*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it stops being a small chore and starts weighing on you. Book a quick LoadUp pickup in Johnstonville and see your real price upfront before you commit.
You start with a few phone calls. One office points you to another, a hauler promises a callback that never comes, and the trip out to dispose of it yourself keeps slipping. Months later, the pile is still waiting.
Johnstonville isn't a city, so there's no city pickup program to call. Any bulky item service would come through the county or a private waste hauler, and most programs come with item limits, request steps, and set dates. That won't fit a barn's worth of old fencing.
Plenty of haulers want to see the job in person before they quote it, and out here that can mean waiting days for someone to show up. Then the price comes back in vague truckload fractions, and you won't know the real number until everything's loaded.
Thrift stores and charities take clean, working items they can resell, and that's fair. Stained mattresses, broken recliners, and appliances that don't run get turned away. You've still got to haul those somewhere else, and the closest drop-off may be a long drive.
A roll-off sounds simple until you're arranging the delivery window, finding level ground it won't sink into, and filling every inch of it yourself. You're still doing all the lifting. For a spare room or one shed, it's more bin and more work than the job 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 Johnstonville 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 Johnstonville's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries old fencing out of a packed shed set well back from the house. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Johnstonville after each job.
If the old washer or worn-out mattress is already waiting by the driveway, curbside pickup keeps things simple. On larger lots where items are still tucked inside a garage, barn, or back corner of the property, full-service lets your Loaders carry everything out, and it helps to mention a long or gravel driveway when you book.
| 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.
Folks here are used to fixing things themselves, which is how an old washer and a roll of busted fence wire end up leaning on the shed for years. Hauling it all yourself can swallow a whole day. Your Loader does the lifting, and LoadUp is glad to show up for neighbors who work this hard.
Bulky items rarely fit in a pickup bed without a struggle, so where they end up matters. In Johnstonville, your Loader sorts each load by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture, tools, and household goods in clean, usable shape may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader can set these aside, though availability varies and no paperwork or receipt is promised.
Worn or damaged items, such as bent fencing, metal frames, or old appliances, may be recycled where available. Options can be limited in the valley, so recycling is never guaranteed.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses or rotted lumber, go to proper disposal. Confirm county or local hauler options for Johnstonville, and mention any restricted items when booking.
Mixing recyclables into trash or arriving with an undrained junk car can cost free disposal or a turned-away trip, so here is how it works in Johnstonville and Lassen County.
Lassen County accepts leaves, branches, and grass trimmings as green waste, but not stumps larger than 12 inches in diameter, hay, straw, or fruit. Outside Westwood's summer days, green waste is accepted only at Bass Hill Landfill, right on Johnstonville's doorstep.
Large furniture is weighed or measured like any other load, and then an extra handling fee is added. Mattresses that aren't recycled cost more at transfer stations, priced by size. Bass Hill Landfill may also close early on high-wind days, so check before hauling bulky loads.
California classifies household batteries as universal waste, so they can't go in household trash anywhere in the state, including Lassen County. The regional solid waste authority also warns that batteries can cause fires, especially when tossed loose among other debris.
Junk cars and trucks can be taken to Bass Hill Landfill, but all fluids must be removed and you must have a title or DMV junk slip. Vehicle bodies that arrive with that paperwork are accepted at no charge.
Appliances are accepted only at Bass Hill Landfill and the Bieber, Herlong, and Westwood sites. Stoves, dishwashers, and dryers go free. Refrigerators, freezers, and anything containing Freon carry a per-item fee because the refrigerant needs special handling.
Bass Hill Landfill takes self-hauled recyclable material for free, as long as every item is recyclable and kept separate from the trash. Sorting at home keeps the trip free and supports the waste diversion goals that California's AB 939 requires of Lassen County.
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(678) 884-4738No. Johnstonville is unincorporated Lassen County, and junk left on the roadside or a vacant lot without a pickup arrangement can be treated as illegal dumping under California law. Check with your trash hauler about bulky item service first.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Johnstonville starts at $75, and curbside 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.
Sometimes. Availability depends on crew schedules in the Susanville and Honey Lake Valley area, so same-day slots are not guaranteed. Entering your address during booking shows the live openings, and next-day or later times are usually easier to get.
Bass Hill Landfill on Johnstonville Dump Rd, run by the Lassen Regional Solid Waste Management Authority, is the nearby disposal site. Fees and accepted materials vary, and hazardous waste or large restricted loads usually need advance confirmation, so call first.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on what local charities and recyclers accept. Items that can't be reused or recycled are taken to an appropriate disposal facility, and donation or recycling is never guaranteed.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Leave the items outside with any access notes. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions when booking. Pickup is booked online, and you pick a time window for your address.
The main difference is the pricing model. Many traditional haulers price by truckload and may confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. For a rural home with a few items, per-item pricing can be easier to predict.
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