Yes – Container Man proudly serves Gray, TN, and the surrounding Washington County area, offering the same complete range of services we provide throughout Northeast Tennessee: roll-off dumpster rental in 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40-yard sizes, along with excavation and grading, demolition, land clearing, and fill dirt, shale, and gravel delivery. Our dumpsters come with flat, 7-day rental pricing: $195 for a 10-15-yard, $295 for a 20-yard, $395 for a 30-yard, and $495 for a 40-yard, plus a $225 haul fee. Exact pricing depends on the size and scope of your project, but you’ll know the number up front, before anything gets delivered.
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Container Man is locally owned and operates out of Elizabethton, which means the people quoting your job and the people driving the truck are the same team – not a national dispatch system relaying instructions to a stranger. We know Gray’s mix of newer residential development around the Gray Fossil Site area and the older farmland further out toward Boones Creek, and that familiarity helps us plan deliveries and site work realistically instead of guessing. Our pricing is flat and transparent from the first phone call, and we’d rather tell you honestly that a job needs a bigger container or more site prep than quietly let costs balloon later. That kind of straightforwardness is why homeowners and contractors in Gray keep our number saved rather than searching from scratch every time a new project comes up.
Say you’re renovating a bathroom in a Gray subdivision, clearing brush on a larger parcel out toward the county line, or tearing out an old outbuilding – you’ve got real choices for how to deal with the debris, and they’re not equal. Option one is hauling it yourself: renting or borrowing a truck, loading it by hand, and making trip after trip to a disposal facility. That works for a small job, but for anything past a single truckload, the math turns against you fast – your time, fuel, wear on the vehicle, and per-visit dump fees stack up, and Gray’s growth means traffic on Highway 75 and Bobby Hicks Highway during the workday can turn a quick run into a longer errand than you planned for.
Option two is calling a national dumpster broker – the kind of company you find through a big ad campaign or a search engine, promising a quick online quote. Those companies often don’t own the trucks that show up; they’re brokering the job out to whichever local hauler is available that week, which means less accountability and less consistency, and pricing that looks attractive online but can grow once delivery fees, environmental surcharges, and overage charges get added in. For a community like Gray that’s grown a lot in recent years but still has a strong local identity, that impersonal approach doesn’t always fit – people here tend to prefer knowing exactly who’s coming to their property.
Option three is working with a local, full-service outfit like Container Man. We’re close enough to Gray to respond quickly, and because we handle excavation, demolition, and material delivery in addition to the dumpsters themselves, we can take on a whole project rather than just one piece of it. If your renovation uncovers a bigger job – say the bathroom remodel turns into a full gut job needing debris hauled in stages, or your land clearing project needs grading work afterward – you’re not stuck finding a second contractor. One relationship, one company, one point of contact who already knows your property.
The biggest benefit is knowing your price before the truck leaves the yard – our flat-rate structure means no hidden fees show up on the back end. Because we offer excavation, demolition, land clearing, and gravel, fill dirt, and shale delivery alongside the dumpsters, a single call can cover your entire project in Gray rather than requiring separate vendors for each piece. Being local also means faster scheduling – we’re not waiting on approval from a corporate office three states away; we’re just checking our own calendar. And if you’re torn between dumpster sizes for your Gray project, we’ll talk it through honestly; our dumpster sizes page is a good starting point, and the 20-yard size in particular tends to be the sweet spot for typical home renovation debris.
Getting started is simple: call us directly at (423) 431-9267 or reach out through our contact page with a quick description of your project. When we talk, we’ll ask what you’re working on – a kitchen remodel, a demolition, a land-clearing job, a driveway that needs gravel – and roughly how much material or debris is involved, along with where in Gray the property sits, since access and site conditions can vary quite a bit between a tight subdivision lot and a more open rural property. From there, we put together an accurate quote based on the size of dumpster or scope of site work your project actually needs, not the biggest option we can sell you.
Part of that quote conversation includes confirming the practical details specific to your address. We’ll talk through the exact delivery window once we’ve looked at your location and our schedule, rather than promising a generic timeframe that might not hold up. We’ll also cover where the material ultimately gets disposed of and whether any permit is needed for where the container will sit – for instance, if it needs to go in the street instead of a driveway, some situations call for checking with the town first, and we’ll walk you through what that means for your specific address rather than assuming a one-size-fits-all answer. We treat that as a normal, expected part of quoting the job accurately, not an afterthought – every property in Gray is a little different, and getting those details right up front avoids headaches on delivery day.
Once everything is confirmed, we schedule your delivery or site work for the agreed date and time; our crew handles the drop-off or gets started on the excavation, demolition, or grading, and you’re free to focus on the actual project instead of logistics. When the dumpster’s full or the rental period is up, we come back to pick it up and haul it away – the $225 haul fee is already part of your quoted total, so there’s nothing extra tacked on at pickup. For site work, we stay in touch about the timeline so you always know where the job stands.
Ready to get your Gray project moving? Call Container Man at (423) 431-9267 Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and we’ll talk through what your job needs and get you a straightforward, flat-rate quote. If it’s easier, head over to our contact page and send us the details whenever it’s convenient for you. There’s no pressure and no hard sell – just an honest conversation about your project, whether it’s a single dumpster for a weekend cleanout or a full excavation and demolition job, and you can browse our complete list of services or visit our homepage any time to see the full picture of what we do.
7-day flat rate
12ft x 8ft x 3.5ft
10 cubic yards
3-4 pickup loads
Small remodels, roofing, concrete
7-day flat rate
16ft x 7.5ft x 4.5ft
15 cubic yards
4-6 pickup loads
Garage clean-outs, decking projects
7-day flat rate
22ft x 8ft x 4ft
20 cubic yards
6-8 pickup loads
Home renovations (most popular)
7-day flat rate
22ft x 8ft x 6ft
30 cubic yards
9-12 pickup loads
Construction & demolition debris
7-day flat rate
22ft x 8ft x 8ft
40 cubic yards
12-16 pickup loads
Major projects (largest size)
Part of the Container Man fleet serving the Tri-Cities
A container dropped at a residential property in our service area
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Gray is in Washington County.
Yes. Alongside Gray we cover Johnson City in the same area, and 19 towns across 10 counties in Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina in total. If your address is not listed, call (423) 431-9267 with the ZIP code.
On your own driveway or private property, generally not. For a container placed on a public street the requirements differ by municipality, so call (423) 431-9267 before you book and we will talk it through with you.
The 20-yard at $295 is our most requested size. It suits a full home renovation or a large clean-out and holds roughly 6-8 pickup loads. For a single room or a roof tear-off a 10 or 15-yard at $195 is usually enough.
A 10 or 15-yard is $195, a 20-yard is $295, a 30-yard is $395 and a 40-yard is $495. Each is a flat rate for a full seven-day rental, plus a $225 haul fee that covers delivery and pickup. There is no separate dump fee on top. A standard weight allowance is included in the flat rate and we confirm it with you when you book.
Most containers are on site within one to two business days. Call (423) 431-9267 with your dates and we will tell you honestly what we can make work. We deliver Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.
The haul fee covers both the delivery of the container to your site in Gray and the pickup once you are finished. It applies to every rental and is quoted up front, so the price you are told is the price you pay.
A standard weight allowance is included in the flat rate. Heavy material like concrete, brick, dirt and shingles adds up far faster than household junk, so tell us what you are loading when you book and we will confirm the allowance and the right size for the job.
Seven days, included in the flat rate. That is a full week from delivery, not a part-day or 48-hour window.
Call us before the seven days are up and we will work it out. It is far easier to arrange an extension in advance than to sort it out after the pickup is scheduled.
Electronics and TVs, tires, paint, batteries, chemicals and hazardous waste, refrigerators and air conditioners containing refrigerant, propane tanks, medical or biohazard waste, and asbestos. These need to go to a dedicated recycling centre or hazardous waste facility. Everything else – household junk, furniture, construction debris and yard waste – is fine.
Yes, but heavy material is usually best in a 10 or 15-yard container rather than a large one, because weight becomes the limit long before space does. Tell us it is a heavy load when you book so we send the right container.
No. The load has to sit level with the top of the container so it can be legally and safely tarped and hauled. If material is stacked above the rail we may not be able to take it that day, so keep it level as you load.
Allow roughly 60 feet of straight clearance in front of the drop spot and around 12 feet of width, plus clear overhead room – the truck lifts the container high to set it down. Low branches and power lines are the usual obstacles.
Roll-off containers are heavy and are set down on wheels and rails. If you are concerned about a finished or newly sealed driveway, tell the driver and lay plywood on the drop spot – it spreads the load and is the simplest protection.
Please do not. Once it is set it should stay where the driver placed it. Moving a loaded container risks injury and property damage, and it may not be positioned for the truck to collect it. If the spot is wrong, call us and we will sort it.
Yes. We work with homeowners doing a one-off clean-out and with contractors running ongoing jobs in Gray. If you need containers swapped as a build progresses, call and we will schedule around your programme.
Yes. We also run excavation, grading, land clearing and demolition, and we deliver fill dirt, shale and driveway gravel. It is the same crew and our own trucks, so one call covers the container and the dirt work.
We deliver and collect Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, and we are closed at the weekend. Call (423) 431-9267 during those hours and you will speak to someone who can give you a straight answer.
