*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's all you notice. Garner, let LoadUp take it from here: book a quick pickup and see your quote before you commit.
You check the city's website, call the county about landfill hours, and leave messages with a couple of haulers. One calls back with a vague estimate. Another never does. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting there.
City bulk pickup programs can handle some large items, but they usually come with item restrictions, advance requests, and set collection days. Appliances with refrigerant or electronics may need separate handling, and you still have to drag everything to the curb yourself.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before giving you a number, then price by the fraction of a truckload. You won't know the real cost until the truck is filling up in your driveway, and by then saying no feels awkward.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, or furniture with broken pieces often get turned away. The nearest drop-off may also be a drive down U.S. 18, and you'll still be loading and unloading everything yourself.
A dumpster makes sense for a full gut renovation, not clearing out a spare bedroom. You have to coordinate delivery and pickup, find a spot for it on your driveway or lawn, and do all the heavy lifting and loading yourself.
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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.
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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 Garner's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry heavy pieces up narrow basement stairs in older two-story homes and out of crowded detached garages. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Garner after each job.
Choose curbside, also called outdoor, when items like an old washer or a stack of fence boards are already in your driveway or by the street, which is easy on the many Garner lots with a driveway and detached garage. Choose full-service when you want your Loaders to carry things out from a basement, an upstairs bedroom, or a back porch.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $85 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $80 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $95 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $85 |
| 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.
Borrowing a neighbor's truck, ratcheting down a recliner, and losing a Saturday to the highway is a very Garner way to get rid of furniture. Your Loader does the lifting from house or garage, loads it up, and hauls it away, because the folks here have earned a free weekend.
Bulky items pile up fast, and where they end up matters as much as getting them out. In Garner, your Loader sorts each load by condition, so usable pieces have a chance at a second life.
When furniture or household goods are clean and in good shape, your Loader can set them aside for donation, where local options allow. Availability near Garner is limited, so this path depends on what's open.
Items that are worn but not donatable, like scrap metal or broken appliances, may be recycled when possible. Your Loader separates what can be recycled from the rest, though recycling options near Garner vary.
Heavily damaged or soiled items, like a ruined mattress or waterlogged sofa, go to an appropriate disposal site. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, and the load goes to a landfill or transfer station that accepts it.
A Saturday landfill run without an appointment or yard waste bagged in plastic can mean a wasted trip. These rules apply in Garner and Hancock County.
Iowa law bars landfilling refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, washers and other appliances until they have been demanufactured, meaning refrigerants, mercury switches and PCB capacitors are removed first. Those components can leak harmful chemicals into soil and groundwater if buried intact.
Garner collects curbside branches on the last Friday of each month, April through October, laid parallel to the curb for bucket pickup. Limbs downed outside that window, such as by an ice storm, can be taken to the city dump south of town.
The Landfill of North Iowa lists CRT monitors, LCD monitors, CRT televisions, desktop and laptop computers, printers, scanners, VCR players and video game consoles among its accepted electronics. Older tube sets contain leaded glass, a good reason to keep them out of household trash.
The Landfill of North Iowa, which has served Hancock County under a 28E agreement since July 2022, accepts mattresses at its regular garbage rate. Non-account customers need an appointment for any Saturday entry, and weekday last loads come in at 4:15 p.m.
Garner's yard waste dump takes grass clippings, flower bed and garden debris from Garner citizens, loose or in paper bags only. Only material that will compost belongs there, which matters because Iowa law keeps yard waste out of landfills.
Construction leftovers including asphalt shingles, gypsum drywall, carpet and carpet padding, ceramic tile, concrete, brick and fiberglass insulation are listed as accepted materials at the Landfill of North Iowa. Natural disaster debris is also on the accepted list, useful after hail or windstorms.
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(678) 884-4738Not as a general rule. Garner's code covers regular solid waste collection under Chapter 106, and bulky junk isn't something to set out without confirming with City Hall first. Items left out unscheduled can be treated as litter or dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Garner starts at $85, and curbside pickup takes $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.
Availability depends on the schedule and your address. Same-day or next-day slots open up in some areas, so enter your Garner zip code when booking to see live times. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home.
Hancock County designates the Landfill of North Iowa, at 15942 Killdeer Avenue near Clear Lake, as its disposal site. Self-hauling can be cheaper for a small load if you have a truck. Fees vary, so call the landfill first.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to licensed disposal sites. Outcomes vary by item condition and what facilities will take.
Choose your items online, enter your Garner address, and pick a time window. You see the total before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader usually gives notice before arriving, then removes the items and handles the hauling.
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