The trade-off in Edison is rarely price versus size. It's convenience versus where you're allowed to place it. Kern County covers Edison, but ask whether your specific address is inside the primary zone or the outer one; the answer changes what's available. Weight and volume are tracked on separate scales entirely, one measured in yards at the yard, the other in tons at the transfer station, and it is the second that decides what gets billed.
Booking ahead matters more than shopping around in Edison, since Kern County-wide demand sets the schedule either way. Edison's size in California means fewer operators cover it, and that scarcity is the price paid for being outside the state's busiest metros.
The honest answer to how fast you can get one in California depends on where you land relative to dry summers with winter rain and a long fire season. You are likely working with pre-war bungalows through 1960s-70s slab tracts construction, and that means denser material than a newer build would produce. city encroachment permits, CalRecycle diversion reporting is the price of curb space here, and it has to clear before a delivery date gets set. The street is public space in Edison; a container sitting in it needs the same sign-off a road crew would. Note the cross streets when scheduling, not just the address. It's what keeps a truck from circling the block looking for the right driveway.