A Load of Trash for the Dump

This past Saturday was clean-up day at our house. We have been tearing things up for 2 years and some of the larger pieces could not go in to the regular trash. So I borrowed a friend’s pickup and we started loading it up.

We had railroad ties that were used as part of the stairway to the backyard, tree roots that we dug and cut out after a large pine tree was removed, branches, a section of old fence, lots of scrap wood, bags of leaves, and a bunch of other stuff.

After we got it all tied down Brendan and I headed to the dump. At the dump they weighed the truck and we proceeded to get in line to dump our load. I was amazed at all the stuff we pulled out of the truck. Brendan and I finally finished and headed back to have the truck weighed empty.

They charge about $4 per $100 pounds so I figured we would probably have to pay about $20 or $25. Well, there was a 1400 pound difference! I wondered if they accidentally weighed me twice. $56 to empty the pickup plus $20 for gas to keep my friend happy.

I think next time we will just have a dumpster dropped off at the house. They don’t cost much more than what I paid and you can take your time to load it up and not have to wait in line at the dump or unload it.