*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $105. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up faster than your weekends free up to deal with it. Book a quick LoadUp pickup in Gateway, see your real price upfront, and get your space back.
You look up borough transfer site rules, call a hauler or two, wait on callbacks that never come, and price out a trailer you don't own. Weekends slip by while the pile in the garage stays put.
Gateway has no city-run pickup, so the free option usually means hauling items yourself to a Mat-Su Borough facility. That still needs a truck, open hours that fit your schedule, and someone to help lift. Some items, like appliances with refrigerant, may come with extra rules.
Plenty of haulers want to drive out and eyeball the load before they quote. Then the price depends on how much truck space they decide your stuff fills, and the number can change once they arrive. On a rural road, some won't call back at all.
Thrift and donation spots in the Valley have limited space and have to turn down worn, stained, or broken pieces. Most won't send anyone to your driveway either. That leaves you loading what they'll accept, then figuring out what to do with everything they won't.
A roll-off sounds simple until you're clearing space for it on a gravel drive, timing delivery around snow or breakup mud, and loading every heavy piece yourself. For a shed or one room of leftovers, you end up paying for space you never fill.
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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 Gateway 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 Gateway's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries items out of a detached shed or crowded garage, often across a long gravel driveway. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Gateway after each job.
Curbside, or outdoor, pickup fits when an old couch or washer is already sitting by the garage or near the road, while full-service makes sense for pieces stuck in a basement, back bedroom, or outbuilding, where your Loaders do all the carrying. During snow season or spring breakup, full-service also means you don't have to drag heavy items across icy or muddy ground.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $105 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $100 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $115 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $105 |
| 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.
Summer in Alaska is short, and nobody wants to spend a sunny Saturday wrestling a dead freezer down a long driveway. Winter's leftovers pile up in the garage anyway. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, so your weekend can go to fishing instead of hauling. LoadUp and your Loaders genuinely enjoy showing up for Gateway neighbors.
Bulky items pile up fast in garages and sheds around Gateway, and where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each load by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow, and disposal only when needed.
Furniture, tools, and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader can set aside usable pieces and take them for donation instead of disposal where available.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled when possible, such as scrap metal or appliances. Recycling options in the Mat-Su are limited, so availability varies by item.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like broken furniture or ruined mattresses, are disposed of responsibly. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading at your Gateway property, and borough solid waste rules guide what happens next.
An untarped truck bed draws an unsecured load fee at every borough disposal site, so here is how disposal actually works for Gateway households in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
Central Landfill accepts tires as construction and demolition waste, but only once they are separated from their rims. The tires are then shredded and reused as underlayment for piping at the landfill, giving worn sets a second use.
Refrigerators and freezers are taken at Central Landfill or Big Lake, emptied and food free, with doors and shelves removed. A refrigerant removal fee applies unless you bring a letter certifying the refrigerant was already properly removed.
Mat-Su residents can drop brush, including beetle-kill brush, at no charge at Central Landfill and the Big Lake transfer station year-round. Stumps are accepted only at Central Landfill and must be free of dirt, so knock the root ball clean first.
The borough classifies hot tubs, mattresses, and upright pianos as construction and demolition material, which carries its own per-ton disposal rate rather than the bagged garbage rate. Upright pianos are accepted only at Central Landfill, not at transfer stations.
To reduce the risk of fire, the borough requires lithium and all rechargeable batteries to be handled as household hazardous waste and taken to Central Landfill at no charge. Car batteries, by contrast, can go to any borough solid waste site free.
Replacing an old septic system? Central Landfill accepts septic tanks as scrap metal, but only if they are waste free and either have one end cut off or are rusted enough to see through them.
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(678) 884-4738No. Gateway is an unincorporated area of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, so there is no city curbside bulk pickup. Residents haul junk themselves to the Central Landfill near Palmer or a borough transfer station, or hire a hauler.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Gateway starts at $105, 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 charge, with the exact total confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available depending on crew schedules near Palmer and Wasilla. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. Someone does not need to be home for curbside pickups if access notes are left.
Household hazardous waste like paint, motor oil, and batteries needs special handling. The Central Landfill accepts it 7 days a week, 8am to 5pm, and residents can drop off the first 40 pounds free. Transfer stations also take cooking oil, motor oil, batteries, and paint.
For small loads, often yes. Borough property owners get an annual dump coupon, and the landfill charges a per-bag or minimum fee plus per-ton rates, which change over time. You also need a truck, time, and the effort of loading, which is where a hauler can make sense.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local partners. Whatever can't be donated or recycled is taken to an appropriate disposal facility, such as the borough's Central Landfill.
Enter your address and describe your items online to get a price, then pick a pickup window. You can also text a photo of your items for a quote. Your Loader heads out at the scheduled time, loads everything, and the confirmed price applies.
LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. Many traditional haulers, such as 1-800-GOT-JUNK, price by truckload and may estimate on site. For small jobs of a few items, per-item pricing is often more predictable, while big cleanouts can suit truckload pricing.
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