*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until dealing with it turns into its own chore. Book a pickup anywhere around Paint Mines country, see a real price before you confirm, and it's handled.
You call around, learn the town doesn't run a bulk program, and leave messages with haulers who never call back. The dump run keeps sliding to next weekend. Months later, the pile hasn't moved.
Calhan doesn't run a town bulk program, so whatever happens depends on the private hauler you subscribe to. Some will add an old appliance to a weekly route with notice, some won't touch furniture, and most expect the item already at the road before the truck arrives.
Most haulers won't quote until someone stands in your driveway, and the number they give is a fraction of a truck bed, estimated by eye. Out here that means waiting on an estimate visit, then deciding on the spot with the truck idling.
Thrift intake doors have standards, and they should: no stains, no tears, nothing missing a leg or a cushion. The drive to the nearest one is yours to make, and anything they turn down rides home with you still needing a plan.
A roll-off means scheduling a drop, living with a steel box in the driveway until pickup, and then loading every piece yourself. Wind off the plains redistributes whatever sits loose on top. For one room's worth, it's a week of hassle for an afternoon's work.
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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 Calhan 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 Calhan's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Getting a sleeper sofa up a basement stairwell or out of a packed detached garage is routine work for your Loaders, who are background-checked and rated by real locals in Calhan after each job.
Curbside works when everything is already outside, stacked at the street or staged at the end of the driveway. Pick full service when the load is still sitting in a basement, a spare bedroom, or a detached garage, and your Loaders will carry it out from where it stands.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $75 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $70 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $85 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $75 |
| 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.
Everybody here knows the math on a dump run: load the truck, drive it, unload it, drive back, and there goes the better part of a Saturday, plus the tarp that came loose twice on the way. Your Loaders handle the lifting and the mileage instead, and they genuinely like pulling into Calhan driveways.
Not everything carried out of a Calhan property belongs in a landfill, and the sorting takes time most people would rather spend elsewhere. Your Loader checks condition on site, then picks the path each item fits.
Furniture, housewares, and exercise gear still in clean, working shape may be set aside by your Loader for reuse when a nearby organization is open to receiving that item type.
Damage does not always mean the landfill. A rusted appliance shell or a bent bed frame still carries scrap value, so your Loader sets that material aside for recycling where local options allow.
Items too far gone for reuse, like a water-damaged mattress or a sofa that came apart on the way out the door, go with your Loader to a licensed disposal facility serving the Calhan area.
Illegal dumping and unpermitted burning draw citations and cleanup orders in Colorado, so here is what Calhan and El Paso County require before junk leaves your property.
Trash collection here is handled through private subscription haulers rather than a municipal sanitation department, so oversized items like mattresses, furniture and appliances are only collected when an individual hauler offers bulk service as a separate arrangement.
The Electronic Recycling Jobs Act has kept televisions, monitors, computers, printers, tablets and similar devices out of Colorado landfills since July 2013, because the lead and heavy metals inside can contaminate soil and groundwater. Haulers cannot knowingly collect them.
Federal rules require a certified technician to capture refrigerant from refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners before those units are disposed of or crushed. The Colorado Springs Landfill serving El Paso County accepts fridges and freezers for recycling at an additional charge.
Colorado prohibits placing solid waste on the ground or at any facility lacking a certificate of designation from the local governing body. Drywall, lumber, shingles and concrete from area projects must reach a landfill permitted for construction and demolition debris.
El Paso County sponsors a Saturday yard waste recycling program open to county residents that accepts branches up to eight feet long and eight inches thick, plus leaves, weeds, grass and prunings. Sod, dirt, stumps, railroad ties and treated lumber are refused.
State air quality law bars open burning without a permit, and El Paso County Public Health asks for applications a week before the burn. Trash, construction debris, stumps, treated wood and plastics may never be burned, and violations carry civil penalties.
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(678) 884-4738No, Calhan is a small rural town with no municipal curbside junk service, so residents rely on private haulers or county drop-off sites. Leaving junk at the roadside without a scheduled collection can be treated as illegal dumping, which carries fines in El Paso County. A booked hauler is the cleaner route.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Calhan starts at $75, and curbside or driveway pickups take a flat $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee for labor and hauling, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full price is confirmed upfront before you book.
Same-day and next-day slots are often available in the Calhan area when you book early in the day. Because Calhan sits out on the plains east of Colorado Springs, availability can vary by date, so enter your zip during booking to see live openings for your address.
Those go to the El Paso County Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 3255 Akers Drive in Colorado Springs, free for El Paso and Teller County residents with proof of residency. It accepts paint, chemicals, and some electronics on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Most haulers, LoadUp included, cannot take hazardous waste.
Loaders sort loads and aim to donate usable furniture and household goods to area charities whenever possible. Metal, cardboard, and electronics are routed to recyclers when options allow, which helps keep reusable material out of El Paso County landfills. Whatever cannot be reused goes to proper disposal.
Book online or by phone at (844) 239-7711, choose a date, and see an upfront price before anyone shows up. On pickup day your Loaders call ahead and handle all the lifting. For curbside items you don't need to be home, but for inside pickups someone should be there or leave access instructions.
The main difference is pricing and booking flow. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King price by truckload and usually quote on-site, so your cost isn't locked until the truck arrives. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms it before booking, which helps for rural addresses around Calhan.
Yes, LoadUp handles everything from a single bulky item to full garage, outbuilding, and property cleanouts common on Calhan-area acreage and ranch land. Furniture, appliances, exercise equipment, and yard debris are all fair game. Pricing scales by item, so even a large job is quoted upfront before work starts.
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