Junk Removal Truck Decals for Pickups, Trailers and Box Trucks

Junk removal truck decals need to say three things fast: your company name, "junk removal" and a phone number. Your truck is parked in front of customers' houses with a load of their old furniture on it, so people look at it. The door lettering should answer who you are before they ask. Keep it large, and keep the extras to one line.

Junk removal truck logo: what the truck is working with

Junk trucks come in a few shapes: a pickup with a dump trailer behind it, a box truck with a lift gate or open back, or a cargo van for small jobs. Each one gives you a different canvas. A pickup has two small door panels. A box truck gives you a large flat side, usually far more room than the doors, and you can use both.

The hard part is not the size. It is the dirt. Doors, wheel wells and tailgates take dust, mud and splashes in this trade, so lettering with high contrast and thick strokes stays readable longer than a thin script or a pale color. We say more about that in our guide on fonts and colors pairings.

Pickup truck junk removal logo ideas

For a pickup, the door is the only side space, so a logo that is wide and short fits better than a tall stacked one. The Recycle Bin Junk Removal Logo uses a green recycling arrow looped around a bin beside two heavy charcoal lines, "Haul" and "Away," with "Junk Removal" smaller underneath. The icon says what you do without the words, the heavy letters stay readable from a distance, and the shape sits left to right. Your name is fitted to the design and you approve a proof first. It is $120 per door.

This design suits a short name, since the name is stacked in heavy capitals. For a long name, plain lettering can carry it with fewer compromises.

Searches for junk removal logo ideas turn up the same few symbols: a truck outline, a dumpster, a trash can, a recycling arrow. The recycling arrow works for a reason: it says "we haul it, not just dump it" without a sentence. Only use it if you really do recycle or donate some of what you collect, because a recycling arrow is a message.

Sample door layouts

Made-up text, so use your own.

Pickup door, three lines:

• Clear Lot Junk Removal
• Trash, furniture, cleanouts
• (555) 010-0123

Box truck side, same three lines at a larger width:

• Clear Lot Junk Removal
• Residential and commercial cleanouts
• (555) 010-0123

Both layouts fit the Business Name + Phone decal, which is the simpler choice. It carries a name, an optional tagline and a phone number, and it costs $24.99 per decal. If you also want your city and a USDOT number on the same decal, look at the Custom USDOT Logo.

Does a junk removal truck need a USDOT number?

Whether a truck needs a USDOT number depends on weight and use, and a pickup with a trailer can be a different case from a loaded box truck. Read who needs a USDOT number and check your own setup. If your truck does need one, the Custom USDOT Logo puts the name and number together on one decal.

How to remove truck lettering later

You will sell trucks, change names and repaint. People often search "how to remove truck lettering" or "removing truck decals" right when it happens, and our guide on how to remove truck decals walks through it. Our decals are adhesive vinyl, and the 3-year guarantee covers a decal that peels or comes off.

Contour cut and wraps

The optional contour cut (+$10 per door on logo designs) cuts the decal to the shape of the logo instead of a rectangle. For the junk logo, the green arrow and bin sit on the door without a box around them. If your trailer or truck is white, the charcoal letters have strong contrast.

Do not mistake decals for wraps: we sell lettering and logo decals, not full vehicle wraps. See truck lettering cost for how our prices add up, and dumpster rental truck decals if you also run roll-off work.