*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it stops being a small chore and starts weighing on you. Book a quick pickup in the Gateway to the Thames, see your real price first, and get it gone.
You check the town website, call a couple of haulers, and leave voicemails that never get returned. One quote comes back vague. Another weekend slips by, and the pile in the garage still hasn't moved.
Town disposal options help, but they usually come with rules: set hours, permit or sticker requirements, and limits on what gets accepted. Most of the time you haul it yourself, so a waterlogged basement sofa still has to get up the stairs and into a truck.
Plenty of haulers want to walk the property before naming a number, which means waiting at home for a visit. Then the price arrives in vague truckload fractions, and the final bill can shift once everything is loaded. That's hard to plan a PCS move around.
Donation drop-offs want items in good shape, and they often turn down stained mattresses, worn upholstery, older electronics, or anything missing a part. Even the pieces they accept still need loading and a drive over, so the rejected half of the pile stays put.
A roll-off makes sense for a gut renovation, not one spare room. You may have to check placement rules, line up delivery and pickup, and find level ground on a wooded lot, then load everything yourself while it sits in your neighbors' view for days.
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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 Ledyard 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 Ledyard's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders get down tight basement stairwells in older capes and reach sheds set far back on wooded lots. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Ledyard after each job.
Curbside makes sense if you've already rolled a dryer or recliner to the end of a long driveway where your Loader can pull right up. Choose full-service when items are still inside, like a spare-room bed set or a garage stacked with boxes after a PCS move, and your Loaders will carry it all out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| 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.
In Ledyard, the driveway is half the trip. It winds back through the trees, and the road feels a long way off when you are dragging a busted treadmill down it. Your Loaders handle the carrying, start to finish, and LoadUp genuinely likes showing up for neighbors who keep this town green and quiet.
Most of what leaves a Ledyard garage, basement, or shed ends up in one of three places, depending on its condition. Your Loader sorts each item as it is carried out, keeping usable things moving and limiting what gets landfilled.
Furniture, tools, and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader handles the lifting, though acceptance and paperwork are never guaranteed.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like scrap metal, old electronics, or appliances, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the rest of the load when local options allow.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as a water-ruined sectional or rotted decking, go to an appropriate disposal site. Your Loader carries them out and loads them, so you never haul them to a Ledyard-area transfer station yourself.
Connecticut bans several common cleanout items from household trash, and a mixed load can be rejected; these are the rules that apply in Ledyard and New London County.
State law bans covered electronics, including televisions, computers, computer monitors, and printers, from regular disposal. Manufacturers fund the recycling program, so Connecticut residents can drop these devices at municipal electronics collection points without paying a recycling charge.
Ledyard belongs to the Southeastern Connecticut Regional Resources Recovery Authority, which schedules household hazardous waste collections for member towns. Pesticides, pool chemicals, solvents, and similar products should be held for those events rather than placed in household trash.
Connecticut lists leaves among its mandatory recyclables, so autumn cleanups in Ledyard should keep bagged leaves out of household trash bound for waste-to-energy plants. Burning leaves is also prohibited statewide, so composting or a permitted recycling outlet are the legal routes.
Connecticut was the first state to pass a mattress recycling law, and a fee collected at retail funds the statewide Bye Bye Mattress program. Many municipal transfer stations accept mattresses and box springs for recycling, keeping bulky foam and steel out of disposal.
Federal Clean Air Act rules require refrigerant in fridges, freezers, dehumidifiers, and window air conditioners to be properly recovered before disposal. Once drained, the metal shell counts as scrap metal, which Connecticut designates as a mandatory recyclable.
A state paint stewardship law funds PaintCare, which takes leftover house paint, primers, stains, and varnishes at participating retail stores across Connecticut. It is a practical outlet for half-empty cans found in basements and garages during a cleanout.
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(678) 884-4738Only regular household trash and recyclables go at the curb, by 6 a.m. on your weekly pickup day. Bulky junk isn't part of that service. Ledyard residents can take it to the town transfer station instead, or call Public Works at 860-464-3238.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Ledyard starts at $80, 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.
Same-day slots are sometimes open, but it depends on Loader availability for your address. Enter your zip code during booking to see live times. For curbside or driveway pickups you usually don't need to be home, and you can leave access notes.
Yes, but only from Ledyard properties, and it is geared toward residents. It lists no-fee items such as scrap metal, leaves and brush, electronics and non-Freon appliances. Bulky disposal and overflow trash carry fees, paid in exact change. Check current fees with Public Works first.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them whenever possible. Scrap metal and electronics are sent for recycling when options allow. Whatever can't be donated or recycled, depending on acceptance, goes to the proper disposal facility.
You pick your items online, see the price upfront, and choose an arrival window. Your Loader calls before arriving, then carries the junk out and loads it. You don't need to haul anything to the curb, and the total you were quoted is what you pay.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers usually price by truck volume, often with an on-site estimate. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a full garage cleanout, a truckload hauler can be a better fit.
If you have a truck, time, and a small load, the transfer station is often cheaper, since many items are accepted at no fee for residents. Hiring help makes more sense when items are heavy, bulky, or you can't haul them yourself, as Loaders do the lifting.
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