*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it tends to stay put longer than anyone plans. Around Marengo, LoadUp makes pickup quick to book, with your price shown up front before you commit.
You check the city website, call the county, leave a message with a hauler who never calls back, and get one quote that needs a site visit. Weeks go by, and the pile in the garage hasn't moved.
Municipal pickup schedules can help when your items fit the rules. Many programs limit what they accept, ask you to request a spot ahead of time, and expect everything at the curb. That leaves out heavy pieces stuck in a basement or a back shed.
Plenty of haulers want to come look before they name a number, which costs you a morning. Then the price comes as a fraction of a truckload, so you won't know your real cost until the load is on board and it's too late to push back.
Donation spots have good reasons to be choosy. Stains, tears, missing parts, or worn cushions usually mean a no, and some items aren't accepted at all. You still have to load up, drive over, and hope they'll take it before you've used up your afternoon.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full gut job, not for clearing out one spare room. You're stuck coordinating delivery and pickup, maybe checking whether you need a permit, and losing part of your driveway for days. On top of that, every heavy item still gets lifted by you.
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No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
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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 Marengo 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 Marengo's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Steep, narrow basement stairs in an older two-story house mean your Loaders pivot heavy pieces carefully past tight landings. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Marengo after each job.
If the old recliner or box spring is already at the end of a gravel driveway or just outside a detached garage, curbside makes sense, and your Loaders load it from there. If items are still in an upstairs bedroom or a crowded spare room, choose full-service so your Loaders carry them out from where they sit.
| 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 noon | 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.
Out here, a quick dump run is never quick: it means finding a truck, borrowing a trailer, and giving up a Saturday that harvest or the ballgame already claimed. Your Loaders do the lifting and loading from the garage, basement, or outbuilding, and they genuinely like showing up for Marengo neighbors.
Bulky items rarely have one obvious destination, and that matters for cleanouts around Marengo. Your Loader lifts and loads everything, then items are sorted by condition toward donation, recycling, or disposal, when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean shape may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader carries them out and loads them, though no donation receipt is promised and no specific charity is guaranteed.
Items that are worn or damaged but still hold usable material may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them during loading, though recycling outlets vary and nothing is guaranteed to be recycled.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items go to responsible disposal at an appropriate facility. Your Loader handles the heavy lifting from garage, basement, or outbuilding, so you never haul a load yourself.
Untagged yard bags get left at the curb, and banned items can't go in with landfill garbage. Here's how disposal works in Marengo and Iowa County.
The Iowa County Landfill accepts construction and demolition debris along with garbage, but it may close when the National Weather Service issues a Wind Advisory. On Saturdays it is open only on the first and third Saturday mornings.
Marengo doesn't allow open burning, so brush waits for the Public Works brush pickup that runs twice a year. Leaves, grass clippings and small twigs go in tagged 30-gallon paper bags on trash day. Yard waste not bagged and tagged this way is left at the curb.
Electronics are banned from garbage at the Iowa County Landfill and have to go through its recycling program. The fees there are charged per unit, with separate rates for computer monitors, televisions under 19 inches, televisions over 19 inches, and console or projection televisions.
Iowa rules require garbage to be disposed of in the county where it was created, so cleanout trash from Marengo goes to the Iowa County Landfill. The landfills in neighboring Johnson and Linn counties take garbage only from their own residents and businesses.
Household hazardous materials and propane tanks are banned from garbage at the Iowa County Landfill. For county residents, the landfill's recycling program takes antifreeze, oil and filters, propane and LP tanks, and fluorescent bulbs at no charge.
Appliances are on the Iowa County Landfill's list of materials banned from disposal, so they can't be dumped with a garbage load. Residents recycle them through the landfill's own recycling program instead, which charges a fee for each appliance.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of your regular trash service. Bulky items left outside without an arrangement can be treated as illegal dumping. Call Marengo City Hall or your hauler to confirm what is accepted and any fees before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Marengo starts at $85 for a single item, 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 in a small city like Marengo depends on Loader schedules and routes for that day. Entering your address during booking shows the live options, including next-day and later openings, for your location.
Hazardous items such as paint, solvents, pesticides, batteries and chemicals usually can't go in household trash in Iowa. Iowa County has its own solid waste program, so check with it or City Hall on drop-off options. LoadUp can't take hazardous materials.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance at nearby facilities. Items that can't be reused or recycled are taken to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition and what local partners will take.
You pick your items and address online, see the price, and choose a time window. On pickup day your Loader arrives, confirms the items, and hauls them away. The total is confirmed before booking, so the price you were quoted is the price you pay.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups, as long as the items are outside and easy to reach. For items inside your home, someone should be there, or you can leave clear access instructions when you book.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King generally price by truckload, often after an estimate. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a large cleanout, a truckload hauler may suit you better.
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