Facility guide · San Joaquin County · updated 2026-09-17
North County Landfill on Harney Lane, Lodi: hours, fees and what it takes
Open seven days, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. $60.93 a ton (effective 2026-01-01), no cash. What it takes, what it refuses, and what residents drop free.
At a glance
| Address | 17720 E. Harney Ln, Lodi |
|---|---|
| Hours | Monday through Sunday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 4:00 close is enforced; be in line well before it. |
| Closed | Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year's Day |
| Who can use it | The general public and businesses |
| Payment | Credit or debit card with ID, or a business check. No cash. |
| Mixed trash | $60.93 a ton (effective 2026-01-01), $32.50 minimum per visit (effective 2026-01-01) |
| Load cover | Required. An uncovered or untarped load pays a double disposal fee. |
What it costs to tip here
Ordinary household and business trash is weighed and billed by the ton, with a minimum per visit. Everything else on the sheet is a flat line per item or a separate per-ton class. These are the county's posted figures, not ours.
| What you bring | Posted fee |
|---|---|
| Mixed household or business trash, weighed | $60.93 a ton (effective 2026-01-01) |
| Minimum charge per visit | $32.50 (effective 2026-01-01) |
| Refrigerator, freezer or AC unit, business load | $20 each (effective 2026-01-01) |
| TV, CRT or monitor, business load or past the resident limit | $23.75 each (effective 2026-01-01) |
| Mattress or box spring, resident, over the free limit | $20 each (effective 2026-01-01) |
| Passenger tire, off the rim / on the rim | $6.50 (effective 2026-01-01) / $7.50 (effective 2026-01-01) |
| Truck tire, off the rim / on the rim | $10 (effective 2026-01-01) / $12.25 (effective 2026-01-01) |
| Hard-to-handle: large concrete, tree stumps, wire, long pipe, large beams, pressure-treated and creosote-coated wood | $123.97 a ton (effective 2026-01-01) |
| Any load while the scales are down | $19.25 a cubic yard (effective 2026-01-01) |
San Joaquin County residents: what rides free
Bring proof of San Joaquin County residency and a household load gets these per trip at no charge. A business load pays the posted per-item fee instead.
- Mattresses and box springs: up to 10.
- Refrigerators, freezers and AC units: up to 2.
- Tires: up to 4.
- TVs, CRTs and monitors: up to 4.
- U-waste (fluorescent tubes, household and car batteries, small electronics): up to 9, any mix, and no more are accepted.
- Used oil filters: up to 12.
This is the single biggest reason a self-haul to Harney Lane can cost a Lodi-area household almost nothing but the minimum.
Businesses, landlords and contractors
A business load pays the listed rate on everything: the per-ton rate for the trash and the per-item fee for each appliance, TV and tire. Business mattress loads pay the ordinary weighed rate, capped at 30 units.
If you manage rentals, the resident allowance is for the resident's own household waste. A turnover load from a rental you own is a business load.
What it takes and what it turns away
Takes: household and commercial trash, construction and demolition debris, agricultural waste, tires, refrigerators, freezers and AC units, camper shells and cabover campers with thermostats and appliances removed, and camper trailers under 25 feet if they are dismantled.
Soil and gravel: small pickup loads of soil or gravel only; large loads of soil or gravel are refused.
Refuses: hazardous waste, toxic materials, ammonia refrigerant units, liquid waste, drums over 5 gallons, large loads of soil or gravel, burned waste. Also mobile homes, RVs that are not dismantled, septic tank waste and cannery waste.
Paint, solvents, chemicals and propane go to the San Joaquin County Household Hazardous Waste Facility in Stockton (open Thursday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.). The details are in what we will not take and where it goes.
The other gate in Lodi
The WM Lodi Transfer Station at 1333 E. Turner Rd is closer to downtown, and it is the expensive one: $107.76 a ton (effective 2024-08-15), before WM's weekly-variable energy surcharge and 14.50% waste water charge. It lists $72.29 per mattress (effective 2024-08-15) at business rates and does not take construction debris. For a self-hauler, the drive out Harney Lane is worth it. The side-by-side is in every gate and every rate for 2026.
When it is cheaper to just go yourself
Here is the gate fee for three of our standard load sizes against what we charge to load and haul the same thing. The tonnage is an estimate for ordinary household junk, not a weighed job, and the gate column is North County Landfill's posted rate of $60.93 a ton with its $32.50 minimum, effective 2026-01-01.
| Load | Gate fee if you haul it | We load and haul it |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter load about 3.5 cu yd, roughly 0.35 ton | $32.50 | $225 |
| Half load about 7 cu yd, roughly 0.7 ton | $42.65 | $375 |
| Full trailer about 14 cu yd, roughly 1.4 ton | $85.30 | $895 |
Go yourself if you live in San Joaquin County, have a pickup or a trailer, can lift it, and it fits in one trip. The gate charge for a light load is the $32.50 (effective 2026-01-01) minimum, and inside the resident limits your mattresses, fridge, TVs and tires ride free. That beats anything we can charge, and we would rather tell you than pretend otherwise.
The middle option is our trailer. We drop it, you load it on your own schedule, and we haul it to the gate: $275 for a day with the first ton of disposal included, delivery free within 25 minutes of our Lodi yard. Details on dump trailer rental.
Hire it out when the load is the problem, not the gate:
- You do not have the truck. A rental truck, fuel and the afternoon are on top of every figure above.
- It is heavy or awkward. A fridge off a back porch, a sleeper sofa down a staircase, a piano. That is where people get hurt.
- It is more than one trip. A whole house or a packed garage turns into three or four runs out Harney Lane, each one weighed and billed on its own.
- You are not a resident, or it is a business load. Then the free allowance does not apply, and the fridge and the TVs are billed like everything else.
- You cannot make the gate. The 4:00 close is enforced, Sundays included.
Our prices are on the full rate card, and the junk removal page has what we take.
Where our North County loads come from
When we haul a job in these towns, this is the gate it goes to. Each page has local prices and drive times.
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Hours, rules and fees are the operator's own published figures on the dates shown. Gates change hours and rates without telling us; call the scale house before you load a truck around a number.