*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of accumulating faster than you ever get around to dealing with it. Anywhere in D-Town, booking a pickup takes minutes, your price is set before you confirm, and the hauling gets handled.
First comes the research, then a call to whoever handles pickup where you live, then quotes from a hauler or two, one of which never calls back. The junk sits through another weekend, then another.
The city's scheduled bulk pickup lands on two Thursdays a month, weather permitting, has to be requested in advance, and covers single family homes inside city limits rather than rentals or storefronts. The free sweeps are the spring and fall cleanups, which come twice a year.
Most hauling outfits here want to see the load before they name a number, which means scheduling an estimate, then scheduling the actual work. Pricing goes by how much of the truck you fill, a judgment call made in your driveway after everything is already loaded.
Reuse outlets have to resell what they accept, so condition standards are strict: no stains, no tears, no missing hardware, nothing needing repair. Appliances, box springs, and anything water damaged usually get turned down, and you still have to load it and drive it there yourself.
A roll off usually means a permit if it sits on a public street, a delivery window, a pickup window, and days of it parked in your driveway or crowding an alley while neighbors edge around it. For one bedroom, you are renting mostly empty space.
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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 Durango 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 Durango's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry sectionals up from low-clearance basements and pull appliances off cramped garage shelving, and each one is background checked and rated by real locals in Durango after each job.
Curbside fits when the items already sit at the street, on a driveway apron, or in an alley spot your Loaders can pull up to. Go full service when a dryer is still in the basement, a sectional sits at the top of an older walk-up staircase, or winter footing on a sloped drive makes wrestling a chest freezer outside a bad idea.
| 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.
Winter here does not negotiate. That old sectional parked beside the garage in October is still there in April, just under more snow, and moving it yourself means a long drive and a borrowed truck. Your Loaders know these roads and these driveways, and they like showing up for Durango people.
Sorting matters more in Durango than in Front Range metros, where outlets are plentiful. Your Loaders separate furniture, appliances, and electronics by condition at the pickup, keeping usable pieces out of the waste stream when local options allow.
Couches, dressers, and patio sets that are clean and structurally sound may be offered to local donation options when conditions and availability allow. No receipt or guaranteed placement comes with that.
A torn sectional or a dead treadmill still holds metal, and your Loaders set those materials aside for recycling where southwest Colorado outlets accept them. Electronics stay separate when possible.
Water-damaged mattresses, rotted deck lumber, and furniture past saving head to a permitted regional landfill or transfer station, since Durango's reuse market cannot absorb everything. Your Loaders handle the loading.
Mishandled loads in Durango draw code enforcement tickets and illegal dumping violations, so here is what the city and La Plata County actually require.
City street crews collect residential bulk loads on the first and third Thursdays only, for $175 per ten cubic yard truckload plus $10 per appliance. Items set out with no scheduled pickup can draw a code enforcement ticket.
Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioning units are refused by city bulk pickup and seasonal cleanups unless a licensed business removes the refrigerant and tags the unit as safe. The regional landfill also prohibits ozone depleting compounds.
The Electronic Recycling Jobs Act has kept televisions, monitors, computers, printers and screens larger than four inches out of Colorado landfills since 2013. Placing them in Durango trash or recycling also violates city code.
Tree trimmings, fencing and lumber set out for spring and fall cleanup must be shorter than eight feet and under eight inches thick, with loose brush and leaves bagged or boxed. Stumps, rocks, dirt and sod are never collected.
La Plata County directs large loads straight to the landfill rather than a transfer station, and heavy construction debris must go there. City cleanups accept remodeling debris from do it yourself projects only, never commercial quantities.
Durango's wildlife ordinance exists because bears that learn to raid garbage are often killed. Missing the 24 hour cleanup window triggers delivery of a wildlife-resistant container with a $100 delivery fee, and repeat violations bring fines.
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(678) 884-4738City of Durango single-family residents can request a bulk pickup for $175 per 10 cubic yard truckload plus $10 per appliance, run on the first and third Thursdays only with 24 hours notice by calling 970-375-4833. Items left out without a scheduled pickup count as illegal dumping, so book ahead or hire a hauler.
LoadUp junk removal in Durango starts at $75, and leaving items at the curb or driveway takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed upfront before you book. The city's bulk service runs $175 per 10 cubic yard truckload by comparison.
Same-day and next-day pickup are often open across Durango and La Plata County when you book early in the day. Enter your zip code during online booking to see live availability for your address. Scheduling locks in your date and price before any Loader heads out.
Colorado state law and city code bar electronics and household hazardous waste from your trash and recycling bins. Electronics go to the Durango Recycle Center at 710 Tech Center Drive on Saturdays for a per-item fee, and paint, chemicals, and similar materials are taken at annual collection events. Loaders can haul most bulky junk and electronics, though strict hazardous waste still needs those city drop-offs.
Loaders sort items on the truck when possible. Usable furniture and goods are routed to local charities and thrift stores when they are accepted, and electronics head to certified recyclers instead of the trash. Whatever is left runs through the Durango Transfer Station to Bondad Landfill, so Loaders aim to divert what they can first.
You get an upfront price online or by phone, choose a date, and your total locks in before pickup day. For curbside jobs, leave items outside and no one needs to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be present or leave access notes, and your Loader calls ahead before arriving.
The main differences are pricing and booking flow. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King charge by truckload and usually quote after an in-person look, so your price isn't set until the truck is in your driveway. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before anyone shows up.
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