The trade-off in Mojave is rarely price versus size. It's convenience versus where you're allowed to place it. You're in Kern County here, but coverage inside a county isn't even โ an address on the edge of Mojave can wait longer than one near the center. Roofing shingles and packed dirt weigh far more per cubic foot than household junk, so a container loaded with either can reach its weight ceiling while still looking half empty.
Mojave's size in California means fewer operators cover it, and that scarcity is the price paid for being outside the state's busiest metros. Pre-war bungalows through 1960s-70s slab tracts covers most of what is standing nearby, and that era's materials, plaster and lath among them, run heavier than drywall.
Think of strict diversion requirements and widespread C&D recycling as the real endpoint of the job, not the curb where the container sat. You will not need city encroachment permits, CalRecycle diversion reporting for a driveway. You will need it the second the container sits where cars park. The same trucks that deliver in Mojave are working the rest of Kern County on any given day. The street is public space in Mojave; a container sitting in it needs the same sign-off a road crew would. Load flat, heavy pieces first and let lighter debris fill the gaps. It keeps the pile from tipping toward one side.