Most dumpster problems in McFarland start with a decision made before the truck ever shows up. McFarland shares delivery routes with several other towns inside Kern County, so your date can depend on who else is booked that week. Wet debris weighs noticeably more than dry, so a load of soaked drywall or rain-heavy yard waste can run into the tonnage limit faster than the same material would on a dry day.
If the driveway cannot take it, the street can, but only after city encroachment permits, CalRecycle diversion reporting is settled. The trucks serving McFarland are the same ones covering the rest of Kern County, so nothing here is booked in isolation.
You'll wait a little longer for a container in McFarland than in California's bigger cities, since fewer trucks are stationed close enough to make same-day drops routine. California's dry summers with winter rain and a long fire season sets two seasons for container rental: one where trucks are free, one where they are not. You do not see strict diversion requirements and widespread C&D recycling in the process, but its scale is the last word on what the job costs. A driveway is yours to use. The street in front of it belongs to McFarland, and that's where the permit requirement starts. If two projects are happening at once, keep the piles separate at the curb so nothing but the right debris ends up in the container.