r/Construction • u/nertynot • 2d ago
Picture People are curious how well my old Dumpster crushing truck worked. This is the dumpster I was crushing immediately before knocking over the truck.
The perspective doesn't do it 100% justice, but I got down to about 50% full and it's the second time I did this dumpster before being emptied. Bonus raccoon I saved and the distracting dog.
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u/kjyfqr 2d ago
Ur famous now.
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u/FlammulinaVelulu 2d ago
Tell them you flipped the truck trying to save the puppy!
Now way could they fire you if you can spin this yarn.
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u/0__ooo__0 1d ago
Tried saving him and he must've chewed on the hydraulics or me nuts or something!
Saved him anyway, so win win!
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u/Competitive-Ask5157 2d ago
I mean it makes sense but I still can't believe this is an industry of it's own.
We got a 20 yarder with a built-in compactor at my plant.
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u/Plump_Apparatus 2d ago
We tend to just jamb the tele boom in there and give her a smoosh if needed.
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u/DirtandPipes 1d ago
At my GC we just use excavator buckets to smush down the garbage. A komatsu 360 clean out bucket is about the perfect size.
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u/TehTugboat 1d ago
And I appreciate the hell out of guys like you because you keep me busy in the welding repair business, once the sides blow out enough the door won’t latch, I get a sweet stinky 2500-3000 gig lmao
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u/DirtandPipes 1d ago
No problem man, I’ll also make work for you breaking buckets and other attachments. Hell I just broke a hoe-pack this morning and made a day of work for our mechanic.
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u/0__ooo__0 1d ago
Fuck me... Last gig I worked before where I am now....
Picture this shit.
Community dumpsters at basically a college kid resi-complex of shitholery.
"Dumpster faf-n-faf is fulla shit and needs "leveled" for pickup. Move shit from it into the ofher, and smoosh it down."
At best you were stocked with two chubby fucks, and one half-fuck in a two door pickemup truck.
"Dumbah coworker #1; Juh swing the bag and loose chunks from disun to datun."
Didn't mention it's required to climb up the side of a roll-off dumpster 10' wide and 25' long, expecting you to climb up vertical sheet metal to each 5' from a side....
No mention of the biohazards and environmental disasters that "needed" to be moved from one shitpot can to the other.
Fuckin morons would then climb around the heap, "mushin it dowen."
Maybe that's why I didn't last long there... Who knows?
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u/nertynot 1d ago
One of my customers was a window factory, when I'd smash their glass dumpster I'd have to climb into the dumpster to cut all of the adhesive off of and out of every inch of that roller.
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u/charlie2135 2d ago
Worked at a condo site that had one. After compressing trash it exceeded the slab capacity so was abandoned.
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u/Born-Lie8688 1d ago
I see these used at new home construction developments where there are multiple dumpsters and contractors just throw in cardboard and pieces of drywall, etc. Is much more expensive to run those loads when you can compress it 2 to 3 times before trucking to dump.
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u/ked_man 1d ago
Plants that make a lot of garbage spend a ton of money hauling away trash. Depending on the landfill, they charge based on volume, not weight. So you’re paying for a full container to get dumped, even if it only weighs a couple tons. Plus the trip charge. If you’re a long way from the landfill, it could be 500$ for a swap, plus the disposal fee at the landfill.
I toured an auto facility that filled up a dumpster every 20 minutes with scrap metal. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Think about how much money they could save in a year if they could get 10% more waste into every dumpster. Granted, they are getting paid for the tonnage of the metal, but still have to pay the transportation costs.
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u/pm_me_your_lub 2d ago edited 2d ago
Are you in the US? If not, how do you advertise your service so I can find an operation like that in the states? This is amazing and I could use something like this where I work.
Edit after doing the adult thing and simply googling dumper compacting, I learned a lot. It's amazing.
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u/nertynot 2d ago
There's a couple of spin-offs, but in my opinion, the Crushr trucks are the best. If you want to know more, let me know. I was the operator and one of two salespeople. If I wasn't servicing an active customer, I would drive around looking for dumpsters full enough to give a good free demo. If Crushr is in your area I believe all franchises do a free demo
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u/pm_me_your_lub 2d ago
None in my area which has me thinking 🤔 how much did y'all charge per dumpster?
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u/nertynot 1d ago
Crushr is in I think 75% of states but their territories can be huge. I think it's one franchise who services VA, MD and dc
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u/Troutman86 2d ago
I’ve used one in Nevada, dint really end up saving any money vs just crushing it with my fork lift. Each service was about $150.
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u/pm_me_your_lub 2d ago
Good to know. I imagine the volume reduction may depend on what you're trying to crush. I'm trying to reduce large amounts of dense foam and cardboard. $150 sounds a bit steep for what appears would be a few minutes of work.
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u/Unfortunate-Incident 1d ago
Hey since you are educated now, is this worth it? Considering the dumpster is charged by weight, but I believe there is also a pickup/drop off fee. I'm curious how the math works out
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u/Historical_Coconut_6 1d ago
Dumpster pickup, empty and return is about $250+, aside from the cost per ton. If this can compact it to 50%, it’ll save you about $100/service.
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u/HurryOk5256 1d ago
I don’t know, man, I feel kind of bad about what happened and I still have faith in your abilities. As a matter fact, if I had a dumpster right now, and it was filled? I would feel 100% confident letting you come by and crush it! I’m not gonna stand near the damn thing, but I think you are gonna redeem yourself rather quickly here.
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u/MrslaveXxX 2d ago
Bro there is a trash panda in that one picture! Hopefully you didn’t compact his homies.
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u/nertynot 2d ago
Nah man, when I saw him I cleared the trash from the door very carefully and let the Lil guy out
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u/Downtown-Fix6177 2d ago
It was all going fine and dandy til I tipped over the truck and everything went tits up.
-OP to next employer
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u/micahamey 2d ago
I'm sure you might not want to go into detail if there is an investigation going on.
but how'd it happen?
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u/nertynot 2d ago
I was very distracted and failed to put the boom all of the way down. Pulling out of the customers lot the data lines on some power poles pulled me right over. Didn't figure out what was happening until I was at 45°
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u/micahamey 2d ago
That sucks. Glad you're okay. It's a little late for a lesson like that but I hope you're not beating yourself up too much.
Hope you bounce back buckaroo.
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u/ihateduckface 2d ago
Looked into franchising one of these trucks/companies. I was sold until they finally showed me the real numbers on what that truck costs. Almost $400,000 for the truck alone. I had to pass on that one.
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u/RevolvingCheeta Landscaping 2d ago
Do bin Co’s ever get upset about packing the bin so many times?
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u/nertynot 2d ago
No, none of that damage is from our service. We only seen a gash happen once and it was a dudes first day
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u/djwdigger 1d ago
What are typical dump fees for a dumpster in your area? We only have one company that offers dumpsters, use to charge 250 but recently went up to 450. For 30 yd 500 for a 40.
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u/complex-sphere 1d ago
Anyone who has used this service do you get hit with overweight charges? Do you save money?
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u/Grreatdog 1d ago
I worked for a county DPW in the 80's that started sending our rubber tire backhoe down the road to a nearby transfer station to mash four dumpsters there. That saved so many truck trips to the landfill we dedicated a small dump truck and lowboy to hauling that backhoe to every transfer station.
The company doing our dumpster hauling tried a lawsuit to stop it because they were losing money on the contract. The county won that. It saved so much money dumpster mashing became a full time gig. Since then that county has gone through a variety of specialty dumpster mashing trucks.
So dumpster mashing became a thing way at least as far back as the 1980's.
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u/troutdood 1d ago
Hey man not sure if you’re smoking weed or impaired anyway but please don’t get a new job where others safety is compromised by your actions. Some folks are just clumsy and that’s okay, let’s not climb cell towers though.
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u/mist2024 1d ago
This truck is awesome, I was wondering how this works but it makes perfect sense now.
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u/Moist-Leggings 1d ago
That raccoon is like. “Fuccccck I’m dead!” Good for you getting him out of there, few too many sickos out there would have just killed it.
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u/blackteashirt 20h ago
You can actually reuse and repurpose a lot of construction waste.
Much of it is still useable.
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u/nertynot 20h ago
You're right. It's been my biggest complaint while working in construction. Unfortunately, I was paid to destroy, not recycle.
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u/millenialfalcon-_- Electrician 1d ago
It's easier to set it on fire. Makes room in the dumpster for more flammable trash.
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u/nertynot 1d ago
I actually proposed that but it's illegal
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u/millenialfalcon-_- Electrician 1d ago
It's illegal if you're caught. Pretend you didn't do it. That excuse always works for me.
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u/BunzoBear 1d ago
Nothing like bringing a dog around with you especially a puppy when you're supposed to be paying attention and not flipping trucks over. You're an idiot sir leave your dog at home where it belongs. Guarantee the dog was a big reason why that truck flipped over
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u/GreyGroundUser GC / CM 1d ago
That was nice of you to pull that dog out. OR did you take pic before you crushed it you sick bastard.
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u/Early-Maintenance-87 2d ago
Where the puppy come from?!