*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it stops being a small chore and starts weighing on you. Book LoadUp, see your upfront price first, and get it gone without the runaround.
You check the city website, call around for quotes, and wait on callbacks that never come. One hauler wants to stop by first, another stops answering. Weeks go by, and the pile in the garage is still there.
Municipal pickup schedules work well for a few bags or a single bulky item set out on the right day. Appliances, mattresses, and electronics often come with limits or extra steps, and none of it helps when the junk is stuck in a basement or the back of a shed.
Many haulers want to come look before they give you a number, which means another appointment on your calendar. Then the price is based on how much of the truck they think you filled, so you may not know the real total until the work is already done.
Donation centers only accept items they can resell, so anything stained, broken, or worn out gets turned away. You still have to load it, drive it there, and hope it passes inspection. If it doesn't, you're driving it back home.
A dumpster makes sense for a full gut job, but most cleanouts are smaller than that. You have to schedule the drop-off and the pickup, find a spot on your drive or the street, and do all the lifting and loading yourself while it sits there.
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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 Prairie City 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 Prairie City's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders squeeze bulky pieces through tight barn doors and out of crowded sheds down a gravel drive. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Prairie City after each job.
Pick curbside if you've already moved items to the end of the driveway or out by the street, which suits a single couch or a stack of boxes. Choose full-service when a dresser is still in the basement or an upstairs bedroom of an older house, and your Loaders will carry it out from where it sits.
| 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.
Anyone here knows the routine: borrow a neighbor's truck, strap a tarp over the old recliner, and lose half a Saturday to a dump run. You can skip all that. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading from the garage, shed, or barn, and LoadUp likes showing up for Prairie City neighbors.
Bulky items pile up fast on acreages, in garages, and after a renovation, so where they end up matters in Prairie City. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, sending usable pieces toward reuse when possible and the rest to disposal.
Furniture and household items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible. Your Loader can set aside usable pieces, though availability depends on what local donation options allow, and no receipt or paperwork is promised.
Items too worn to donate, like metal frames, old appliances, or electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them during loading, but outlets near Prairie City can be limited and may change.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items, such as waterlogged furniture or worn mattresses, go to an appropriate disposal facility. Your Loader handles the lifting and hauling, and not every item type is accepted.
Setting out an unstickered appliance or bagging leaves with the trash can leave items sitting uncollected, so here is what applies in Prairie City, Jasper County.
Ordinance 407, effective May 2025, governs the city's tree debris drop-off at the wastewater treatment plant. In 2026 it opens April through October, first and third Saturdays only. Limbs from winter ice storms can go year-round to Metro Park East Landfill.
Prairie City lets residents set one bulk item, such as an old couch, beside their city-issued garbage cart each week after notifying City Hall in advance. Any additional items need a sticker purchased through City Hall before Wednesday collection.
Prairie City treats products marked toxic, flammable, or keep out of reach of children as hazardous and asks residents not to toss them with regular garbage. Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-Off in Bondurant accepts most items free up to 75 pounds.
Recycling in Prairie City is collected Wednesdays on green lid weeks under Metro Waste Authority, separate from the city's Waste Management garbage contract. Extra recyclables from a big cleanout can go to Metro Waste Authority's free community drop-offs, which are for residential use only.
Appliances are excluded from Prairie City's weekly bulk item allowance. Residents buy Waste Management stickers through City Hall and arrange the appliance pickup at the same time, and the cost of pickup varies depending on the appliance.
Metro Waste Authority's hazardous waste drop-off in Bondurant accepts stereos, VCRs, DVD players, satellite receivers, cable boxes, fax machines, copiers, home phones, gaming systems, and speakers for a per-pound fee. TVs are also accepted at Metro Park East Landfill.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless your regular trash hauler has agreed to take it. Standard curbside service usually covers bagged household trash and recycling, not furniture or bulk piles. Leaving items out without a pickup arranged can be treated as illegal dumping, so confirm with City Hall first.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Prairie City starts at $85, 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 charge, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Sometimes, depending on Loader availability for your address. Prairie City is a small town about 20 miles east of Des Moines, so open time slots can vary by day. Entering your address during booking shows the real availability for your location.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. You can leave items out with access notes. For items inside your home, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions when booking. Your Loader typically gives notice before arriving.
Household chemicals and paint should not go in regular trash or a junk load. Metro Waste Authority lists the Newton Sanitary Landfill as a Jasper County satellite location for hazardous waste. Check their schedule and accepted items before you make the drive.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill. Depending on acceptance, good furniture and household goods may go to local donation partners, and recyclable materials go to recycling facilities whenever possible. Whatever can't be reused or recycled is taken to the proper disposal site.
Sometimes, if you have a truck and the time. The Newton Sanitary Landfill charges disposal fees, though scrap metal and some recyclables are accepted free. You handle the loading, the trip, and the fees. A hauler makes more sense for heavy or bulky loads.
Pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King generally price by truckload, often after an estimate. LoadUp prices per item online, so your total is confirmed before anyone arrives. Truckload pricing can suit very large cleanouts.
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