*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up faster than a long trip to the landfill fits into your week. Book a pickup in Howard, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search for options, call the county, leave messages with a couple of haulers, and maybe hear back from one. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the shed, waiting for a plan.
Howard has no town government, so there's no city bulk pickup schedule to sign up for. County or nearby-town options may be limited, may not cover rural addresses, and often skip appliances, tires, and renovation debris. If there's no program, you're left hauling it yourself.
Many haulers want to come look at the load before they'll quote a price, and that can take a while this far out. Then the price is set by how much of the truck you fill, so you won't know the real number until the truck is loaded.
Thrift stores and charities have to be careful about condition, so stained mattresses, worn furniture, and broken appliances often get turned away. Some don't take bulky items at all. That still leaves you with a long drive and everything they couldn't use.
A roll-off means coordinating delivery to a rural driveway, finding level ground that can take the weight, and loading every piece yourself. It sits there for days, takes up space on your property, and is a lot more container than a garage or one-room cleanout needs.
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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 Howard 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 Howard's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A cabin basement with narrow steps or a crowded shed out back takes care, and your Loaders carry it out by hand. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Howard after each job.
If the old couch or scrap lumber is already sitting by your driveway or gate, curbside pickup is the simple choice. For furniture still in the house, or a garage, shed, or outbuilding on your acreage that needs clearing, choose full-service so your Loaders can carry the items out from where they sit.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Howard has no city government, so city bulk pickup isn't something to count on, and a sofa or pile of fence rails often means a long round trip in a loaded truck bed. Your Loaders would rather do the lifting, carrying, and loading, and they like showing up for the people who keep this place going.
Howard is an unincorporated community where the nearest disposal site can be a long drive away, so where items end up matters. Your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture, appliances, and household goods in clean, usable shape may be donated when local options allow. Availability varies in rural areas, so don't expect a guaranteed destination or any paperwork.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like scrap metal or some electronics, may be recycled where available. Nearby drop-offs can be limited, so this is never promised.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as soaked mattresses or broken furniture, go to an appropriate disposal site. Your Loader handles the loading and hauling so you skip the long self-haul trip.
Mishandled electronics, refrigerant, or brush piles can lead to violations or wildfire risk, so these rules apply to cleanouts in unincorporated Howard and across Fremont County.
Federal Clean Air Act rules require refrigerant to be recovered from refrigerators, freezers, and window air conditioners before disposal. In past Fremont County cleanup campaigns, the partners who took appliances accepted refrigerators for free disposal only if they were Freon free.
Colorado's open burning rules require a permit for most outdoor burning, and household trash, tires, and plastics may not be burned. Fremont County fire restrictions can stop open burning entirely. The 2016 Hayden Pass Fire burned near Coaldale.
Fremont County's annual Cleanup Campaign has offered a limited number of vouchers on a first-come, first-served basis. They covered free landfill disposal of up to 500 pounds of household trash, furniture, construction debris, brush, logs, leaves, and yard waste. Anything over that weight was charged.
Colorado air quality rules generally require an inspection by a state-certified asbestos inspector before a building is demolished. Renovations that disturb more than small amounts of suspect material need one too. Debris that contains asbestos must be kept separate from ordinary construction waste.
Colorado law requires vehicles to be loaded so nothing can drop, sift, leak, or blow onto the highway. Howard is far up the Arkansas River canyon from the county's landfill near Penrose, and an unsecured load can lead to a traffic citation.
Since 2013, Colorado law has banned covered electronic devices from landfills. These include televisions, computer monitors, desktop and laptop computers, and printers. They must go to an electronics recycler or a collection event instead of the household trash.
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(678) 884-4738Howard is an unincorporated community in Fremont County, so there is no city curbside bulk pickup. Most residents hire a private hauler or take loads to a county facility. Confirm current hours and fees with Fremont County before you go.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Howard starts at $75, and curbside or outdoor pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. The exact total is confirmed before booking.
Sometimes. Howard is a small, rural stretch of U.S. 50 between Salida and Cañon City, so availability depends on Loader coverage that day. Enter your address during booking to see open times. For outdoor pickups, you don't need to be home.
Leaving junk on public roadsides or on someone else's land is illegal dumping. Burning rules vary by fire restrictions, which are common in dry Colorado summers. Check with Fremont County and your local fire district before burning anything.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on what local facilities accept. Metal, cardboard, and some furniture often have outlets. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility.
You pick your items and enter your Howard address online, then choose a time window. You see the total before confirming. On pickup day, your Loader calls ahead, hauls the items out, and loads them. You only need to point out what goes.
Often yes, if you have a truck and the time. Landfill and transfer site fees are usually charged by weight or load size, and rural Fremont County drives add fuel and hours. A hauler costs more but handles lifting, loading, and disposal for you.
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