Junk removal and hauling accounting.
Tipping fees, fuel, crew pay, and the recurring revenue math for shops mixing one-off hauls with dumpster rental contracts.
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Junk removal is a business with a deceptively simple top line and a complicated cost side. Tipping fees at the landfill or transfer station vary by load type. Fuel scales with route distance. Labor scales with crew size and time. The shops that build real businesses out of junk hauling are the ones that track these per-job and price accordingly.
We work with single-truck owner-operators, multi-truck residential haulers, and dumpster-rental contractors.
What we handle
- Per-job cost tracking — tipping fees, fuel, labor allocated per haul.
- Recurring dumpster rental revenue — deferred for prepay contracts.
- Crew payroll with proper W-2 setup.
- Equipment depreciation on trucks and dumpsters.
- Donation/recycling income when applicable (metals, etc.).
A 2-truck junk removal shop was pricing off a $52/yard tipping fee. Actual fees averaged $68/yard over the next quarter due to landfill rate hikes. Quarterly review caught it; new pricing went into effect month two.
If you run one truck part-time, quarterly bookkeeping is enough.
If you scale to multiple crews, monthly job costing matters.
If you mix junk removal and dumpster rental, separate the revenue lines.
Real cost per job. Real margin per route.
From $400/month.
Frequently asked questions
Software?
JunkBin, JobNimbus, Service Autopilot. Sync to QuickBooks Online.
Recyclable income?
Metal sales and other recyclable revenue are coded as ancillary income. We track separately so the core hauling margin is visible.
Truck Section 179?
Trucks above 6,000 lbs typically qualify for full year-1 expensing.
Workers comp?
Class varies — usually a hauling code in CO around 8264 or similar. Verify with insurer.