Brisbane Skip Sizes
Trailer Trash Brisbane stocks 3 metre and 4 metre skip bins for the Brisbane metro skip bin market. The two locations on the Gold Coast also stock 3 and 4 metre skips for general waste.
What are skip bin cubic metres?
Skip bins are measured by cubic volume and volume is determined by multiplying length, breadth, and height.
The Trailer Trash Brisbane four cubic metre skip bin is therefore:
1.8m wide, 1.7m in breadth, and 1.2 m high.
By multiplying these measurements we get 1.8 x 1.7 x 1.4 = 4.3m3.
An often made mistake is to think that a 4 metre skip bin is 4m wide, 4m deep, and 4m high. This would in fact be a 64 metre skip bin and would have more volume than a 20 foot container! It is also important not to confuse these with cubic yards, as our Los Angeles junk removal business works in yards and reduced dimensions multiplied makes the bin considerably smaller. A four cubic metre skip bin is a six cubic yard dumpster.
4 metre Brisbane skip bin
Ideal for Garage Declutters, Festivals & Events, house moves, back yard green waste clean ups and small renovations such as bathroom refits or kitchen strip outs.
Our Brisbane 4 cubic metre skip bin has base dimensions of approximately 1.8m by 1.7m.
The rear wall of the Brisbane skip bins is just under 1.7m high and the load height at the front face of the bin is about 1.3m off the ground, with the side walls sloping back and up. To better comprehend the size, the base of the skip is about the size of double futon bed and the average load height would about 6 inches above the belt of an person of average height. (5’7”)
A four cubic metre Brisbane skip bin holds approximately 18 large wheelie bins of waste.
3 metre Brisbane skip bin
The right size skip bin for home tidy ups, office decluttering, garden tidy ups, moving into a house, carpet removal from a two bedroom house, apartment moves.
Like the 4 metre skip bin, the 3 cubic metre Skip bin has a base of approximately 1.8m by 1.7m. The load height is about 1.1m off the ground. To get an idea of the the size the base of the skip is about the size of a very wide six seater table, and the sides of the skip bin come up, on average, to about waist height.
Brisbane Skip Bin Hire Sizing Advice
We deliver 3 and 4 cubic metre skip bins to all suburbs in Brisbane, but it is hard to know what size skip bin is required for your needs. Call us for advice. Our Brisbane skip bin hire consultants have delivered over thirty thousand skip bins in Brisbane and around the country, so it’s rare these days that they hear a question that they haven’t heard before. For more information on the right skip bin for your job click: Skip Hire Brisbane Advantages
Or for more general information on getting a skip bin or the Brisbane skips suburbs we service then click on the links within the sentence. Alternatively just give us a call on 1300 887 274 and our staff will be happy to give you the right advice, so you get a Goldilocks skip bin – not too big, not too small, but just right!



