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Get Paid to Drag Cans

Routes run the evening before pickup and the evening after. You claim the ones you want, you see what each pays before you take it, and you're done in a couple of hours. Your truck, your neighborhood, your call.

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What a Route Actually Is

No bidding, no dispatcher, no guessing what you just agreed to.

Claim a Route
Open routes are listed with their date, their stop count and their pay. Take one, or take none — nothing is assigned to you and nothing expires on a countdown.
Drive It in Order
The stops come pre-sequenced, nearest to nearest, with every address and can count already on them. You are not planning a route at 6pm, you are driving one.
Photo at Each Stop
Cans out, cans back, one photo each. It takes seconds and it is the record that backs you up if anyone ever asks whether a stop was done.
Submit and Get Paid
Finish the route, submit it, and it joins what you are owed. Payouts land in your bank through Stripe once an operator sends them.

What It Pays

Every route pays a $5.00 base plus $0.25 for every estimated minute of driving and dragging — stairs included. It is worked out when the route is created and shown on the route itself, so you know what a route pays before you decide to take it. No bidding, no surge, no surprise at the end.

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Estimated monthly

$195

Based on a typical 40-minute route at our current rate. An estimate, not a guarantee of earnings — what a route pays depends on how many stops it has, how far apart they are, and whether there are stairs. Draggerz are independent contractors and set their own availability.

Why Drag With Us

You See the Pay First
The amount is on the route before you claim it. No accepting first and finding out after.
Stops Are Close Together
Routes are built inside one service area and ordered nearest-to-nearest. You are not crossing town between stops.
A Rhythm, Not a Scramble
Work follows the trash pickup calendar, so it lands on the same evenings each week. Easy to fit around another job.
Proof That Protects You
The photo you take at each stop is the record. If a customer says a can was never moved, the answer is already on file.
Paid Into Your Bank
Payouts go out through Stripe to the account you set up during onboarding. No prepaid card, no cash-out fee.
People, Not an Algorithm
An operator releases your payouts and reads your issue reports. Nothing here scores you, and nothing deactivates you automatically.

What You'll Need

To Do the Work

  • A vehicle you can fit cans around — most draggerz use a truck or an SUV.
  • A phone with a camera, for the photo at each stop.
  • Able to move a full can over a driveway, and up stairs where a property has them.
  • Free the evening before and the evening after a pickup day.
  • 18 or older, and legally able to work as an independent contractor.

To Get Started

  1. 1Sign up and agree to the contractor terms — a couple of minutes.
  2. 2Fill out a W-9. You’re an independent contractor, so we need one on file.
  3. 3Connect a bank account through Stripe so payouts have somewhere to land.
  4. 4Claim your first route. Nobody reviews an application — do those two steps and you’re dragging.
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Questions

When do routes actually run?+

Around each neighborhood’s trash pickup day — one route takes the cans out the evening before, another brings them back the evening after. Which days those are depends on where in the service area the route is.

How fast do I get paid?+

Payouts go out through Stripe to the bank account you connect during onboarding, once an operator records them against your completed routes. One payout can cover several routes at once.

What if a customer never put their can out?+

You mark it and report the issue on the stop itself, with a photo. That is what the report is for — a stop you could not complete for a reason outside your control is not something you eat quietly.

Is this a job?+

No. Draggerz are independent contractors. You choose which routes to claim and when you are available, you use your own vehicle, and you sign a contractor agreement rather than an employment contract.

Can I do this alongside another job?+

That is what most of it looks like. The work is concentrated on a couple of evenings a week and you decide each week how many routes to take — including none.

Are We on Your Street Yet?

One ZIP code tells you both whether we can service your home and whether there are routes running near you.