Concrete weighs about 2 tons per cubic yard, so it is priced by weight and hauled in a dedicated 20-yard container loaded to roughly 10 tons — never a 30 or 40-yard, which would be too heavy to move legally. We can break it out with the excavator or haul what you have already broken. You get a per-ton price and an estimated tonnage before we start, and the scale ticket after.
What we remove
- Driveways, aprons and parking pads
- Patios, walkways and pool decks
- Slabs from demolished sheds, garages and mobile homes
- Footers, stem walls and block or brick walls
- Pavers, stone and masonry rubble
- Broken sidewalk and curb from site work
Two ways to do it
1. We break and haul
The excavator arrives with the container. We saw-cut where a clean edge matters, break the slab into liftable pieces, separate rebar and wire mesh, load, and leave a graded, rake-clean area. A typical two-car driveway is out in a morning.
2. You break, we haul
Already have a jackhammer crew or a rented breaker? We drop a 20-yard heavy-load container, mark the fill line, and pick it up when you call. Same weight-based price, no labor.
Why concrete is priced by weight
| Concrete area (4″ thick) | Approx. weight | Container plan |
|---|---|---|
| Small patio, 10 × 12 ft | ~3 tons | One 20-yard heavy load, part-filled |
| Single-car driveway, 10 × 20 ft | ~5 tons | One 20-yard heavy load |
| Two-car driveway, 20 × 20 ft | ~10 tons | One 20-yard heavy load, filled to the line |
| Two-car driveway + walkway + patio | 15–20 tons | Two heavy loads, scheduled swap |
A 20-yard container filled to the rim with concrete would weigh about 40 tons — four times the legal road limit for the truck. Every hauler faces the same physics; the difference is whether they tell you before or after the scale.
Why concrete only goes in a 20-yard
Concrete is accepted in a 20-yard container only. At about 2 tons per cubic yard, a 30-yard filled with concrete would weigh around 60 tons and a 40-yard around 80 — several times what the truck can legally carry, and enough to damage the container. A 20-yard loaded to its marked line (roughly 10 tons) is the largest concrete load that can leave your driveway legally, so that is the only size we deliver for it. Bigger jobs get a second 20-yard on a scheduled swap, not a bigger box.
What it costs
Quotes combine a per-ton disposal rate, the container trip, and excavator time if we are breaking. Polk County's construction-and-demolition disposal rate is $46 per ton as of October 2025; clean concrete routed to a recycler can come in under that. We give you an estimated tonnage from the square footage and thickness, and bill the actual scale weight — never a guess in our favor. See how pricing works.
Service area
Concrete jobs run across Lakeland, Mulberry, Bartow, Auburndale, Winter Haven, Plant City and, by schedule, east Polk and Tampa. See service areas. For full structures, see mobile home demolition.
Measure it, text it, get a number
Length, width, thickness and a photo. We estimate the tonnage and quote the whole job before the excavator moves.