10yard
10 Yard Dumpster
- 12 ft long × 8 ft wide × 3.5 ft high
- about 3 pickup truck loads
- 1–2 tons included
Small bathroom remodels, single-room cleanouts, concrete and heavy debris, roofing up to about 15 squares.
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Dumpster Rental Chesapeake VA
Roll-off dumpsters delivered to your driveway, jobsite or street — usually the same day you call. One flat price with the tonnage written down, boards under the rails as standard, and straight advice on what Chesapeake and Virginia actually require before you load a thing.
- Licensed & insured
- Same-day delivery
- Flat-rate pricing
- Locally owned
Same-day deliveryCall before noon across Chesapeake & South Hampton Roads
Why South Hampton Roads calls Panther Dumpster Rental
A local hauler, not a call center with a truck somewhere
One local operator, one roll-off truck, and a straightforward idea: quote a real price, turn up when you said you would, and treat somebody's property like it is your own. When you dial (757) 432-2979 you reach our yard on 2324 Chesapeake Square Ring Rd — not a national dispatch queue that has never tried to back a loaded truck down a tight Chesapeake driveway with a fence or a shed at the end of it.
That local knowledge is most of the job here. Knowing which streets a loaded truck can actually turn on. Knowing that plaster and lath out of an older Chesapeake home weighs far more than modern drywall, and will fill a tonnage allowance while the box still looks half empty. Knowing what Virginia actually requires well enough to tell you what has to come out of the load before it gets to the scale rather than after.
- Flat-rate quotes with the tonnage allowance stated up front
- Same-day and next-day delivery across Portsmouth and Suffolk
- Driveway boards on every placement, never an add-on
- Straight guidance on what Virginia actually requires you to keep out of the load
- Licensed and insured in Virginia, locally owned
Pick your box
Dumpster sizes available in Chesapeake
Weight fills a container long before volume does. Tell us what you are throwing away and we will point you at the size that actually fits the job — even when that is the cheaper one.
15yard
15 Yard Dumpster
- 16 ft long × 8 ft wide × 4 ft high
- about 4–5 pickup truck loads
- 2–3 tons included
Attic and garage cleanouts, kitchen remodels, medium roof tear-offs, small deck removals.
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20 Yard Dumpster
- 22 ft long × 7.5 ft wide × 4.5 ft high
- about 6 pickup truck loads
- 3–4 tons included
Whole-home decluttering, flooring and siding jobs, large tear-offs, drywall and mud phases.
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30 Yard Dumpster
- 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 6 ft high
- about 9 pickup truck loads
- 4–5 tons included
Full-house renovations, new construction, estate clearances, commercial fit-outs and demolition.
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40 Yard Dumpster
- 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 8 ft high
- about 12 pickup truck loads
- 5–6 tons included
Large commercial fit-outs, industrial clear-outs, major renovations and high-volume light debris.
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Dumpster rental services across Chesapeake & South Hampton Roads
Eleven container services covering everything from a single garage cleanout to a full commercial strip-out — all with the same flat pricing and the same driver care.
Residential Dumpster Rental
Driveway-safe roll-off dumpsters for garage purges, remodels and whole-home cleanouts across Chesapeake.
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Commercial Dumpster Rental
Containers and scheduled swap-outs for Chesapeake shops, restaurants, offices, light industry and property managers.
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Jobsite roll-offs sized by phase, with the heavy-debris split planned before the first load goes in.
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Roofing Dumpster Rental
Tear-off containers sized by squares and layers, set tight to the eave for a fast strip before the next storm rolls in.
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Roll-Off Dumpster Rental
10, 15, 20, 30 and 40 yard roll-off containers delivered across Chesapeake and South Hampton Roads.
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Same-Day Dumpster Rental
Call before noon and most Chesapeake orders go out the same day — including live jobsite swap-outs.
Learn moreJunk Removal Dumpsters
A container on your drive for as long as you need — clear the garage, attic and shed on your own schedule.
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Estate Cleanout Dumpsters
Discreet, unhurried container service for families clearing a home in Chesapeake and the surrounding towns.
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Demolition Debris Dumpsters
Heavy-duty roll-offs for full gut-outs, garage and outbuilding teardowns and structure demolition.
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Concrete & Heavy Debris
Dedicated low-fill containers for concrete, brick, block, dirt and asphalt — priced to keep you legal on weight.
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Yard Waste & Storm Debris
Clean green loads for tree work, landscaping and post-storm cleanup, kept separate so they can be handled right.
Learn moreWhy choose us
Six reasons contractors keep our number saved
Local, not a call center
You reach our yard on 2324 Chesapeake Square Ring Rd, not a national dispatch queue. The person who answers knows which streets a loaded truck can actually turn on and which older drives will not take one at all.
One flat price, written down
Delivery, rental period, pickup, fuel, disposal and a stated tonnage allowance in a single number. If something would push you over, we tell you before the truck leaves.
Same-day when you need it
Call before noon and most Chesapeake orders go out the same day. Swap-outs on live jobsites get priority over everything else.
Storm-season ready
Hurricane season and the summer thunderstorms that come with it do not slow us down. We keep extra capacity ready in peak months so a downed tree or flooded garage does not mean a week's wait.
The right box, not the biggest
Weight fills a container long before volume does. We will talk you into a smaller can if that is the honest answer.
Loads sorted properly
Scrap tires, lead-acid batteries and used oil all have their own routes here, and the regional transfer station sorts material streams differently depending on where a load is headed. We tell you what has to come out before it reaches the scale, not after.
Know before you load
Three things that decide where your load can go
The region runs on a shared system. Municipal solid waste from Chesapeake routes through the Chesapeake Transfer Station on Hollowell Lane, operated by SPSA, the regional public service authority for South Hampton Roads. Every receiving facility sorts material streams a little differently, so ask us and we will tell you exactly what applies before you load anything.
Some things never ride along. Whole waste tires have their own required route in Virginia — state law makes it illegal to store more than 100 of them on a property without a permit, which is really a reminder that tires belong in a recycling stream, not a container. Household hazardous waste — paint, solvents, fuel, chemicals, propane — and used motor oil also have their own drop-off routes through SPSA rather than the dumpster.
Heavy is not the same as banned. Concrete, brick, block and dirt are perfectly acceptable — they just need their own small low-fill container, because they run out of weight long before they run out of room. Mixed into a general load they will cost you an overage and can make the whole load harder to place.
We will walk you through exactly what has to come out before you load anything. Start with the Virginia allowed and prohibited items guide, or read where your load actually ends up.
How it works
From your phone call to an empty driveway
No forms, no portal logins, no waiting on a quote email. Five steps, and the first is a conversation with somebody who has actually loaded a container.
Two minutes on the phone is the whole booking
Tell us the address, roughly what is going in, where you want it and when. That is the entire process on your side. We handle sizing, scheduling, protection, hauling and disposal.
If you are not sure what size you need, do not guess — describe the pile. Sizing containers is what we do all day, and we would rather talk you into the cheaper box than sell you space you will never fill.
Call (757) 432-2979- 1
Call and tell us the job
One short conversation. We ask what you are clearing, where the box needs to sit and when you need it. No forms, no waiting on an email.
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We size it and quote it flat
You get one number covering delivery, the rental period, pickup, disposal and a stated tonnage allowance. If a smaller box does the job we will say so.
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Delivered on boards, where you want it
The driver walks the spot with you, lays protection under the rails and sets the container square on the driveway, curb or job site.
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Load at your own pace
Keep it level with the top rail and keep the banned items out. Need a swap mid-job or an early pickup? One call and we are on it.
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We haul it and sort it right
Clean concrete, metal and green waste get routed for recovery rather than buried. You get your driveway back the way you left it.
The thing nobody tells you
Bigger is not always the safe choice
Most people ordering their first dumpster assume the biggest container is the least risky option. With light, bulky material — furniture, boxes, insulation, cabinetry — that is true. With anything dense it is the opposite.
A 30 or 40 yard box loaded with roofing shingles, or with plaster and lath out of an older Chesapeake home, will blow past its tonnage allowance while it still looks half empty, and you pay the overage by the ton. A 20 yard with a matched allowance often costs less for exactly the same job. Concrete, brick and asphalt go further still — so they need a dedicated low-fill heavy debris container rather than a corner of a mixed load.
Ask us and you will get the honest answer, even when the honest answer is the smaller box. The size guide walks through the math, and the cost breakdown covers what actually moves the price.
South Hampton Roads specifics
Flat coastal ground, and the storms that come with it
Two things about this region change how a roll-off job actually runs, and a national dispatcher knows neither. The first is the ground. Chesapeake sits low and flat across the coastal plain, so most streets and driveways take a loaded truck without the tight-turn problems some regions have. What complicates a delivery here is water — a heavy thunderstorm can leave a low-lying yard soft enough to rut, so timing sometimes moves around the rain more than the terrain.
The second is the season. Chesapeake's humid subtropical climate means hot, muggy summers, and hurricane season — roughly June through November — brings the storms that come with living on the coast, from downed trees to yards full of storm debris. After a widespread event, containers get scarce across South Hampton Roads within a day or two, so the useful advice is simply to call early rather than waiting until your yard is clear.
Read the hurricane and storm cleanup guide before the next system comes through, and the permit guide if the container has to go on the street.
Compare
All five sizes side by side
Dimensions, capacity and included weight for every roll-off we run out of the 2324 Chesapeake Square Ring Rd yard.
| Size | Dimensions | Capacity | Weight included | Best for |
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| 10 Yard Dumpster | 12 ft long × 8 ft wide × 3.5 ft high | about 3 pickup truck loads | 1–2 tons | Small bathroom remodels, single-room cleanouts, concrete and heavy debris, roofing up to about 15 squares. |
| 15 Yard Dumpster | 16 ft long × 8 ft wide × 4 ft high | about 4–5 pickup truck loads | 2–3 tons | Attic and garage cleanouts, kitchen remodels, medium roof tear-offs, small deck removals. |
| 20 Yard Dumpster | 22 ft long × 7.5 ft wide × 4.5 ft high | about 6 pickup truck loads | 3–4 tons | Whole-home decluttering, flooring and siding jobs, large tear-offs, drywall and mud phases. |
| 30 Yard Dumpster | 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 6 ft high | about 9 pickup truck loads | 4–5 tons | Full-house renovations, new construction, estate clearances, commercial fit-outs and demolition. |
| 40 Yard Dumpster | 22 ft long × 8 ft wide × 8 ft high | about 12 pickup truck loads | 5–6 tons | Large commercial fit-outs, industrial clear-outs, major renovations and high-volume light debris. |
Service area
Dumpster delivery across Portsmouth and Suffolk
We run roll-off dumpsters out of our 2324 Chesapeake Square Ring Rd yard across every corner of Chesapeake — from Great Bridge and Greenbrier out to Deep Creek, Western Branch and South Norfolk, down to Hickory and Grassfield near the North Carolina line, and across the city lines into Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. If your neighborhood is not on this list, call us anyway. We probably still get there.
What locals say
Straight talk from customers around South Hampton Roads
Called at nine, had a 20 yard on the drive by two. Boards down, doors facing the garage, and the driveway looked exactly the same when they picked it up a week later.
We build all over South Hampton Roads and Panther is the only hauler that has never left us sitting on a full box. When they say Tuesday, it is Tuesday.
Two-layer tear-off with a short drive and a tight turn. They talked me down from a 30 to a 20 on the weight and set it tight to the eave. Saved me the overage and half a day of carrying.
A tropical storm dropped three trees on our fence line and they had a 20 yard on site before the tree crew even finished cutting. Made the whole cleanup a lot less painful.
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Guides
Worth reading before you book
Eleven in-depth local guides on sizing, cost, Virginia disposal rules, permits, hurricane-season delivery and disposal in Chesapeake and South Hampton Roads.
What Size Dumpster Do I Need? Chesapeake VA Guide
Weight and volume aren't the same limit. Here's how to size a roll-off correctly for your material, plus real driveway access numbers for Chesapeake.
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Dumpster Rental Cost in Chesapeake, VA
Flat-rate dumpster pricing in Chesapeake isn't one number for every job. Here's what's actually built into that price, and what pushes it up.
Read the guideWhat Can't Go in a Dumpster in Virginia?
A straight answer on what belongs in your roll-off and what doesn't, plus where Chesapeake-area homeowners take the stuff that isn't allowed.
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Need a dumpster in Chesapeake this week?
Call and you will speak to someone local who knows the streets, the weights and the yard. Most orders placed before noon go out the same day.
Call (757) 432-2979
Mon–Sat 7:00am – 6:00pm · Sun by appointment
FAQs
Dumpster rental questions, answered
The questions we field most often from Chesapeake homeowners and contractors. More on the full FAQ page.
How much does it cost to rent a dumpster in Chesapeake?
Price depends on the size, how dense the debris is, how long you keep it and how far you are from our yard. What matters more is how the price is built. Ours is a flat rate covering delivery, the rental period, pickup, fuel, disposal and a stated tonnage allowance, so the number you are quoted is the number you pay unless you go over the weight. Call with a short description of the job and you will get a firm figure.
How quickly can you deliver a dumpster in Chesapeake?
Most orders placed before noon go out the same day across Chesapeake and the nearer Portsmouth and Suffolk area. Afternoon bookings usually land first thing the next morning. Jobsite swap-outs get priority because a full container stops a crew working. The exceptions are honest ones — severe weather, a street placement that still needs a permit, or a driveway we need to look at before we commit a loaded truck to it.
Do I need a permit for a dumpster in Chesapeake?
Private property: no permit needed. Public street or sidewalk: you may need a temporary permit from the City of Chesapeake. Our team can guide you through the process.
What can't go in the dumpster in Virginia?
Liquids, paint, solvents, fuel, oil, chemicals, batteries, propane tanks, appliances containing refrigerant, asbestos and medical waste are all out. Waste tires need their own recycling route rather than the dumpster — Virginia law (Code of Virginia § 10.1-1418.2) makes it illegal to accumulate more than 100 tires on a property without a permit, which is a good reminder that tires were never a dumpster item to begin with. Household hazardous waste and used motor oil have their own drop-off streams through the regional transfer station rather than the container. If you are unsure about an item, ask before you load it.
Why does a small container cost less to fill than a big one?
Because weight runs out before space does, and disposal is charged by the ton. A 30 yard box loaded with shingles or plaster and lath will pass its tonnage allowance while it still looks half empty, and you pay the overage per ton. A 20 with a matched allowance often costs less for exactly the same job. Every receiving facility handles material streams a little differently — ask us and we will tell you exactly what applies to your load before you book.
Will the dumpster damage my driveway?
It should not, and we take real steps to prevent it. Boards go under the rails and roller contact points on every driveway placement at no extra charge. Damage almost always happens during the roll-off and pick-up rather than while the container sits. A hot, humid Chesapeake summer afternoon softens asphalt more than people expect, and a surface already cracked or spalling carries more risk whatever anyone does — flag it and we will pick a better spot or a better time of day.
What happens during hurricane season — can you still get to me?
We run storm work as a priority and we keep containers back for it. After a hurricane or a heavy summer thunderstorm event across South Hampton Roads, containers get scarce region-wide within a day or two, so call early rather than waiting until your yard is clear. Keep clean woody brush separate from mixed debris if you possibly can — it is cheaper to handle and it keeps the load moving.