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Dumpster rental
in Modesto.

Inside Modesto city limits, look up which franchised hauler serves your street, Gilton or Bertolotti, and ask that company for a roll-off quote first. For a couple of large items, use a free bulky pickup or transfer-station voucher instead. Keep the box on your driveway, because no City permit for a street bin was found.

Sources checked November 14, 2026 · Guide updated November 14, 2026
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The first decision in Modesto

Start with an eligible hauler.

Neither franchisee posts a roll-off price, so the comparison comes down to box sizes and terms. Bertolotti offers 10-yard (dirt and concrete only), 26-, 32- and 40-yard boxes with a $400 deposit, plus a 4-yard bin for $115 a week under 600 pounds. Gilton offers 10-, 25- and 35-yard drop boxes and a 5-day 4-yard bin in Modesto, with no published price. Your street decides which one is the City's hauler for your home, so get a written quote with the rental days, included tons and overage rate.

Your local checklist

Confirm the parcel is inside the City of Modesto and not unincorporated Salida, Empire, Del Rio or a County island such as Bret Harte, then use the City's service-area lookup to see whether Gilton or Bertolotti serves your street.
Ask the hauler for the rental period, the tons included and the per-ton overage in writing, and tell Bertolotti if the 10-yard box is for concrete or dirt, since that size takes only inert material.
If the box will not fit on your driveway, call Land Development Engineering at 209-342-4712 before it is set on the street, parkway strip or sidewalk, since its encroachment permit page does not mention bins.

Plan a rental in Modesto

Published details, side by side

2 researched options.

Listings are an editorial starting point, not a complete market ranking. Supplier-published amounts are not Dumpsterly quotes. Confirm address eligibility, material acceptance, dates and the full delivered total.

01 / SOURCE-CHECKED LISTING

Bertolotti Disposal (City of Modesto franchised hauler)

Published sizes: Roll-offs: 10 yard (dirt and concrete only), 26 yard, 32 yard and 40 yard. Temporary bin: 4 cubic yards.
Rental & weight terms: Roll-off rental period, included weight and overage charges are not published; call the Roll-Off Department at 209-537-8000 ext. 1 (Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) for a written quote. A $400 deposit per container is required and is applied to the final charges. The 4-yard bin rents by the 7-day week, must stay under 600 pounds, requires a signed service agreement plus prepayment and a card on file, and does not take dirt, rock, sod, concrete, sheetrock, roofing, wood, tile, construction debris, TVs, refrigerators or hazardous waste.
Price basis: Roll-offs: not published; request a written quote. 4-yard temporary bin: $115 for the first week and $100 for each additional week (extension must be booked by day 5).

Office at 136 Flamingo Drive, Modesto; transfer station at 231 Flamingo Drive (209-537-4147, Monday to Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Its roll-off page says it rents roll-off containers in the City of Modesto as well as Ceres, Patterson, Newman and Stanislaus County. Bertolotti is one of the two companies the City of Modesto names as its franchised haulers; it serves only part of the city, so check the City's service-area map first.

Sources: [7] · [8] · [9] · [1]Visit supplier website Direct link · No referral tracking

02 / SOURCE-CHECKED LISTING

Gilton Solid Waste Management (City of Modesto franchised hauler)

Published sizes: Drop boxes: 10 yard (14 ft long x 7 ft wide x 2.5 ft high), 25 yard (18 x 8 x 5 ft) and 35 yard (20 x 8 x 6.5 ft). Temporary bin in Modesto: 4 yard, 5-day rental only.
Rental & weight terms: Standard rental period, included weight and price are not published; request a written quote. Gilton asks customers to call before the scheduled removal date to extend a rental, and says an overloaded box carries an extra fee (amount not stated).
Price basis: Not published; request a written quote at 209-527-3781.

Gilton Resource Recovery / Transfer Facility is at 800 S. McClure Road, Modesto 95357; the company office is at 755 S. Yosemite Ave., Oakdale. Gilton's site lists Modesto among its service areas, and its bin-and-box page lists a Modesto delivery schedule. Gilton is one of the two companies the City of Modesto names as its franchised haulers; it serves only part of the city, so check the City's service-area map first.

Sources: [10] · [11] · [12] · [1]Visit supplier website Direct link · No referral tracking

Get the missing numbers in writing.

Ask for delivery, pickup, included tons and days, per-ton overage, extra-day charges, fuel, tax, prohibited-item fees, swaps and blocked-trip charges. “Quote required” means the reviewed source did not establish a usable fixed total.

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Keep the box on your driveway; Modesto's encroachment permit does not name bins

We did not find a City of Modesto rule or permit written for a roll-off or debris box parked in the street, so treat street placement as unconfirmed rather than allowed. The City's Land Development Engineering division (1010 10th Street, Suite 3300; 209-342-4712; LDEpermits@modestogov.com) issues encroachment permits for all work in the City right-of-way, applied for with the Engineering Standard Application or through the eTRAKiT portal, and contractors working in the right-of-way must have liability and workers' compensation insurance on file. The examples it lists are curb, gutter, sidewalk, driveway and sewer-lateral work, not containers, and no fee is posted on that page. Bertolotti's own temporary-bin page says its 4-yard bins are set on the street and never in alleys, but that is the hauler's practice, not a City approval. Most Modesto houses have a driveway long enough for a 20- to 26-yard box; if yours does not, call LDE before the box goes on the street, parkway strip or sidewalk.

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What matters locally

Two free bulky-item pickups or two transfer-station vouchers a year

Single-family customers in Modesto may book two bulky-item collections each calendar year through their own hauler (Gilton 209-527-3781 or Bertolotti 209-537-8000). Items go in the street against the curb in front of the house, not in the alley, no earlier than 6 p.m. the evening before, and must not block sidewalks, driveways, hydrants or storm drains. Instead of a pickup, you can ask your hauler for a voucher to take one load up to 4 x 4 x 8 ft to its transfer station; two vouchers are allowed a year and each expires seven days after it is issued. Accepted items include appliances with doors removed, mattresses, couches, water heaters, toilets, tubs and hot tubs. Concrete, asphalt, construction or demolition debris, wood, yard waste, paint, tires and TVs are not accepted, so a remodel still needs a box.

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Self-haul at Gilton's McClure Road transfer station from $30 a car load

Gilton Resource Recovery at 800 S. McClure Road in east Modesto takes public self-haul loads Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Its rates effective July 1, 2026 are $30 a car load or $50 a pickup, SUV or van load of basic trash; weighed trash is $82.50 a ton with a $50 minimum. Mixed inert material such as concrete, dirt, stucco, brick and asphalt is $35 a pickup load, clean concrete $20, sheetrock $30, clean wood $45, treated wood $100 and yard trimmings $45 a load. Mattresses are $20 each, washers and water heaters $40, refrigerators and air conditioners $45, and car tires $10 without a rim. For a small job, one or two trailer runs can cost less than a roll-off.

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Before you book

Questions about renting in Modesto.

Can any dumpster company put a roll-off at my Modesto house?

Start with the City's franchisee for your street. Modesto says it has franchise agreements with Gilton Solid Waste Management and Bertolotti Disposal and that each has an exclusive service area set by the City Council. Gilton's agreement with the City, as amended in 2006, is exclusive for commercial and residential garbage and recyclables and nonexclusive for industrial garbage and salvageable waste within its district. We could not read the City Code definitions that say whether a construction or cleanout box counts as residential garbage, so we have not confirmed that outside companies may serve houses. Both franchisees rent roll-offs in Modesto.

Sources: [1] · [2] · [3]

Is a roll-off worth it for a garage full of old furniture?

Maybe not. Modesto single-family customers get two bulky-item pickups a year from their hauler, or two vouchers to drop a load up to 4 x 4 x 8 ft at the hauler's transfer station. That covers mattresses, couches, appliances, water heaters and tubs. If you also have yard waste, wood or loose trash, Gilton's McClure Road transfer station charges $50 for a pickup load of trash and $45 for a load of yard trimmings, which can cost less than a box for a small cleanout.

Sources: [4] · [13]

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