the farms and acreage out toward Normandy and Wartrace. We arrange delivery, pickup, and the run to the city transfer station around your schedule.
Tell us about your project and your zip code. We will pick the size that fits the job rather than one that leaves you paying for empty space, and give you a clear number on the call.
Your Prime Dumpster account manager handles the details, from tonnage and overage rates to permit contacts and delivery timing, so you can focus on the work.
Figure on $399 to $499 at the 10-yard end and $699 to $899 at the 40-yard end for a five-day rental. Where you land tracks size, load weight, and the city's per-yard charge at the transfer station. Included tonnage and the overage rate get confirmed by your account manager at booking.
Self-hauling only wins on a single small load. The city charges commercial loads by the capacity of the vehicle, so repeated part-full trips cost more than people expect, and the gate is shut three days a week. One correctly sized container settles the whole job.
Comfortably. One three-seat couch takes something like a fifth of a 10-yard container, so a mattress, a dresser, and several boxes go in beside it. Furniture fills the space long before it troubles the tonnage.
Nothing hazardous: no liquids, no wet paint, no solvents, no fuel, no asbestos, no batteries, no oil, no pesticides. Shelbyville also refuses fence wire at its transfer station, and leaves have to be bagged and delivered there rather than to the burn pit.
Lowest entry price goes to the 10-yard, at $399 to $499. After that it is weight, and in this city also capacity. Brick and broken slab eat the included tonnage fast, so a dedicated small container for heavy material usually beats one large mixed one.
A three-day hold is normally billed the same as five, since the price follows the job rather than the calendar. Tonnage is what shifts the total. Get the included weight and the per-ton overage confirmed before the container arrives.
Almost all household and job-site material qualifies: lumber, drywall, plaster, shingles, flooring, carpet, cabinets, windows, doors, and ordinary cleanout junk. Clean brick, block, and concrete are welcome too and are cheaper kept separate. Raise anything unusual with your account manager first.
| Business Name: | Prime Dumpster |
| Address: | Shelbyville, Tennessee 37160 |
| Phone: | 615-747-2977 |
| Website: | https://primedumpster.com/ |
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