Haul-Off
Dug a foundation, a septic, a pool or a pond, and now there's a pile? CAD hauls it off by the load: dirt, clay, spoils, clean fill, broken concrete and asphalt.
Tell us what's in the pile
What it is decides where it can go. Clean loads are simple. Mixed loads take a conversation first.
Dirt and spoils
From foundations, septic and utility digs, ponds, pools and grading. Clay, subsoil, sod, topsoil.
Clean fill
Soil, stone, gravel and sand with nothing else mixed in.
Concrete and asphalt
Broken slabs, sidewalks, old driveways, curbs and millings.
Something else
Stumps, brush, roots, mixed demolition debris. Put it on the ticket. Whether CAD can take it depends on where it can legally be dumped.
Three questions, then a truck.
Answer these on the ticket and the callback is short.
What is it, and how much?
Say what's in the pile and give a size: loads, yards, or just the length, width and height of the pile.
How does it get loaded?
A dump truck doesn't load itself. If there's an excavator, skid steer or loader on site, we're set. If there isn't, say so and we'll talk it through.
Where does it go?
If you have a place for it, put that on the ticket. If you don't, say so, and the callback covers a place to dump it.
How many loads is that?
A tri-axle takes roughly 14 to 16 yards of dirt a trip. Wet clay is heavy and may go out in smaller loads.
Measuring a pile: multiply length by width by height in feet, take half (piles are peaked, not square), and divide by 27. A pile 20 feet long, 10 feet wide and 4 feet high is about 15 yards: one load.
Measuring a hole that isn't dug yet: dirt fluffs up when it comes out of the ground. A hole that measures 10 yards makes 12 or 13 yards of pile.
Not sure? Send a photo with the ticket and something in the frame for scale: a person, a shovel, a pickup.
Keep it clean.
Dirt with trash, wood, roots or rubble mixed in costs more to get rid of, and some places will turn it away. If you're still digging, keep the dirt in one pile and everything else in another.
- 1Firm ground to sit on
The truck gets heavier with every bucket. It needs solid ground while it's loaded and a way out with 20 tons on.
- 2Room to get in and out
Narrow drives, tight turns and low wires on the way in: flag them on the ticket.
Asked on most calls
Do you bring a machine to load it?
CAD runs dump trucks. If you or your contractor has an excavator, skid steer or loader on site, that's the usual way a truck gets loaded. If nobody does, say so on the ticket and CAD will talk through the options with you.
Can I get a price online?
No. Haul-off is quoted on the callback because the price depends on what the material is, how many loads there are and how far it has to go. Send the ticket and you'll have a time and a price back fast.
I'm a contractor with spoils coming off a job. Can you keep trucks cycling?
That's hourly work. Book it under Trucks by the Hour and tell us the dates, the site and who's loading.
Send the pile.
What it is, how big, where it sits and how it gets loaded. A photo helps. CAD calls or texts back with a time and a price.
Want it gone?
Send the ticket tonight. CAD calls or texts back with a time and a price.