*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 the list. Book LoadUp, see your price up front, and get it gone without the hassle.
You search online, call the village office, and leave messages with haulers who serve a wide rural area. A few call back with vague estimates, others never do, and weeks later the junk is still sitting in your garage.
Village pickup schedules can be a good deal if your timing and items line up. Many programs limit what they accept, ask you to arrange pickup ahead of time, and require you to drag everything to the road yourself. That gets hard fast with heavy or awkward loads.
Lots of haulers want to come out for an in-person estimate before they'll quote you, and out here that can mean waiting days. Then the price is based on how much of the truck you fill, so you won't know what you're paying until the work is underway.
Thrift stores and charities have to be careful about what they take, so stained, broken, or worn items usually get turned away. You still have to load and drive everything yourself, and whatever they won't accept ends up coming back home with you.
A roll-off container means choosing a size, booking delivery and pickup windows, and maybe checking local rules on where it can sit. Then it takes up your driveway or lawn for days, all to clear out a basement corner or a few pieces of furniture.
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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 Grant Park 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 Grant Park's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a chest freezer up a narrow basement staircase or works around stored equipment in a packed outbuilding. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Grant Park after each job.
If the old riding mower or broken patio set is already at the end of your driveway or beside the garage door, curbside pickup is the simple fit. Choose full-service when items are still in the basement, an upstairs bedroom, or a detached shed out back, and your Loaders will carry everything 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.
When a dump run means a long drive down straight country roads, one pickup bed rarely covers a sofa, a water heater, and half a garage. That's three trips and a lost Saturday. Your Loaders like showing up for Grant Park neighbors, lifting, carrying, and loading it all in one visit so your weekend stays yours.
Bulky items are hard to move alone, and a long haul from Grant Park makes the job harder. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, so usable pieces may be donated and the rest handled responsibly.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and where local options allow. Your Loader sets these items aside, though donation is not guaranteed for every piece.
Items that are damaged but not donatable, like worn appliances or broken metal frames, may be recycled when possible. Your Loader separates them where local recycling options are available, though this is not guaranteed.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items such as ruined mattresses or water-warped furniture are loaded by your Loader and taken for responsible disposal, so you are not hauling them from Grant Park yourself.
A backyard burn pile or a misplaced curbside stack can bring a village fine or a skipped pickup, and these rules apply specifically in Grant Park and Kankakee County.
Illinois bans covered electronics from landfills. These include televisions, computer monitors, printers and video game consoles, so they can't go out with regular trash. Instead, residents need an electronics collection program or drop-off site that sends these items to a recycler.
Grant Park collects branches only on Mondays from April through October. Branches must be 5 feet or shorter and stacked one way, and small piles must be tied with rope or twine. The village won't pick up branches cut by anyone other than the homeowner.
Grant Park's No Burning Ordinance bans burning garbage, refuse, leaves, grass, compost or any other combustible material at any time, and violators can be fined. Recreational wood burners, residential campfires, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves are still allowed.
Illinois bans whole used tires from landfills, so they can't go out with regular garbage. Tires stacked outside also collect rainwater that breeds mosquitoes during Kankakee County summers, which is a key reason the state regulates how used tires are stored and moved.
Illinois has banned landscape waste from landfills since 1990, so leaves can't go out with Tuesday trash. Grant Park collects leaves on Mondays and Tuesdays from November 1 into early December. Rake them to the road in rows and keep them separate from branches and garbage.
Under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, white goods like refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners can't go to a landfill until their refrigerant, mercury switches and PCB-containing parts are removed. This keeps ozone-depleting gases and toxic substances out of the environment.
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(678) 884-4738Not as general junk. The village lists weekly Tuesday trash service through Republic Services, with trash out by 7:30 a.m., plus branch and leaf pickups. Bulky household items aren't listed, so call Republic at 815-472-3332 to ask about large items.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Grant Park starts at $80 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $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. Traditional haulers usually charge by truckload.
Sometimes. Availability depends on the schedule of Loaders serving the Grant Park area that day, so enter your address during booking to see open times. Curbside items don't require anyone to be home, while indoor pickups need access arranged.
No. The village's No Burning Ordinance bans burning garbage, refuse, leaves, grass, compost and other combustible material at any time, with fines up to $250. Recreational wood burners, campfires, fireplaces and wood stoves are allowed. Hauling the junk away is the legal option.
Loaders try to donate usable items and recycle materials whenever options allow, depending on acceptance at local facilities. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so none are guaranteed.
You book online, pick the items and a time window, and see your total before confirming. On pickup day, your Loader typically calls or texts ahead of arrival, then carries the items out and hauls them away. You can leave items curbside with access notes.
Mainly pricing and booking. Traditional haulers often price by truckload and may confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so you see the total before anyone arrives. For a full garage cleanout, a truckload hauler can still be a good fit.
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