Metro Wrecking & Excavating Inc
Waste hauler in Des Moines, IA · 6 drivers · 10 trucks · USDOT 752281
Company details
- Address
- 1704 East Euclid
Des Moines, IA 50313 - Phone
- (515) 264-0686
- Website
- metrowrecking.com
- County
- Polk County
- Business type
- Corporation
- USDOT number
- 752281 (active)
- FMCSA registered
- Since June 1998
- Operation
- Intrastate carrier · Authorized for Hire
- Cargo on file
- Construction; Logs, poles, beams, lumber; Other: Dirt,wood,gravel
- Hazardous materials
- No
- Locations
- 1 location · operates in IA
- Data sources
- FMCSA Motor Carrier Census (24 Aug 2026)
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
Fleet and drivers
- Drivers
- 6 (all CDL holders)
- Power units
- 10 trucks
- Driving radius
- Local (all drivers within 100 miles) (0 interstate, 6 intrastate)
- Annual mileage
- 200,000 miles (2004 filing)
- Fleet size band
- 5–10 drivers
- Last FMCSA filing
- MCS-150 updated May 17, 2005
Figures come from the carrier's own FMCSA registration filings and are self-reported.
About this hauler
Metro Wrecking & Excavating Inc is a waste hauler based in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County. It has been registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration since 1998 (USDOT 752281) and files as an intrastate carrier hauling construction, logs, poles, beams, lumber, Dirt,wood,gravel. Its latest filing lists 6 drivers and 10 power units, with 200,000 miles driven in 2004. The nearest transfer station is Metro Transfer Station, 2.5 miles away, and the nearest landfill is Metro Park E Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center Drop-off in Mitchellville, 14.9 miles away.
Nearby facilities
- A-TEC Recycling Recycling 1.7 mi · Des Moines, IA
- GKAT Reclamation Recycling 1.8 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Metro Recycling Center Recycling 2.2 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Silvercrest Recycling Inc Recycling 2.2 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Droppett Recycling 2.4 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Midwest Product Destruction & Recycling Services Recycling 2.4 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Metro Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.5 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Liberty Tire Recycling LLC Recycling 2.6 mi · Des Moines, IA
- Des Moines Scrap Metal Company Metals 2.6 mi · Des Moines, IA
- K & B Redemption Center - 2021 Recycling 2.7 mi · Des Moines, IA
Nearest landfill: Metro Park E Sanitary Landfill, Recycling Center Drop-off, Mitchellville — 14.9 mi
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Area served
Based in Des Moines; towns within 15 miles: Des Moines, Berwick, Ankeny, Johnston, Windsor Heights, Urbandale, Altoona, Pleasant Hill, West Des Moines, Clive, Grimes, Bondurant.
County context
One of 48 waste haulers in Polk County, IA and one of 356 waste haulers in Iowa.
ZIP 50313 at a glance
- Population
- 17,440 (373 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 38
- Households
- Median income $68,361 · 24% earn six figures
- Housing
- 77% owner-occupied · median home value $174,982 · median rent $1,085
- Workforce
- 66% labor-force participation · 6.4% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Iowa solid-waste agency: Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Disposal options for this hauler
5 transfer stations and 28 recycling centers in Polk County.