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Hauling Services and Demolition Contractors in Los Angeles

Many demolition companies and demolition contractors in Los Angeles also have their own hauling service. Why do many demolition contractors choose to also operate their own hauling service? A couple reasons actually.

Many demolition contractors operate their own hauling service because they have the necessary equipment. A hauling service in Los Angeles often require large trucks and bobcats. Many demolition contractors have large trucks in their fleets and use bobcats for demolition work. So on weeks where demolition work is slow a demolition contractor can stay buys by doing junk removal or hauling services.

Quite often demolition work goes hand in hand with a hauling service. Hauling services in Los Angeles are used to quickly clean a demolition worksite. So instead of subcontracting to an outside hauling service it makes a lot more sense for a demolition company to have their own hauling service instead.

Why Do Demolition Contractors Prefer Hauling Services?

Thanks to everyone for the overwhelming positive response to our new blog. Our inbox has literally been flooded with questions about demolition contractors, demolition work, and hauling services. So we decided to to open up the floor and start answering questions. Besides, we were running out of demolition stuff to blog about. Haha, just kidding.

This first question comes from B.C. in Sherman Oaks: “Why do a lot of demolition contractors in Los Angeles seem to prefer using a hauling service over just renting dumpsters?

Good question! A lot of demolition contractors in Los Angeles prefer subcontracting out to a hauling service than renting a dumpster, because dumpster rental in Los Angeles is a nightmare. Hauling services in Los Angeles simplifies disposal of construction debris. Hauling Services also make the process of construction debris disposal. A hauling service saves both time and money. You wouldn’t think that a hauling service would save money but the money spent on a hauling service saves time in labor. Time saved with laborers in money saved.

Junk Removal Services Vs. Dumpster Rental in Los Angeles

Whether you are doing your own demolition work in Los Angeles, or are a demolition company doing demolition work in Los Angeles, you have essentially two choices for your worksite project clean up: Dumpster Rental or Hiring a Junk Removal Service in Los Angeles (sometimes also called a hauling service).

What Are the Advantages of Dumpster Rental?

Price is the biggest advantage in dumpster rental. When you rent a dumpster you get a dumpster. That is it. No labor, no trucks. Depending on the size of the dumpster you will pay a couple hundred dollars for a rental that ranges in time from a few days to a few weeks.

What Are the Advantages of a Junk Removal Service?

A junk removal service in Los Angeles brings their own equipment with them. Their own labor, their own trucks, and sometimes their own heavy machinery, like a bobcat for loading dirt. Using a junk removal service to haul away your construction and demolition debris can greatly speed up your demolition or construction process. Also a junk removal service doesn’t need a permit or to comply with strict regulations that accompany dumpster rental.

What Are the Disadvantages of Dumpster Rental?

Dumpster rental comes with quite a few downsides in Los Angeles. Mainly when you rent a dumpster in Los Angeles you run into a thicket of regulations and permits that strictly regulate where a dumpster can be placed. In most of Los Angeles you cannot put a dumpster on a street without a permit. In some sections of the city, like Beverly Hills, you cannot put a dumpster in your driveway even.

Dumpster rentals also come with weight limits for most types of construction debris. Going over that weight limit can incur costly overweight charges.

What Are the Disadvantages of Junk Removal Services?

Junk Removal Services in Los Angeles will generally cost more than dumpster rental. Although the price becomes competitive when you factor in the cost of permits and of over-weight limits of dumpsters/