*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it takes over your week. In Lawrence, LoadUp makes clearing it out easy: pick a time, get a real quote before you book, and let us handle the rest.
You search the city's pickup rules, call a couple of haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. One quote needs a site visit, another goes quiet. Meanwhile the junk still sits right where it's been for weeks.
City bulk pickup programs can help, but they usually run on request and limit what qualifies. You generally have to get items to the curb yourself on the right day, which can mean dragging furniture down a steep Old West Lawrence porch alone.
Many haulers want to see the pile in person before naming a price, then quote by how much of the truck it fills. You block off an afternoon for the estimate, and the final number can still shift once loading starts.
Thrift stores and reuse shops want things they can resell, so a stained mattress or a wobbly bookcase from a Pinckney rental often gets turned away. Even when they accept an item, many expect you to haul it in yourself during drop-off hours.
A roll-off bin makes sense for a gut renovation, not for clearing one garage in Prairie Park. You may have to check placement rules, wait on delivery and pickup windows, and explain to the neighbors why a steel box has taken over the driveway.
Enter your ZIP code and item details to get a guaranteed upfront price online. No waiting for an onsite estimate.
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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.
No in-person charges
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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader works a heavy dresser down the narrow, turning stairs of a century-old house split into rental units. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Lawrence after each job.
Choose curbside service when an old patio set or a stack of boxes already sits in the driveway of a newer Prairie Park home or beside a garage off an alley, and your Loader grabs it from outside. Full-service fits when a sleeper sofa is stuck in the basement of an older East Lawrence house, so your Loaders carry it up the stairs and out the door.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Let's be honest, wrestling a sofa through Lawrence on a Jayhawks game night, with Mass Street packed and Mount Oread's steep streets jammed, is nobody's idea of fun. Your Loaders carry it out and load it up, and they genuinely like showing up for this town's porches, basements, and people.
Big, bulky items are hard to move alone, and where they end up matters in a place like Lawrence. Your Loader sorts each piece by condition, so items go to donation, recycling, or disposal when local options allow.
Furniture and household items that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader will check condition during pickup and load those pieces separately where available.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or appliances, may be taken for recycling when possible. Availability varies, so your Loader sorts what local options will accept.
Heavily damaged, soaked, or contaminated bulky items, such as a ruined sofa or a basement-flooded mattress, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader carries them out and hauls them to an approved disposal site in the Lawrence area.
Bulky items set out without a scheduled pickup, or yard waste in the wrong container, can sit uncollected at the curb. These are the rules that apply in Lawrence and Douglas County.
Brush bundles go out with weekly curbside yard waste. Each bundle can be no longer than five feet, no wider than 18 inches, and no heavier than 65 pounds. Tie them with string or twine, not wire or duct tape. Collection runs year-round when winter weather allows.
Regular trash collection does not take items too big for the cart, like refrigerators, washers, dryers and hide-a-beds. The City asks residents to send in a Large Item Pick-Up request first. A limited amount of bulk pickup is covered by the monthly solid waste fee.
Many Lawrence apartment leases turn over at the end of July. The City's move-out guidance asks people moving out to break down and recycle their boxes. It also asks them to leave the City trash and recycling carts at the address instead of taking them along.
The Lawrence/Douglas County Household Hazardous Waste Facility takes automotive products, household cleaning products, paints and hobby supplies, and pest control products. Residents already help pay for it, because the monthly City solid waste fee covers household hazardous waste disposal.
Lawrence made garbage collection a city service in 1946. The City is still the only trash provider for homes and businesses. For construction materials, compacted waste and large-volume customers, the City points to its roll-off container service.
The City's move-out guidance puts tires in the same group as couches and appliances. All of them need a Large Item Pick-Up request, and the City asks that none be left at the curb before service is scheduled. Many tire retailers will also take waste tires for a small fee.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of your regular trash service. Extra junk set out without an arranged pickup can be treated as illegal dumping, which can bring a fine. Check with the City of Lawrence or your trash hauler about bulk item rules before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Lawrence starts at $75, and pickup from the curb or driveway takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. The exact total is confirmed before you book.
Often, depending on the schedule in your area. Enter your address during booking to see which time slots are open, including same-day or next-day. Curbside pickups don't require you to be home, and in-home pickups need someone present or access instructions.
Large, heavy, or restricted items like furniture, appliances, construction debris, and hazardous materials often fall outside regular trash service. Local landfills and transfer stations may charge fees or refuse certain items. A hauler can take bulky loads, but hazardous materials like paint or chemicals usually need a special drop-off.
Loaders aim to keep items out of the landfill whenever possible. Usable furniture and household goods may be donated to local charities depending on acceptance, and recyclables are sorted when options allow. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility.
You pick your items and a time window online, see the price upfront, and confirm. On pickup day, your Loader usually calls or texts ahead of arrival, then removes and loads the items. You pay the price you were quoted before booking.
The main differences are pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers often price by truck space and may confirm the price at the property. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For large cleanouts, a truckload hauler can sometimes be a better fit.
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