*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your Bar Harbor to-do list. Book LoadUp, see your real price upfront, and get it gone quickly.
You check the town website, call a hauler or two, and wait to hear back from the ones who never call. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting in the garage, right where you left it.
Municipal pickup schedules can work for a single item, if it fits the rules. Appliances with refrigerants, electronics and renovation debris often need separate handling, and requests usually come with lead time. That doesn't help when you're closing up a seasonal place before the ferry season ends.
Many haulers want to see the pile in person before they'll name a number, and fewer of them make the drive down island. Then the quote comes back as a fraction of a truckload, so you don't know the final cost until the truck is already loaded.
Local thrift and resale shops on a small island have limited space, so they're careful about what they accept. A stained mattress, a worn recliner or a broken bed frame from a rental turnover usually gets turned away, and moving it there is still your job.
A roll-off container takes up your whole driveway, which is already tight on older in-town lots. You may need to arrange placement, plan around delivery and pickup dates, and deal with neighbors' questions, all to clear out one Town Hill basement.
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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 Bar Harbor 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 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 Bar Harbor's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle steep cellar stairs, low basement ceilings and tight doorways in older homes. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Bar Harbor after each job.
Curbside makes sense when the old grill or bed frame is already sitting in your driveway or by the road. Full-service is the better fit when you're closing a seasonal home for winter or turning over a short-term rental between guests, because your Loaders carry items out of basements, sheds and upstairs rooms themselves.
| 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.
A sofa that has to leave Mount Desert Island faces one bridge and a summer of Cottage Street crawling behind rental cars hunting for parking. Borrowing a truck for that is nobody's idea of a free afternoon. Your Loaders like showing up for the people who keep Bar Harbor running year-round, long after the crowds leave.
Bulky items pile up fast on an island where a trip off Mount Desert Island is a real errand, which is why disposal matters in Bar Harbor. Your Loader sorts by condition, so donation, recycling or disposal fits each piece.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean shape may be donated when possible, depending on what local options allow. Your Loader sets those pieces aside, though you should not expect any donation paperwork.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable may be recycled where available. Metal frames, appliances and electronics depend on what local options allow, and Maine has its own rules for some of them.
Heavily damaged, soiled or broken bulky pieces, like a swollen mattress or a rotted shed shelf, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the carrying and loading, and the final site depends on local options.
Haul a sofa or a trailer of storm limbs to the town facility and it gets refused, costing you a second trip. These rules apply in Bar Harbor, Hancock County.
Bar Harbor's recycling center takes TVs, computers, monitors, and electronics in a marked area to the right after entering the recycling gate, behind the propane deposits. They have their own spot and do not go in the single sort machines or household trash.
Nor'easters and summer squalls drop plenty of limbs, but Bar Harbor's facility does not accept brush or stumps. Leaves and grass clippings are also turned away for now. Eastern Maine Recycling in Southwest Harbor takes this material and charges its own disposal fees.
Bar Harbor lists carpets, furniture, and mattresses as large items it does not accept, so they go to Eastern Maine Recycling for a fee. Residents who have no way to haul them can join the town's fall clean-up, a paid October curbside pickup arranged through the Finance Office.
Bar Harbor takes white goods and scrap metals at a site separate from its main transfer station: the gated Public Works Facility in Hulls Cove. It is open Monday through Friday only, so after a weekend cleanout, metal items have to wait for a weekday.
Clean corrugated cardboard can go into either of the recycling center's two single sort machines. Cereal boxes and similar cardboard are accepted too, but you have to remove their liners first. Boxes from a seasonal move-in or move-out are accepted as long as they are clean.
Bar Harbor does not run municipal curbside trash collection, so residents either haul their own trash or hire a private service. To use the town transfer station, you need a permit sticker on the inside of the driver's side windshield. To get one, show a local vehicle registration or a local utility or tax bill.
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(678) 884-4738No. Bar Harbor has no municipal trash collection, so residents either hire a private hauler like Gott's Disposal or bring waste to the Bar Harbor Transfer Station themselves. Leaving junk at the curb without a hauler arranged isn't a disposal option.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Bar Harbor 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 charge, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day or next-day pickup is sometimes possible, but it depends on Loader availability for your address and date. Enter your address during booking to see which times are open. Summer tourist season can fill schedules faster.
Large items like furniture, carpets, mattresses, wood, and construction debris generally go to the Eastern Maine Recycling facility in Southwest Harbor, which accepts them for a fee. Hauling to the mainland yourself is costly, so many residents book a pickup instead.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local partners. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so none are guaranteed.
Pick your items and address online, choose a time window, and see your total before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader gets in touch before arriving, then lifts, loads, and hauls everything away. Curbside items don't require you to be home.
It depends. If you have a truck and a small load, the transfer station is usually cheaper. For heavy, bulky, or multiple items, LoadUp handles the lifting and hauling at an upfront price, while traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK typically price by truckload after an estimate.
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