*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it takes over your time and your headspace. Book a quick pickup in the Queen City of the Northern Mines, see your real price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the county, and leave messages with a couple of haulers. One calls back with a vague estimate, another never does. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Around here, trash service often runs through private haulers and county arrangements. Bulky item options depend on your address and whether you're inside city limits. Pickups usually have to be requested ahead of time, items often need to be at the curb, and plenty of things get turned away.
Many haulers want to come out and look before they give you a number. Then they quote by fractions of a truckload, so you can't tell what you'll pay until the truck is already in your driveway. That's hard to plan around, and harder to compare.
Local donation spots do good work, but they only take what they can resell. Stained upholstery, broken appliances, and worn mattresses usually get turned away. You still have to load everything up, drive it over, and find somewhere else for whatever they don't take.
A roll-off container takes up your driveway or a stretch of narrow hillside street for days. You may need a permit, you have to schedule both drop-off and pickup, and you still do all the lifting yourself. Your neighbors will notice it too.
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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 Nevada City 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 Nevada City's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry items up steep exterior stairs from hillside basements and down narrow porch steps of older homes. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Nevada City after each job.
Choose curbside if your items are already out by the road or at the top of the driveway, so nobody has to walk a sloped lot to reach them. If an old washer or recliner is still in an upstairs room or a garage below street level, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry it out for you.
| 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 noon | 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.
Anyone who has tried to back a pickup up a steep, narrow street here knows how it goes: no parking, a long flight of stairs, and a heavy item that does not care. Your Loaders do the carrying and loading, and they genuinely enjoy showing up for the people who make this town what it is.
Bulky items rarely fit in a car, and in a hillside town like Nevada City, getting them out is half the challenge. Your Loaders sort what they haul by condition, aiming to donate or recycle when local options allow.
Items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loader can set aside usable pieces during loading, though acceptance depends on what donation channels are currently available.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable may be recycled where available. Your Loaders separate materials like metal or electronics when local recycling options allow, though availability and accepted items can change.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like a soaked mattress or broken furniture, go to responsible disposal after your Loaders carry them out. Check with the city or county for current local rules.
Toss the wrong item in a cart and you risk a trash fire or a turned-away load, so here is how disposal really works in Nevada City and Nevada County.
McCourtney Road Transfer Station, the main drop-off site for western Nevada County, does not accept solar panels. The county instead points residents to Recology in Auburn, in neighboring Placer County, so panels pulled during a remodel need a separate destination.
California's SB 1383 organic waste regulations took effect statewide in 2022, but Nevada City is exempt. Grass Valley and Nevada County planned food waste collection for 2025, yet Nevada City residents still put food scraps and food-soiled paper in the trash cart.
California law prohibits transporting more than 15 gallons or 125 pounds of hazardous materials. Paints, solvents, pesticides, and cleaners go free to the household hazardous waste area at McCourtney Road, in spill-and-leak-proof containers, original if possible. Medication is not accepted.
Nevada County notes that burn piles are not permitted within Nevada City limits, even on permissible burn days. Brush and storm slash instead go in the curbside yard waste cart, collected on alternating Tuesdays, or to McCourtney Road Transfer Station.
Nevada County lists mattress drop-off as free at McCourtney Road Transfer Station, and the county's western recycling guide confirms mattresses taken there are recycled. Appliances at the same facility, by contrast, carry rates set on the county-approved rate sheet.
Nevada County warns that cell phones, laptops, ear buds, and vapes with embedded batteries can spark fires in the trash. They are recycled free at McCourtney Road Transfer Station, and if the battery needs special tools to remove, recycle the whole device.
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(678) 884-4738Not loose. Curbside service through WM covers carts, and excess household trash only goes out in a bag with a Bag & Tag sticker. Furniture or debris left at the curb without a scheduled pickup can be treated as illegal dumping, so confirm options with WM at (530) 274-3090.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Nevada City starts at $75, with $5 off for curbside or outdoor pickup. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on, with the exact total confirmed before booking. Truckload haulers usually quote by volume.
Same-day slots depend on Loader availability in the Nevada City area that day, so enter your address at booking to see live options. Next-day is often easier to get. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home, but indoor jobs need someone present or access instructions.
The McCourtney Road Transfer Station at 14741 Wolf Mountain Road in Grass Valley is the local drop-off point, open Wednesday through Sunday. It takes household hazardous waste in a dedicated section and accepts carpet and mattresses free. Batteries, used oil and paint should not go in your cart.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them when local charities will accept them, and recycling materials when facilities allow. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to the appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes depend on item condition and what is accepted.
You choose your items online, see the price, and pick a time window. Your Loader typically calls or texts before arriving, then removes the items from where they sit, whether that's inside, a driveway, or the curb. Hilly or narrow streets are worth noting in your access instructions.
The main difference is pricing and booking. Traditional haulers generally price by truck volume and often confirm on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a full-house cleanout, a volume-based hauler can sometimes be a better fit.
It can be for a small load if you have a truck and time, since you only pay transfer station fees. Hiring out saves the lifting, the drive to Grass Valley, and sorting hazardous items from regular trash. Check current McCourtney Road rates before deciding.
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