Dumpster rental in Running Springs: key facts
- Dumpster rental
- $250 flat per rental, 24 hours included
- Extra days
- $15 each extra day
- Disposal
- Billed by weight after dumping, 6–9¢ per lb depending on material
- Delivery and pickup
- Robert brings the dumpster on a trailer behind his pickup and sets it on your driveway or property. When your rental is up, he picks it up and hauls the load away to be dumped and weighed.
- How to book
- Online, or call or text (909) 284-4597. No payment online. Robert confirms your dates and how to pay by call or text.
- Junk removal and hauling
- Quoted per job: call, text or send a request.
Up Highway 330 or along Highway 18
Highway 330, City Creek Road, is about 15 miles of six-percent grade from Highland, with passing lanes on the way up. Highway 18 runs through town, east toward Arrowbear and Big Bear and west toward Lake Arrowhead. Either way, the dumpster comes up on a gooseneck trailer behind Robert's pickup.
Both are state highways, and Caltrans requires an encroachment permit for any object left in a state right-of-way. County roads need a County encroachment permit. That is why the default spot is your driveway or your own lot, off the road and clear of the plows.
Running Springs was first called Hunsaker Flats, and today it is the closest town to Snow Valley Mountain Resort. When you book, add a nearby cross street or landmark and a photo of the spot.
Older cabins and part-time owners
Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 count 3,677 housing units in Running Springs. About 36 percent of them are held for seasonal or occasional use, and the median home was built in 1971.
Owners who live off the mountain and houses that are 50-plus years old are the mix where a dumpster earns its keep: emptying a second home before a sale, clearing out a garage, or hauling off a remodel of a 1970s cabin.
One thing to settle before demolition starts: San Bernardino County transfer stations and landfills require an asbestos certification for demolition debris from any structure built before 1984, and for debris from any burned structure. Tell us the year the house was built when you book a remodel or tear-out dumpster.
Heaps Peak and the weekend drop-off
The County's Heaps Peak Transfer Station is on Highway 18 just west of town, between Running Springs and Skyforest. The County lists it as open Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and closed on major holidays (checked November 2026).
On weekends, the Clean Mountain Site at Charles Hoffman Elementary, 2851 Running Springs Road, takes canned household trash and contained green waste from homes subscribed to residential trash service. Its posted rules say no trailer loads, no loose material, and no construction material or tires, and they point trailer loads and loose material to Heaps Peak instead.
That gap is where a dumpster or a junk haul comes in: remodel debris, a garage of broken furniture, or the pile that will never fit in five cans.
Snow on both highways
Highways 18 and 330 both see chain controls in storms. Under Caltrans R-1 controls, a vehicle towing a trailer must chain one drive axle, and a trailer with brakes must chain at least one of its own axles. The dumpster travels on a trailer, so storms can move delivery and pickup days.
Big storms shut more than driveways. In February 2023 the County declared a local emergency after several feet of snow fell on the mountain communities. The County plows primary roads first, and it does not plow private roads at all, so if you live on one, line up snow removal before the dumpster is due.
In winter, pad your dates and keep a shoveled path to the dumpster.
Fire-season clearing in Running Springs
Running Springs was under a County evacuation order during the 2024 Line Fire, and CAL FIRE lists the 2007 Slide Fire at Green Valley Lake, east of town. Fire protection here comes from the Running Springs Water District, which runs the local fire department along with water and wastewater service.
State law asks for 100 feet of defensible space around homes in fire-prone areas, with the heaviest clearing closest to the house. For small piles, the Mountain Rim Fire Safe Council runs free curbside chipping in season. When the pile outgrows that, call or text about a dumpster or a haul-off.
Keep needles, brush and limbs separate from household trash so they can be recycled, and cut limbs to 4 feet or less. That is the length limit at the County's transfer stations.
Pick a delivery date and see what is open. Robert confirms the day and where the dumpster goes by call or text.
