*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 the list. Book LoadUp in Dogtown, see your price upfront, and get it hauled away without the extra trips.
You search online, call the county, leave messages with a few haulers, and wait. One calls back with a vague quote, another never does. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the shed.
Dogtown is unincorporated, so there's no city-run bulk program. What you can get depends on your county-contracted hauler, so check what they offer. Programs like this usually limit item types and pickup counts, need advance scheduling, and expect you to drag everything out to the road yourself.
Many haulers want to come out and look before they'll give you a number, and that's a long trip out here. Quotes are often based on vague truckload fractions, so you won't know what you're paying until the truck is already loaded.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stains, damage, or missing parts can get things turned away. Most also won't take worn mattresses, broken appliances, or general clutter, which leaves you hauling the rejects back home in your own truck.
A roll-off bin means booking a delivery window, finding flat ground for it, and loading every heavy piece yourself. For a single room or a cluttered garage, you're paying for days of container space you'll never fill and doing all the lifting too.
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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 Dogtown 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 Dogtown's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader works a dresser through a cramped shed doorway or carries a load up a long driveway. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Dogtown after each job.
Choose curbside, also called outdoor, service if items like an old water heater or a stack of fencing scraps are already near the road or at the front of your property. Pick full-service when things are tucked in a barn, packed into a garage, or spread across the back of a wide lot, and your Loader will carry them 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.
Out here, a dump run means a long driveway, a truck bed stacked past the rails, and a drive that swallows half your Saturday. Your Loader handles the lifting and carrying from the shed, barn, or side yard instead, because your Dogtown neighbors have enough to look after, and we like showing up for them.
Out past Stockton, getting bulky items to the right place takes real planning, which is why where things end up matters in Dogtown. Your Loader sorts by condition, aiming to keep usable items out of landfills.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be set aside by your Loader for donation when possible. Availability depends on what local charities and reuse channels will accept where available.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled when local options allow. Your Loader separates materials like metal or wood so they can be directed appropriately when possible.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a broken sofa or a ruined outbuilding fixture, are taken by your Loader for responsible disposal at an appropriate facility when reuse or recycling isn't an option.
Toss the wrong item and you risk a citation or a rejected load, so here is how disposal works in Dogtown and across unincorporated San Joaquin County.
California classifies household batteries, fluorescent lamps, and many electronics as universal waste, which cannot go in garbage carts. Damaged lithium batteries are a known cause of fires in collection trucks, a serious risk during hot, dry Central Valley summers.
California treats stockpiled tires as a fire and mosquito hazard, so anyone transporting ten or more waste tires at one time must be registered with CalRecycle. Residents clearing a barn or shop can move up to nine at a time themselves.
Wood treated with preservatives like CCA or creosote is regulated in California as treated wood waste and can only go to facilities approved to accept it. It should never be burned, chipped for mulch, or mixed into green waste.
Under California law, major appliances cannot be crushed or landfilled until refrigerants, mercury switches, and PCB-containing parts are removed by a certified appliance recycler. A dead fridge or freezer has to reach a facility that can perform that removal.
California banned burning household waste in burn barrels and open piles in 2004 because the smoke carries toxic compounds like dioxins. In the San Joaquin Valley, the regional air district also tightly restricts open burning, including yard trimmings on residential property.
California's mattress recycling law funds the Bye Bye Mattress program, which lets residents drop off used mattresses and box springs at participating collection sites without a charge. Steel, foam, and fiber from those mattresses are recovered for new products.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless your trash hauler has scheduled it. Dogtown is unincorporated, so San Joaquin County rules apply, and items left out without a pickup arranged can be treated as illegal dumping. Check with your county-contracted hauler about bulk pickup.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Dogtown starts at $75 for a single item, and curbside or driveway 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 near Dogtown and on how early you book. Enter your address during booking to see open slots. Rural areas east of Stockton may have fewer same-day windows than the city.
For curbside or driveway pickups, no. Leave items out and add access notes at booking. For items inside your home, barn, or garage, someone should be there or you can leave clear access instructions. Your Loader gives notice before arriving.
Household hazardous waste such as paint, pesticides, and chemicals shouldn't go in regular trash or bulk pickup. Rural properties often have these on hand. San Joaquin County residents can bring them to the county's household hazardous waste facility near Stockton.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them to local charities when options allow. Recyclables like metal and cardboard go to recyclers depending on acceptance. Whatever can't be reused or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility.
You pick your items and a time online, see the price, and confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives in the window, removes the items, and handles loading. The price you agreed to upfront is what you pay, with no surprise truckload estimate.
The pricing model differs. Traditional haulers usually charge by truckload space and may confirm the price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before booking. For a few items that is often cheaper, while big cleanouts may suit a truckload hauler.
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