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Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it owns half your space. LoadUp keeps it simple in Scoreboard Town: book online, see your price up front, then choose a pickup window that works.
So you start researching. A call to the city about what qualifies, a few quotes from haulers, one that never calls back. Three weekends later, the junk is sitting exactly where it was.
The city's bulk pickup program runs once a year in spring, and only for households on city collection. Everything gets sorted into separate piles at the boulevard, and crews pass each block one time. Apartment addresses and remodeling debris don't qualify, and moving it out there is on you.
Most haulers want to see the pile before they'll say anything. That means scheduling a walkthrough, then waiting on a number that depends on how full their truck looks when they're done loading. You find out what it costs after the work starts.
Thrift and reuse operations have to resell what they take, so anything stained, torn, or water damaged gets turned down at the door. Few will come up a staircase for it either. If you want a specific piece donated, arrange that yourself before booking.
A roll-off has to land somewhere, which means driveway space or permission to sit on the street. Then it waits there through delivery and haul-off windows while you fill it yourself, one load at a time, in view of the whole block.
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Most companies charge by truck space, and the price often changes on arrival. LoadUp charges by item, based on exactly what you're removing.
Across all options, not just ours: a real breakdown of what Brookings residents typically pay, so you know what's fair before you book.
Sofas, dressers, bed frames, tables, and more hauled away with ease.
Available in twin, full, queen, king, and California king sizes.
Covers refrigerators, washers, dryers, ovens, dishwashers, water heaters, and more.
Whole-property cleanouts for moves, estates, evictions, and renovations.
TVs, monitors, computers, printers, stereo equipment, and small electronics.
Includes treadmills, ellipticals, weight benches, stationary bikes, and home gym systems.
Add a single bulky item like a couch, dresser, or mattress to your booking.
Mixed everyday items including broken goods, old decor, and accumulated clutter.
Bagged trash, loose debris, and general household waste of all kinds.
Covers drywall, lumber, tile, fixtures, and mixed demolition scrap.
Includes branches, brush, grass clippings, leaves, and other organic yard waste.
Desks, chairs, filing cabinets, cubicle panels, and other office items included.
Moving boxes, shipping cartons, and leftover packing cardboard.
First item includes the pickup fee. Each additional item is a flat add-on. *See Brookings's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders work narrow stairwells in older walk-up rentals and tight basement steps every week. Each one is background checked and rated by real locals in Brookings after each job.
Curbside works when everything is already stacked at the end of a long driveway or sitting just inside an open garage door, which suits newer subdivisions on the city's edges. Go full service when the load is still down a basement stairway or out in a back shed, and your Loaders will carry it out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $85 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $80 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $95 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $85 |
| Multi-item pickup | Bundle & save | Add-on items in the same pickup for less | from +$15 |
| Item add-on | Optional | Bundle with your junk pickup | from +$15 |
| Full cleanout | Volume discount | Entire room junk removal | Custom |
| Disassembly service | Optional add-on | Large or difficult-to-move items | Custom |
* Starting prices. Final price confirmed by ZIP code and pickup conditions. Volume discounts applied automatically.
Anything that will not fit in the truck bed turns into an hour each way to Sioux Falls, and that is before the prairie wind finds you in an open driveway. Your Loaders take the carrying, the stairs, and the loading, so your Saturday stays yours. This is a town worth showing up for.
Most junk removal in Brookings comes down to one question: where does the thing actually end up. Your Loaders sort each item by condition, keeping usable furniture out of the waste stream when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean, intact, and still functional may head toward reuse channels when possible. If you want a specific piece donated, arrange that with the organization yourself before booking.
A broken treadmill or a dented deep freeze still holds recoverable metal, so those go toward recycling where available. Eastern South Dakota has fewer specialty processors, so what gets accepted shifts.
Water-stained mattresses, mildewed basement sofas, and shelving that came apart in the shed are not reuse candidates anywhere. Your Loaders take those to a permitted disposal site serving the Brookings area.
Sort a load wrong in Brookings and crews simply leave it behind, so these Brookings and Brookings County disposal rules decide what actually gets hauled away.
Brookings offers curbside bulky item collection to city residents one week each spring, and crews canvass every block a single time. Apartment complexes and commercial businesses are excluded, and anything set out afterward stays the property owner's responsibility.
City landfill and recycling policy requires boulevard material to be separated into metals, branches, and bulky items, with piles four feet apart and clear of utilities. Mixed, unsorted piles are left in place rather than collected.
Refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, and air conditioners are never taken from the boulevard. They go to the Brookings Regional Landfill, where a contractor recovers the refrigerant, so residents are not expected to remove coolant themselves.
The landfill now runs a dedicated e-waste recycling drop-off because electronics and batteries have driven landfill fires nationwide and leach heavy metals. Televisions, monitors, computers, and printers must be separated from other waste.
Construction and demolition material, including concrete and remodeling waste, is excluded from city collection and must be hauled to the regional landfill, where it is weighed and charged by the ton at the scale.
South Dakota bans yard waste, lead-acid batteries, waste motor oil, and white goods from landfill disposal. Brookings routes grass, leaves, and branches into carts or the free yard waste drop-off, which is composted for residents.
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(678) 884-4738Only during the City's annual Spring Bulky Item Pickup. Residents on city solid waste carts place items on the boulevard the weekend before crews canvass once, around mid-April. It skips apartments and businesses, and it does not cover household trash, which belongs in your green cart year-round.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Brookings starts at $85 for a single bulky item, including labor, transport, and disposal. Curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your total is confirmed before you book.
Same-day and next-day service is available in Brookings when slots are open, so booking early in the day gives you the best shot. Enter your Brookings zip during online booking to see live availability for your address before you lock in a time.
Not for free. Brookings excludes Freon items like refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners from curbside bulky pickup, along with tires, and both carry a fee at the Regional Landfill at 4101 30th St. E-waste is also curbside-excluded but can be dropped off free during the April bulky week.
Loaders sort for reuse first. Usable furniture and goods route to local donation spots like the Brookings Habitat ReStore, recyclables are processed properly, and only what is left over goes to the Brookings Regional Landfill. The goal is keeping items out of the landfill wherever possible.
Book online or by phone with an upfront per-item price. For curbside or garage pickups you do not need to be home if you leave access notes. For in-home jobs, someone should be present or provide entry instructions. Your Loader calls roughly 30 minutes before arrival.
Pricing and booking flow. Local haulers like AAA Rousse and Haul It typically quote by the job, often after an on-site look. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before anyone arrives, so you know the cost upfront instead of waiting for a truck-side estimate.
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