*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. LoadUp gets it picked up quickly in East Brainerd, with a real price shown before you book.
You search online, call the county, leave messages with a few haulers, and wait. One calls back with a vague quote, two never do, and weeks later the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Because East Brainerd is unincorporated, a city-run bulk pickup may not cover your address at all. Where a free program does apply, it usually comes with item limits, set schedules, and the expectation that you get every heavy piece to the road yourself.
Many old-school hauling companies want to come out for an estimate before they'll give you a number. Then the price is based on how much of the truck you fill, which you won't really know until the job is done.
Thrift stores and charities have to be choosy. Anything stained, broken, or missing parts often gets turned away, and many places won't accept mattresses or older electronics. You still have to load it and drive it there, with no promise they'll take it.
A roll-off dumpster makes sense for a full renovation. For a single garage bay or spare room, it means booking delivery and pickup, checking your HOA rules, giving up driveway space for days, and still lifting everything over the side yourself.
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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 East Brainerd 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 East Brainerd's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A treadmill at the bottom of basement stairs or a freezer behind garage shelving is routine work for your Loaders, all background-checked and rated by real locals in East Brainerd after each job.
If the old mattress or bagged yard debris is already at the end of your driveway, curbside is the simpler choice. If it's still in a back bedroom, a finished lower level, or the attic, choose full-service 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 $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| 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.
Hauling a busted treadmill to the dump means fighting Saturday shopping traffic around Hamilton Place and I-75, and nobody signed up for that. Your Loaders would rather do the lifting, carrying, and loading while you stay home. They genuinely like showing up for East Brainerd neighbors, and your weekend should belong to you.
Most of what leaves an East Brainerd garage or basement doesn't belong in the same place. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, so reusable pieces, recyclable materials and true trash each head where they fit best.
Items in good, clean condition, like a working treadmill or a solid bookcase, may be donated when possible and where local options allow. Your Loader will set those aside during loading.
Damaged items such as worn-out mattresses, old appliances and broken electronics may be recycled when local options allow. Your Loader takes reuse and recycling options into account as the load comes together.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as a soaked sectional or rotted decking from an East Brainerd yard, go to responsible disposal once your Loader has carried them out.
A load turned away at the landfill or a pile left at the curb means hauling it twice. These rules apply in East Brainerd and across Hamilton County.
The City Landfill does not accept tires, batteries, gas tanks, or flammable liquids. Tires and gas tanks are directed to the Hamilton County Transfer Station instead, and county tire recycling requires tires to be clean with the rims removed.
After a Tennessee thunderstorm, Chattanooga brush collection takes natural wood such as tree limbs and hedge bushes, but piles cannot have garbage stacked on top or mixed in. Do not set brush over water meters, under low-hanging wires, or in alleyways.
Hamilton County recycling centers accept computers, computer components, and rechargeable batteries, but not televisions, microwaves, air conditioners, or any appliances. Inside Chattanooga city limits, heavy appliances do appear on the bulky trash collection list of common acceptable items.
For East Brainerd homes inside Chattanooga city limits, bulky trash collection is limited to twelve pickups per property in any consecutive twelve months. The service is not offered to businesses, apartment complexes, or landlords, and you or a relative must live at the address.
The City Landfill is free for household garbage from a city resident's primary residence, but residents may not use it for construction and demolition waste such as building material, dirt, block, rock, or wood waste. Uncovered loads are turned away, so tarp everything.
Any Hamilton County resident can bring insecticides, pool chemicals, and other household hazardous materials to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility free with a Tennessee driver's license. Each household is capped at 15 gallons or 150 pounds, and latex paint is not accepted.
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(678) 884-4738Not without an arrangement. East Brainerd is unincorporated Hamilton County, so it isn't served by the City of Chattanooga's collection. Junk left on the curb or roadside without a pickup scheduled can be treated as illegal dumping. Check with your trash hauler first.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in East Brainerd starts at $80 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on. The exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on the schedule that day. Enter your address during booking to see open times for East Brainerd. Next-day slots are usually easier to find, especially for larger jobs.
For curbside or driveway pickups, no. Leave the items out with any access notes. For items inside the house, garage, or basement, someone should be there, or you can give access instructions at booking. Your Loader typically calls before arriving.
You can, but check the rules first. The City of Chattanooga landfill on Birchwood Pike is free to city residents for household garbage from a primary residence. East Brainerd is unincorporated, so you may be charged or turned away. Call 423-326-1566 to confirm.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill. Whenever possible, furniture and household goods go to local donation partners, and recyclable materials go to recyclers. Outcomes depend on what each facility accepts, and anything that can't be reused or recycled is disposed of properly.
You pick your items and get a price online, choose a time window, and confirm your address. The total is locked in before anyone arrives. On pickup day, the Loader arrives, removes the items, and handles loading and hauling, so you don't lift anything.
Pricing model and booking flow. Many traditional haulers price by truckload and confirm the final price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a truckload of mixed junk, a traditional hauler may be a better fit.
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