Living outside city limits in the DFW area comes with a lot of advantages — space, privacy, lower taxes. Trash pickup isn’t usually one of them. Municipal collection only runs inside city boundaries. If you’re on a rural route outside Burleson, Godley, Cleburne, or a dozen other communities in this part of Texas, the city truck simply doesn’t come to your address.
That leaves you with a few options, and not all of them are equally convenient.
The Default: Haul It Yourself
A lot of rural homeowners in Johnson and Hood counties drive to the nearest transfer station or drop-off site. That works, but it means loading your own truck once a week (or once a month, if you’re tolerant of a full can), making the trip, and dealing with it yourself. Some people are fine with that arrangement. Others get tired of it quickly, especially once a household grows or a project generates more debris than usual.
Private Residential Pickup
Private carriers like Sundance can extend regular weekly or bi-weekly curbside service to addresses outside municipal boundaries, as long as the route makes logistical sense. We serve rural addresses across much of Johnson County, parts of Tarrant County outside incorporated city limits, and select routes in Parker and Hood counties.
How it works: we drop a standard residential cart at your address. You roll it to the end of your driveway on pickup day, we empty it on our scheduled route, and you bring it back. Same process as city service — just through a private provider instead of the municipal system.
What to Expect
Pricing for private residential service reflects the real cost of running a route to less-dense areas. It’s typically higher than what city customers pay through their utility bill, because city customers benefit from density — the truck empties 40 homes per mile instead of 4. That said, it’s usually less expensive and less time-consuming than hauling your own trash weekly.
Pickup frequency is typically weekly or bi-weekly, depending on your location and what makes sense for your volume. For most households with a standard 96-gallon cart, weekly pickup handles normal waste without overflow.
Rural Addresses and Large Items
Bulk items — appliances, furniture, mattresses — typically require a separate arrangement. A standard residential pickup doesn’t include bulky item removal. If you’re doing a cleanout or need to get rid of something large, a roll-off dumpster rental is usually the most efficient approach for a rural property. You load it on your schedule, and we pick it up when you’re ready.
Which Areas Are We Running?
We currently offer residential service to rural addresses in the following general areas:
Johnson County: Godley area, Joshua, Cleburne, and routes in between. Tarrant County: Burleson, Mansfield, Crowley, Benbrook, Everman, and Kennedale outside incorporated limits. Parker County: Aledo area. Hood County: Cresson area (outside city limits).
If you’re in one of these areas and not sure whether your address is on a current route, the fastest way to find out is to call us. We can look it up in about a minute.
Starting Service
Setup is simple. We’ll confirm your address is on a serviceable route, schedule a cart delivery, and walk you through the pickup schedule. There’s no long-term contract required to start.
Call 817-476-0699 or visit our residential trash pickup page to get started. If private service isn’t available at your address yet, we’ll tell you that upfront rather than stringing you along — and we can put you on a list for when routes expand.