Disclaimer
Estimates only
Every result on this site is an estimate based on typical or assumed values. Real weights, volumes, payloads, and prices vary and can be higher or lower than what a calculator shows. Nothing here is a measurement, a quote, or a guarantee.
Truck, trailer, and dump loads
Going past your vehicle's limits is unsafe immediately. It can lengthen stopping distances, cause brake fade, hurt steering and handling, and lead to tire failure, and the risk grows with every pound over. Repeated overloading also wears and damages the suspension, tires, brakes, frame, and drivetrain, and may affect your warranty or insurance coverage.
Use the payload on your vehicle's Tire and Loading Information placard, usually on the driver's door jamb or pillar, and your owner's manual. Count people, gear, added equipment, and trailer tongue weight against that payload. These calculators do not know your truck's condition, tires, brakes, axle ratings, or how the load is placed. Cover and secure loose loads, and follow local load rules.
Trailers and towing
A trailer's payload is its gross rating minus its empty weight, and both are on its compliance sticker. Stay within them, and within your tow vehicle's tow rating, hitch rating, and payload. Tongue weight, the downward force on the hitch, is commonly about 10 to 15 percent of the loaded trailer, and too little can cause severe sway while too much overloads the tow vehicle. These calculators do not check your tow vehicle, brakes, tires, hitch, or how the load is placed and secured. Brake and registration rules vary by state.
Dump fees
Fee estimates use the rate you enter. Facilities may charge by weight, volume, vehicle size, or material, add minimums or surcharges, limit what they accept, and change rates at any time. Call ahead.
Material weights
Weights per cubic yard depend on the material, moisture, and compaction. Wet material can weigh far more than dry material. For real weights, ask your supplier or use a scale.
Scrap prices and cans
Scrap yards set their own prices and can change them at any time. Bottle deposit programs pay per can, not per pound. A payout estimate is not a promise of what any yard will pay.
Not professional advice
This site is not engineering, legal, financial, or safety advice.
Use at your own risk
You are responsible for decisions you make using these tools. To the fullest extent the law allows, the site owner is not liable for losses, injuries, or damages that result from using the calculators or relying on their results.
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Last updated October 1, 2026.