*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it has a way of taking over your weekends. Let LoadUp clear it out for you, with a real price shown before you book and a pickup that comes to your door in the Cascade area.
You search online, call city hall about pickup rules, and leave messages with haulers in Dubuque who never call back. A few weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the garage waiting for someone to deal with it.
Municipal pickup schedules can help if your items fit the rules and the timing works for you. Small towns often limit what crews will take, require you to call ahead, and expect everything at the curb. Appliances, electronics, and remodel debris often fall outside what's allowed.
A lot of haulers want to come look at the job before they'll give you a number, and that can mean waiting days for a crew to drive out from the city. Then the quote is based on how much of the truck you fill, so you won't know the final cost until the job is done.
Thrift stores and charities want items they can resell, so stained couches, worn mattresses, and broken furniture usually get turned away. Even when something qualifies, you still have to load it and drive it in yourself, often to a drop-off well outside Cascade.
A roll-off dumpster makes sense for a whole-house teardown, not a spare bedroom. You book a delivery window, find a spot in the driveway that won't block the street or bother the neighbors, check whether you need a permit, and still do all the lifting yourself.
Enter your ZIP code and item details to get a guaranteed upfront price online. No waiting for an onsite estimate.
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No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
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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 Cascade 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 Cascade's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Steep basement stairs in an older home or a hayloft above the barn take care, and your Loaders do that carrying. Each is background-checked and rated by real locals in Cascade after each job.
Curbside makes sense when the old recliner or scrap lumber is already sitting at the end of your driveway or gravel lane. If it is still in an upstairs bedroom of an older house or tucked in a shed out back, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry it out from where it sits.
| 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.
Driving a worn-out sofa or a pile of basement clutter 25 miles to Dubuque eats an afternoon, and the pickup bed only holds so much. Your Loader does the lifting, carrying, and loading from the garage, shed, or barn instead. Cascade folks look out for their neighbors, and your Loaders are glad to show up for you.
Bulky items pile up fast on larger lots and in older Cascade homes, so where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts by condition, aiming to keep usable pieces in circulation and send the rest to responsible disposal.
Furniture, bikes, and household goods in good, clean shape may go to donation when possible and local options allow. Your Loader lifts and loads them from your garage, basement, or shed.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available, such as metal frames or scrap. Your Loader separates what can be recycled from what cannot, when local options allow.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses or broken furniture from a Cascade cleanout, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the carrying, so you skip the drive to Dubuque.
Miss the 7 a.m. curbside cutoff or set out an item the city excludes and it goes uncollected. These rules apply to Cascade households in Dubuque County.
The city's yard waste site accepts grass clippings, leaves, garden vegetation, branches, and brush. It is open around the clock from April through October, so limbs brought down by winter ice storms have to be held until the site opens in April.
Each Cascade household may dispose of one large item per month by calling City Hall by 3 p.m. the day before its regular garbage pickup. Any additional pieces have to wait for the following month's request.
Cascade's one-item-per-month curbside program covers non-appliance items only, so refrigerators, washers, and similar units need another route. Iowa requires discarded appliances to be demanufactured, with components such as refrigerants removed, before a landfill can accept them for final disposal.
Twice a year, the city holds clean-up events where residents can get rid of large items and extra refuse that normal weekly collection will not take. Timing a garage or basement purge around these dates means you won't need stacks of bag tags.
Residential collection is limited to one 33-gallon blue cart per household per week. Extra garbage needs a $2.00 bag tag, sold at City Hall, the grocery store, and convenience stores.
Cascade sets no limit on how much recycling a household puts out, which helps after a big sort-through. Pickup runs every other week, and the city publishes its recycling guide in both English and Spanish so residents can check which materials are accepted.
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(678) 884-4738Not beyond normal trash. Cascade collects garbage and recycling curbside on Tuesdays on the west side and Thursdays on the east side, with one 33-gallon cart per household. Extra bags need a $2.00 tag from City Hall, 563-852-3114.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Cascade starts at $85 for a single item, and curbside pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Yes. The Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency, about 25 miles away at 101 Airborne Road, charges $50 per ton for solid waste with a $20 minimum. It's open Monday to Saturday, 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. Self-hauling is cheaper if you have a truck and time.
Sometimes. Availability in a small town like Cascade depends on Loader schedules in the area, so same-day or next-day slots vary. Enter your address during booking to see the real openings. For indoor pickups, you can give access instructions if you won't be home.
Anything beyond the one 33-gallon cart per week needs a $2.00 bag tag, and bulky items generally don't fit that system. Hazardous materials, tires and similar items often have separate disposal rules and fees at the Dubuque landfill, so call 563-557-8220 before hauling.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local organizations. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to a proper disposal facility. Donation and recycling aren't guaranteed for every item.
You pick your items online, see the price upfront, and choose a time window. On pickup day your Loader arrives, loads the items from inside the home or from the curb, and takes them away. The total you were quoted is what you pay.
The main difference is the pricing model. Many traditional haulers price by truck volume and may confirm the cost on site, while LoadUp prices per item online so the total is locked in before booking. For a full-house cleanout, truckload pricing can be worth comparing.
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