*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it takes over your whole week. LoadUp gets it gone with a quick pickup and an upfront quote before you book.
You look up the city's rules, call a few haulers, wait on quotes that never come back, and try to find a free weekend. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting right where it was.
Philadelphia's municipal pickup schedules accept some bulky items, but the rules change over time. Appliances with refrigerant and certain materials need extra steps. Even when everything qualifies, you still have to carry it down narrow rowhouse stairs and out to the street yourself.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they give a number, and then they charge by how much of the truck you fill. You end up guessing, waiting on callbacks, and hoping the final bill matches what you heard at the door.
Thrift stores and charities want clean pieces they can resell, and a worn couch or a mattress that's been through a few semesters usually gets turned down. Many won't come pick things up either, so you still need a plan for whatever they refuse.
On a tight block, a dumpster can mean getting a city street permit, fighting over parking that's already hard to find, and leaving a container out for days while neighbors squeeze past. For one basement or back room, it's far more than you need.
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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 Hartranft 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 piano, hot tub, or safe 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 Hartranft's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader works a box spring down a steep, narrow rowhouse staircase, taking care around railings and tight landings. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Hartranft after each job.
Pick curbside if the item is already waiting on the sidewalk or front step. If it is still down in the basement or wedged into a back room, choose full-service so your Loaders can carry it out and haul it away.
| 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.
Getting a sectional down a rowhouse staircase with a turn at the bottom, then past a neighbor's front step, is a puzzle no one asked to solve. Add tight parking and a shared wall, and a simple purge turns into an ordeal. Your Loader likes showing up for Hartranft neighbors and carrying that weight for you.
Big, awkward items pile up fast in Hartranft, and where they end up matters as much as getting them out. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture, bed frames, and household goods in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader checks each piece first, and acceptance can vary by item.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames, appliances, or electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the rest of the load when possible.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, such as water-ruined furniture or rehab debris from a Hartranft rowhouse, are disposed of responsibly. Your Loader hauls them away so they don't sit in your home.
An unwrapped mattress can draw fines, and a refrigerator left out on trash day simply stays put, so these are the rules that apply in Hartranft and Philadelphia County.
Pennsylvania's Covered Device Recycling Act bars televisions, desktop and laptop computers, computer monitors, and e-readers from household trash. In Philadelphia, flat-screen TVs are listed for the appointment-based bulk collection program rather than regular curbside pickup.
Philadelphia's Department of Sanitation accepts mattresses with regular trash only when they are wrapped in plastic. Unwrapped mattresses are not eligible for regular collection and are subject to fines, and the bulk appointment service does not take mattresses at all.
Tires are not picked up with regular trash but appear on the bulk collection list. The program is open only to residential households, including multi-family properties with up to six units, so larger apartment buildings fall outside it.
On regularly scheduled trash days, Sanitation collects up to two large items per household, and furniture with a wooden frame qualifies. Clearing out a full rowhome of furniture can mean spreading pieces across several weeks of pickups or finding another route.
Fiberglass tubs and toilets can go out with regular trash, but metal bathtubs cannot. They are on the city's bulk collection list, which runs by appointment only, so a bathroom renovation may need two separate disposal plans.
Refrigerators, air conditioners, hot water heaters, and microwaves are not picked up during regular trash collection. Philadelphia's free bulk program handles them by appointment only, up to four items per appointment and one appointment per household each week, and slots are limited.
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(678) 884-4738Not outside your normal trash day. Philadelphia's Streets Department collects household trash on a set weekly schedule, and items left out at other times can count as illegal dumping and be fined. Check the Streets Department for your block's rules on bulk items.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Hartranft starts at $80, and curbside pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on charge, and the exact total is confirmed before booking. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload.
Same-day slots are sometimes open, depending on Loader availability in your area. Enter your address during booking to see live times for Hartranft. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access notes.
Hazardous materials such as paint, solvents, and chemicals generally don't belong in household trash or on rowhouse curbs. Large or bulky loads may also fall outside regular pickup limits. Philadelphia's Streets Department lists current limits, and a hauler can take bulky items for you.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill. Whenever possible, they donate good furniture and household goods and recycle materials such as metal or cardboard. Acceptance depends on the charity or facility, so nothing is guaranteed, and the rest goes to proper disposal.
You pick your items and choose a time online, and you see the total before you confirm. Your Loader typically calls or texts before arriving, then carries items out from inside or the curb. Mention stairs, narrow doorways, or parking limits in your booking notes.
The main differences are pricing model and booking flow. Many traditional haulers price by truckload and confirm the price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a few items, per-item pricing is often the simpler option.
Sometimes, yes. If you have a small amount of trash and can wait for your collection day or haul it yourself to a city drop-off site, the city option costs little or nothing. A hauler fits better when you have heavy or bulky items, no vehicle, or a short deadline.
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