20-yard roll-off / the most-booked box
20 yard dumpster rental in Kansas City
Kitchen tear-outs, estate cleanouts, deck removals, and roof jobs across the metro — the 20 covers the widest range of residential work we see. Call with the scope and we set the terms before delivery.
01 / THE BOX
The length does the work.
Same wall height as the 15 — the extra capacity is all floor.
22 feet long, 7.5 feet wide, 4.5 feet high
The 20 keeps the low 4.5-foot walls that make hand-loading practical and adds six feet of floor over the 15. That floor is what remodel debris actually needs. Cabinet runs, countertops, torn-out decking, and sections of fence load flat instead of standing on end, which is how a box fills to its rated volume instead of trapping air under a tangle of long pieces.
The trade is the footprint. A 22-foot container wants a longer driveway and a straight approach for the truck, at drop-off and again at pickup when the loaded box is winched up. Measure the parking pad before you call, and note anything overhead — lines, limbs, gutters on a low garage.
The jobs we send it to
Full kitchen removals. Whole-house carpet, pad, and trim. Estate and pre-move cleanouts where decades of contents leave all at once. Deck and fence tear-outs. Siding jobs. When one room is the whole project, the 15 saves space; when demolition goes past the finishes and into framing, the 30 earns its taller walls.
02 / ROOF TEAR-OFFS
Shingles ride in the 20.
Heavy for their size — the weight allowance governs before the volume does.
A storm market by the numbers
Kansas City earns its tear-off season. By late April 2026, the National Weather Service office covering the metro had already issued 244 combined severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings — a record pace for that point in the year in records going back to 1986, and the season's usual May and June peak was still ahead. Springs like that put roofing crews on blocks across both sides of the state line, and a 20-yard box at the curb of each job.
Shingles stack dense. A load that barely reaches halfway up the walls can already be at the weight the truck is rated to lift, so the quote is built around the roof: tell us the approximate squares coming off, the number of layers, and whether decking follows. Keep the bundles level and below the rail as the load builds.
Where the load can and cannot go
On the Missouri side, shingles are not clean fill — Missouri's clean-fill definition covers concrete, brick, rock, and soil and expressly leaves out roofing shingles, sheetrock, and lumber. Tear-off waste travels as regular construction and demolition debris to a permitted facility, and we plan the haul that way from the start. Questions about a mixed load, call (816) 357-8932 before loading day.
Checked against NWS reporting and Missouri DNR guidance, August 2026
03 / THE HAUL
You load. We handle disposal.
Which facility takes the load depends on which side of the line the job sits.
A 20-yard mixed load from a Missouri-side job heads toward facilities like the Courtney Ridge landfill in Sugar Creek or the Mark II transfer station on US 40 in Kansas City. Kansas-side loads track toward the Johnson County Landfill in Shawnee. You never deal with a gate — the disposal leg is our job, and the material rules that come with each state are why we ask what is going in the box before we quote it. The full accepted-materials rundown, including Missouri's landfill bans and the Kansas C&D rules, is on our what-goes-in page.
Call (816) 357-8932 with the address, the debris, and the dates. The quote confirms the size, the weight allowance, and the rental window in writing.
04 / FAQ
20-yard questions, answered.
Access, shingles, cleanouts, and permits — what callers ask about this box.
Between the 20 and another size?
Call (816) 357-8932Two minutes on the phone beats a mid-job box swap.How much room does a 20-yard delivery need?
The container is 22 feet long and 7.5 feet wide, and the truck needs a straight run in front of it to tilt the box down and to pull it back up loaded. Plan for a clear approach without parked cars, low branches, or overhead lines. If the driveway cannot take a 22-foot box, ask about the 15 — it gives back six feet of length.
Can shingles go in a 20-yard dumpster?
Yes. Roofing is one of the most common 20-yard loads in this metro. Shingles are heavy for their size, so the weight allowance in your quote does the real work — tell us the approximate squares of roofing coming off and whether decking is included, and the terms are set to match before delivery.
Is the 20-yard box right for a whole-house cleanout?
Usually. Furniture, boxed contents, carpet, and the mixed debris an estate clearing produces are bulky rather than dense, and the 22-foot floor swallows them efficiently. If the house also involves renovation tear-out or garage and basement backlogs, describe everything on the call — some cleanouts justify the 30.
Do I need a permit for a 20-yard dumpster in Kansas City?
Not on your own driveway. If the box has to sit in a street or on any public right-of-way, the city controlling that street must approve it first — in Kansas City, Missouri, that application goes through Compass KC. Our dumpster permit page lays out the local rules before you commit to a street placement.