*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. Get a quick pickup and an upfront quote before you book, and take back your space in Surf City.
You read the hauler's website, call to ask what qualifies, and request a few quotes. One company never calls back, another wants to come look first. Meanwhile, the junk is still sitting in the garage weeks later.
City bulk pickup programs can work well if your items qualify and you can wait. They often limit how many pieces you can set out, exclude some materials, and run on the hauler's schedule. You still have to carry everything out to the street yourself.
Many traditional haulers want to send someone out for an estimate before they'll give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck your stuff fills, which is hard to guess ahead of time. You often don't know the real cost until the truck is already loaded.
Thrift stores and donation centers have to be selective. Worn upholstery, stained mattresses, scratched pieces, and older electronics often get turned away. Even when something qualifies, you're the one loading it, driving it over, and bringing home whatever they won't accept.
A rented roll-off takes up a driveway or a parking spot for days. On narrow hillside streets, that can mean asking about permits, timing the drop-off and pickup, and annoyed neighbors. For a single room or a cluttered side yard, it's more container than you need.
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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 Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry items down exterior stairs from a hillside home or out of a cramped single-car garage, and every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Santa Cruz after each job.
If the old patio set or broken bike is already in the driveway or by the street, curbside (outdoor) pickup is the simpler choice. For a beach cottage with a narrow side yard or an upstairs room in a rental near campus, choose full-service so your Loaders carry it 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.
Anyone who has crawled up Highway 1 at five o'clock knows a dump run is never just a dump run. Add steep streets and tight parking, and a simple garage cleanout becomes a whole afternoon. Your Loaders genuinely like showing up for people here, because Santa Cruz folks have better things to do with a sunny weekend.
Bulky items pile up fast in Santa Cruz homes, garages, and rentals, and where they end up matters. Your Loaders sort each load by condition, aiming to keep usable items out of the landfill when local options allow.
Furniture, bikes, and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when possible. Your Loader can separate them from the rest, where local donation options are available.
Items that are worn or damaged but not ready for donation, like broken exercise equipment or old electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loaders sort these separately from the general load when possible.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or unusable bulky items are taken for responsible disposal through appropriate local channels. Your Loaders handle the lifting, so you don't have to haul them to a transfer station yourself.
Sorting mistakes cost money here: contaminated recycling, cardboard, or yard waste gets charged as refuse. These rules apply in the City of Santa Cruz, within Santa Cruz County.
The Saturday-only household hazardous waste drop-off at Dimeo Lane, run by Santa Cruz County, is free and takes emergency road flares, but the county excludes explosives, ammunition, and marine flares. Fluorescent tubes and bulbs are capped at 25 per visit.
City guidance says mattresses and furniture do not belong in the trash or on the sidewalk. They can go to the Resource Recovery Facility for sorting or out through the City's Bulky Item Pick Up service, which charges non-account holders a small fee.
The city's yard waste cart refuses tree trimmings with pitch canker disease, a pine infection found along this coast, plus bamboo, palm fronds, and painted or treated wood. Unpainted, untreated lumber is accepted, and branches must be cut so the lid closes.
Refrigerators and freezers, water heaters, washers, dryers, stoves and microwaves, and air conditioners are accepted at the Dimeo Lane Recycling Center for a fee, unlike most recyclables, which go free. Motors, engines, and transmissions are taken free only when drained of all fluids.
Dimeo Lane runs a separate construction and demolition drop-off, but contaminated construction or recyclable materials are charged as refuse. Uncovered loads draw an added charge, and trailers with beds over eight feet must be weighed and billed by tonnage.
The city classifies TVs and electronics as e-waste that the curbside recycling cart cannot take. The Recycling Center accepts computers and monitors, televisions and stereos, and small electronics such as DVD players and toasters free of charge for city residents with proper ID.
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(678) 884-4738Generally no. Junk left on a street or sidewalk without a scheduled pickup can be treated as illegal dumping and may bring a fine. Check with the City of Santa Cruz Public Works about bulky item collection through your regular trash hauler before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Santa Cruz starts at $75, 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 the schedule and demand in your area, so enter your address during booking to see open times for Seabright, Mission Hill, Harvey West, or wherever you live. Next-day slots are usually easier to find.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Leave the items out and add access notes at booking. For items inside your home, someone should be there, or you can leave entry instructions. Your Loader typically gives notice before arriving.
Hazardous materials like paint, solvents, batteries, and chemicals generally can't go in curbside bins or a haul-away load. Santa Cruz County runs household hazardous waste drop-off programs, so confirm current locations and hours with the county before taking these items.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Anything that can't be reused or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility. Donation and recycling aren't guaranteed for every item.
Book online, pick your items and a time window, and see your total upfront. A Loader arrives, confirms the items, and handles all the lifting and loading. You don't need to move anything to the truck or haul it to a transfer station yourself.
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