*No weight limit when loaded with concrete or dirt. Used as a general refuse bin, the 10-yard lowboy includes 2 tons of disposal.
The Lowboy Is Built for Heavy Loads
The 10-yard lowboy sits lower to the ground than a standard roll-off — that's intentional. Heavy materials like concrete, dirt, and brick can't be stacked high, so the extra width and lower profile let you load more weight without going above legal limits.
It also fits in places a larger bin won't. Single-car driveways, gated properties, tight side yards — the lowboy gets in where a full-height bin cannot, without blocking the street.
Concrete & Demolition
Broken concrete slabs, block walls, demo debris. The lowboy handles the weight that lighter bins can't. Ideal for contractors pulling up slabs or doing foundation work.
Dirt & Landscaping
Excavated soil, fill dirt, clay, rocks. Landscapers and grading crews use the lowboy for clean, single-material loads when weight matters.
Roofing Jobs
Shingles, tiles, underlayment, and framing debris from re-roofs. The lowboy is the standard bin for roofing contractors in LA.
Masonry & Hardscape
Brick, pavers, stone, retaining wall block. Low-and-wide design makes loading heavy masonry material safer and more efficient.
Weight limit matters here
Clean, single-material loads of concrete, dirt, brick, asphalt, or rock ride under the no-weight-limit rule: fill the lowboy to the rail and we haul it. The moment a load becomes mixed debris (drywall, wood, packaging, household junk), it is treated as general refuse and the 2-ton allowance applies. If you have both, tell us. We will usually recommend two bins, or the right order to load one.
What a Lowboy Is, and Why It Is Only Two Feet Tall
A lowboy is a roll-off container built for weight instead of volume. Ours is 16 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 2 feet tall: the same footprint as a standard bin, a quarter of the height. That is not a compromise. Dense material like concrete or soil does not stack, it piles, and a 10-yard lowboy loaded to the rail with clean concrete can weigh 12 to 15 tons. A taller bin would let you load more weight than a truck can legally lift, so the height is the safety limit built into the steel.
The low walls also change how the bin gets loaded. A crew with wheelbarrows or a skid steer can dump straight over the side without a ramp, which is why the lowboy is the standard container for concrete demo, grading, and roofing tear-offs across Los Angeles.
No Weight Limit, Explained
Most roll-off companies quote a tonnage allowance, then bill by the ton over it. On a heavy load that overage is where the surprise comes from. Our lowboy has no weight limit on clean, single-material loads of concrete, dirt, brick, asphalt, sand, gravel, or rock. What you fit is what we haul. Here is what a full lowboy typically weighs by material, so you can see why that matters:
| Material (clean, single load) | Approx. weight per cubic yard | Full 10-yard lowboy |
|---|---|---|
| Broken concrete | 1.2 to 1.5 tons (loose) | 12 to 15 tons |
| Dry dirt / fill | 1.1 to 1.3 tons | 11 to 13 tons |
| Wet clay soil | 1.3 to 1.5 tons | 13 to 15 tons |
| Broken asphalt | 1.1 to 1.3 tons | 11 to 13 tons |
| Brick & block | 1.2 to 1.5 tons | 12 to 15 tons |
| Gravel / sand | 1.3 to 1.5 tons | 13 to 15 tons |
Compare that to the 3-ton allowance on a standard 25-yard or the 4 tons on a 40-yard. Put a concrete slab in a full-height bin and you hit the allowance after about 2 cubic yards. The lowboy exists so you never have that conversation. Full numbers and a slab calculator are in our guide to how much concrete fits in a lowboy.
Lowboy vs. Standard Roll-Off
| 10-yard lowboy | 25-yard roll-off | 40-yard roll-off | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimensions | 16 × 8 × 2 ft | 20 × 8 × 4 ft | 20 × 8 × 6 ft |
| Built for | Heavy, dense material | Remodels, cleanouts, mixed debris | Construction, commercial, bulk volume |
| Weight | No limit on clean concrete, dirt, brick, asphalt | 3 tons included | 4 tons included |
| Loading | Over the side, no ramp | Rear door | Rear door |
| Fits | Tight driveways, under tree canopy, hillside pads | Most standard driveways | Job sites and commercial lots |
Not sure which one your job is? Our lowboy vs. standard roll-off guide walks through it project by project, or just call and tell us what you are tearing out.
Where the Lowboy Wins in Los Angeles
Half of our lowboy deliveries are about access, not weight. Hillside pads in Studio City, Sherman Oaks, and the Hollywood Hills where a full-height bin cannot clear the retaining wall. Single-car driveways in Glendale and Burbank under mature tree canopy. Alley access in North Hollywood and Van Nuys. Two feet tall gets in where six feet does not, and it goes on a driveway apron instead of the street, which keeps most homeowners out of the City of LA street-permit process entirely.