Dumpster rental and junk removal in Rimforest

Rimforest on the Rim of the World Highway

Rimforest sits on State Route 18, the Rim of the World Highway. The County's Lake Arrowhead plan calls Highway 18 a two-lane mountain major highway and the primary access for the Lake Arrowhead community. Highway 189 begins just west of town, between Arrowhead Highlands and Rimforest, and Daley Canyon Road runs half a mile north from Highway 18 to Highway 189 as a key link between the two highways.

The County's plan names Rim Forest as one of four commercial areas in the Lake Arrowhead communities, along with Blue Jay, downtown Lake Arrowhead and Cedar Glen. Its list of historic sites includes Redwood Ranch, dating to 1915 and noted for its trout ponds, on the land that is now Rimforest.

Placing the dumpster near Highway 18

Plan on the dumpster going on your driveway, your lot or your own parking area, not the highway shoulder. Highway 18 is a state route, and anything placed in a state highway right-of-way falls under a Caltrans encroachment permit. On a County road, a dumpster in the right-of-way may need a Transportation Encroachment Permit from San Bernardino County Public Works.

When you send a photo, show how the spot connects to the road: whether the truck and trailer can pull off the highway, how much room there is to back in, and any low limbs or wires overhead. Robert brings the dumpster on a gooseneck trailer behind his pickup and plans the drop around that.

Winter on the highway and the side streets

At about 5,630 feet, Rimforest gets regular snow. Caltrans clears Highway 18 and sets chain controls on it, and under those controls vehicles towing trailers must chain one drive axle. A storm can push a delivery or pickup to another day; we'll work out timing with you by call or text.

Off the highway, a County Service Area crew plows the Rim Forest zone, CSA 70 R-9, which covers Hazel Place, Lakeview Drive, Park Place, Scenic Place, Scenic Way and Valley View Drive. The County does not plow private roads, so owners on a private road hire their own snow removal. Keep a shoveled path to the dumpster either way.

Fire-season clearing counts junk too

The County lists Rim Forest among the mountain communities that get annual defensible-space inspections starting in June. Brush and needles are only part of it: the County's mountain fire-hazard code also lists combustible rubbish, waste or discarded materials, and needles or leaves on roofs, as hazards to clear.

So an old shed's worth of junk or a pile of scrap lumber can be part of getting a property ready. The dumpster works if you want to load it yourself over a few days. Junk removal works if you'd rather we do the loading. For brush and limbs, text a photo first so we can tell you how to handle it.

• Home, cabin and garage cleanouts
• Clearing old sheds, scrap lumber and discarded materials
• Deck and roof replacement debris
• Cleanup after snow damage

The transfer station is close, and what stays out of the dumpster

Rimforest is one of the shorter runs to the County's Heaps Peak Transfer Station: about 5 road miles, roughly 10 minutes east on Highway 18 in good conditions. With a dumpster rental you don't make that trip; we pick up the full dumpster, haul it away and bill disposal by weight after the load is dumped.

Some things can't go in a dumpster or to a County transfer station at all, including paint, motor oil, pool chemicals, pesticides, batteries, fluorescent tubes and anything still hot. County Fire's list of household hazardous waste (HHW) collection sites has no permanent site on the Rim. The closest permanent sites are down the hill in San Bernardino and Redlands; call 1-800-OILY-CAT to check hours and upcoming temporary collection events.