*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. Book a quick LoadUp pickup in Cedar Ridge, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the county, leave messages with a few haulers, and wait. One never calls back, another wants to come look first. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the shed.
Cedar Ridge is unincorporated, so there's no city bulk pickup program here. County and private hauler options can involve signing up ahead, item limits, and rules about what's accepted. You also still have to drag everything out to the road yourself.
Many haulers want to come out and look before they'll give you a number, and on a rural road that can mean waiting days. Truckload pricing makes it hard to guess what a partial load will cost, so the final bill can still surprise you.
Donation centers only take items they can resell, so anything stained, broken, or worn out usually gets turned away. Nearby options are limited out here, and loading a heavy piece into your own vehicle for a long drive that might end in a no is a lot to ask.
A roll-off needs a level spot, and narrow, sloped, or tree-lined driveways often don't have one. Then you're booking drop-off and pickup dates, maybe checking permit rules, and doing all the lifting yourself, for a bin that's far too big for one garage or room.
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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 Cedar Ridge 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 Cedar Ridge's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders haul heavy items from a detached shed up a sloped, uneven path to the truck. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Cedar Ridge after each job.
If your old furniture or bagged yard debris is already waiting at the end of a long driveway, curbside (outdoor) service is the simpler choice. For items still in a basement, a barn, or a crowded workshop, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry everything out from inside.
| 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.
Hauling an old dresser or a pile of brush down a winding foothill road, with a long driveway under the pines at both ends, is a whole afternoon nobody planned. Your Loaders carry it out, load the truck, and haul it away, because they like showing up for neighbors out here.
Hauling junk out of a wooded Cedar Ridge property is only half the job. Where each item ends up matters too, so your Loader sorts by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture, tools, and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be donated when possible. Your Loader sets these aside, though nearby options are limited, and you should not expect a donation receipt.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames, appliances, or electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader loads them separately when local recycling options allow.
Bulky pieces that are broken, soaked, moldy, or beyond repair are taken to an appropriate disposal site for Nevada County. Your Loader handles the carrying and loading so you don't have to make a dump run.
Hauling an item the transfer station refuses means driving it back home, so know how Nevada County handles disposal for Cedar Ridge households before loading the truck.
McCourtney Road Transfer Station accepts only nine tires per trip. Clearing a backlog of old tires from a rural Cedar Ridge property means spreading them across several visits, and semi or tractor tires have been excluded on the county's posted rate sheet.
California law prohibits transporting more than 15 gallons or 125 pounds of hazardous materials at once. Paints, solvents, pesticides and cleaners go free to the McCourtney Road household hazardous waste area in spill and leak proof containers, ideally the originals.
Nevada County lists mattress drop-off at the McCourtney Road Transfer Station as free, and the county recycling guide notes that mattresses are recycled there. That makes a worn-out mattress one of the simpler bulky items to dispose of responsibly.
Nevada County states that solar panels are not accepted at the McCourtney Road Transfer Station, the main drop-off serving western county communities like Cedar Ridge. The county instead points residents to Recology in Auburn, over the line in Placer County.
Clearing brush and downed trees around a foothill home is routine fire prevention, but McCourtney Road takes log rounds only up to 4 feet long and 18 inches in diameter. Tree stumps and root balls are not accepted at all.
Nevada County accepts gadgets with embedded batteries, such as cell phones, laptops and ear buds, free at McCourtney Road. If a battery needs special tools to remove, recycle the whole device. The county warns these batteries can spark fires in the trash.
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(678) 884-4738Not bulky junk, no. Waste Management's regular Nevada County service covers your cart, and items left outside it can count as illegal dumping. Subscribers in western unincorporated Nevada County get one annual transfer station voucher for 2 cubic yards of free bulky waste disposal.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Cedar Ridge starts at $75, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $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.
Same-day slots are sometimes available, but it depends on Loader availability for your address. Enter your address during booking to see the live options. For curbside pickups, you usually don't need to be home if you leave access notes.
Hazardous items like paint, solvents, and household chemicals can't go in your cart or a hauler's load. McCourtney Road Transfer Station in Grass Valley takes household hazardous waste for free. State law caps transport at 15 gallons or 125 pounds per trip.
Yes, if you have a truck and time. It's at 14741 Wolf Mountain Road in Grass Valley. Mattresses are free to drop off, and appliances and construction debris are charged under the county rate sheet. Hauling it yourself costs less, but you do the lifting.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to the appropriate disposal facility. Donation and recycling outcomes can't be guaranteed for every item.
You book online, get an upfront price, and pick a time window. Your Loader typically sends a heads-up before arriving, then removes, hauls, and loads the junk. You can be home or leave access notes, and the confirmed price is what you pay.
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