Texas Disposal Systems Landfill — Local services in Buda

If you're trying to get rid of a lot household trash and some hazardous materials this review is for you. If this review helps you click the THUMBS UP button. Thanks - May 20th 2017

For one 20 footer Uhaul truck, for 1 day, and a trip to the TDS dump, it's going to run you close to $200.

I rented a 20ft Uhaul - 39.99 per day / .99 per mile + fuel, I also hired a couple of guys to help me with all of this. First lesson when cleaning out a house, there is always more stuff than you estimated for. I kind of wish I rented the 24 footer same price as the 20 footer only a little bigger and a little more cumbersome to drive.

One wall of my garage was full of old paint, oils and common house hold chemicals. We had around 40 bags of leaves and debris and the rest was just garbage. Total 3300lbs. Filled the truck with about 3-4 layers.

Went to the Recycling and Reuse center... Heads up they only take 30 gallons. That was a really nice operation. Followed the line into a place where 2-3 people helped us out getting rid of the chemicals. - No Cost... Open 7am-12pm. Out in 10-15 minutes. Showed up there at 7:30am.

Next went to Travis County Landfill...this place is only for Construction Waste not Household Waste. Make sure you have a Safety Hard Hat, Safety Glasses, and safety vest (bright orange) if not, you will have to buy one from them for anyone that will be working in the area with you. Hat = $16ish, Glasses $13ish, Vest $15ish. Open from 7am to 12 pm.

Left there and went to TDS (Texas Disposal Systems) Landfill at 3016 FM 1327 Creedmoor, Texas 78610. They are open from 7am to 7pm (or sunset, whichever is earlier) on Saturday. This is awesome because it's later than the 7am to 12pm most are open on Saturday. Super easy just backed up to a pit and threw the trash out the back. It was raining so the Uhaul was bonus, kept us out of the rain while we unloaded. Since I was so full, they had me weigh the truck, leave my card with them and when I came back they charged me $90 for the 3,300 lbs. What they said was anything under 4000lbs is a standard $90. Not sure how it works if you have a small truck load... maybe someone can add what that typically costs. Got there about 8:00am left around 8:45am. Early morning was a good choice.

Goodwill run: Went back filled up the truck to take it to Goodwill, didn't know how much they would take. They took it all except for a black hide-a-bed couch. Salvation army took that, because it was in good condition, no stains, rips, or major damage and I had the feet and the cushions.

My goals is to find out if it's just better to have one of those roll away dumpsters dropped off. I don't think they mess with hazardous materials but there's a lot of work, time and money involved going the uhaul route.

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Uhaul (20 footer):Breakdown:

1 Day ($39.95 /day) $39.95 - Rental Fee

1 Appliance Dolly (Anytime I do a big move, I get one of these) $20

70 miles $69.30- Mileage (.99 /mile)

8.942 - Gallons of Unleaded Fuel ( Truck Averaged 7.828 miles per gallon) $19.40 - Fuel ($2.169 /gallon)

Environmental Fee (Uhaul adds this, lame) $2.00

$81.35 $6.71 (tax .0825)

$88.06 Total Uhaul Cost)

3300 lbs (Under 4,000lbs - $90 flat fee) $90 - Dump Fee

Drive time 1 hour $15 Employees Hourly Rate (just for drive time $15/hour)

$193.06 to make one run to the Texas Disposal System - From Cedar Park I didn't factor in distance from house to Uhaul ($10)

So really about $200 Is this better than a roll away dumpster?

Recommendation - When you look at your house always double your estimate on how much trash you think you have. Cabinets can...

Having garbage trucks and contractors dumping basically clean material in the same area really sucks for us contractors. The area smells like vomit and we are expected to drive over this rotting material and walk over it to unload.

Most of the time the ground guides want you to back up over the trash which often has broken glass, wood with nails, and other things you don't want to run over with your $250 tires.

Last year on one trip the ground guide was telling me to back my truck and trailer into an obviously muddy area. I had to tell him no. Then he proceeded to back another guy into the mud pit and that person got stuck.

I assume since the active area where trash is going now is so far back they ceased letting anyone but home owners use the roll offs near the entry that were used by contractors as well for many years.

As much money as TDS generates I'm sure they could easily come up with a segregated area that is contractor only (no garage trucks) to make dumping a less disgusting job. Maybe build some simply steel ramps you can back onto and be able to dump from a trash free zone versus being expected to run over piles of debris.

As the dumping area migrates you drag the ramps to the new spot. Put some large rollers on them like a roll off container uses. I'm sure TDS has the resources and ability to come up with a much better way to have contractors dump material. Currently we are basically driving and walking through a soiled diaper zone with broken glass and nails.

The trash truck drivers don't care because they won't be paying for a new tires. If they get a flat on the side of the road they get paid to wait for...

Closing time is 7:00 (or sunset whichever occurs first) according to everything you read about the place. Got there at 6:45 to dump a small load of brush on 5/15/2019. Got told they are closed and I can't dump anything.

Reason being nobody can be on the property past 7:00, or so I was told. He "had been working there for 10yrs and had plenty of experience where people take longer than that to get done and he had to wait for them", according to the attendant.

If that is the case then why don't you just say it closes at 6:30 so your employees can bounce at the 7:00? Any other business would say doors close at X-time and let people get what they came for done if they were in beforehand. Or flat out say last customer at X-time. Otherwise everyone just thinks the employee is flat out lazy and lying to you.

If you walk into a bank, grocery store and really just about any other business that serves the greater public at one minute to close from the time stated at the door, gate or websites; you still get helped or are able to use their services from the people inside.

What's the unwritten policy at sunset hours in the winter? What the National Weather Service says is sunset? Or whatever your guy at the gate feels like it is according to his mood? 30 minutes before actual sunset? When street lights come on? Explain it here so everyone knows from now on.

Just another example of how we pay and pay for the privilege and opportunity to be treated badly. I have no problem abiding the hours of business but when you change it willy-nilly then how do you not expect people to be...