*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 the list. Book LoadUp in Calais, see your price upfront, and get it hauled away fast.
You look up the transfer station rules, call around for a hauler, and wait on callbacks that never come. Meanwhile the pile in the shed stays put, and another weekend slips by without it moving.
Municipal pickup schedules usually come with limits on which items they take, how much you can set out, and when they run. Hauling a heavy load out to the road yourself is still on you. If your timing or your items don't fit, you wait.
Many haulers want to see the job before they'll give you a number, then price it by how much of the truck they think it fills. You often don't know the real cost until the work is done, and that's hard to plan around.
Donation spots have to be choosy about condition, so stained, broken, or worn-out pieces often get turned away. Even usable items may not fit what they need that week, and you're left loading whatever they won't take back into your vehicle.
For one garage or spare room, a dumpster can mean arranging delivery, waiting on a pickup window, and possibly checking on permits. Meanwhile it sits in your driveway for days. And after all that, you still have to carry and toss everything in yourself.
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.
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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 Calais 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 Calais's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Getting a chest freezer up narrow basement stairs or clearing out a packed barn loft is work your Loader handles. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Calais after each job.
If the broken mower and boxes are already out by the driveway, curbside pickup is all you need. If the stuff is still in the basement, shed, or barn of an older Calais home, choose full-service and your Loader carries it all out for you.
| 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.
In a town this far Downeast, a run to anywhere bigger is a long drive, and nobody wants to spend it with a basement's worth of boxes rattling around in the truck bed. Your Loader does the carrying and loading, so your day stays yours. Showing up for Calais neighbors is the part we like best.
Hauling a bulky item out of Calais is only half the job, because where it ends up matters too. Your Loader sorts what they remove by condition, so reuse or recycling happens when local options allow.
Items in good, clean condition, like solid furniture or working household goods, may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader sets those aside from the rest of the load where that's possible.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable parts, like metal frames or scrap, may be recycled where available. Options near Calais can be limited, so this is never guaranteed.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken-down bulky items are taken for responsible disposal at an appropriate facility. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, so you don't have to haul anything yourself.
Burning the wrong debris or throwing out banned electronics in Maine can lead to a violation notice, so here is what applies in Calais and across Washington County.
Maine's electronic waste law keeps televisions and computer monitors out of household garbage because their screens and circuit boards contain lead and other heavy metals. Manufacturers pay for the recycling, so residents take these items to a municipal collection site instead.
In Maine you need a burn permit for an outdoor brush fire whenever the ground is not covered in snow. Calais residents can get one from the local fire warden or online from the Maine Forest Service. Permits are not issued on high fire danger days.
Maine's bottle bill puts a refundable deposit on most beverage containers, including water, juice and liquor bottles. If you find cases of empties while clearing out a garage, basement or camp, you can redeem them at a licensed redemption center instead of throwing them away.
Federal rules require the refrigerant to be recovered with certified equipment before a refrigerator, freezer, dehumidifier or air conditioner is scrapped, because released refrigerant damages the ozone layer. Transfer stations commonly keep these units apart from other scrap metal until the refrigerant has been removed.
Maine bans mercury-added products like fluorescent lamps and thermostats from regular trash. Maine DEP has listed the Calais Transfer Station as a free drop-off point for mercury lamps. Thermostat manufacturers also pay for a statewide program that collects old units.
Maine's open burning rules only allow you to burn clean brush and untreated wood. Burning household trash, painted or treated lumber, shingles or old furniture is banned statewide, because the smoke carries toxic compounds into neighboring homes and yards.
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(678) 884-4738Not for bulky items. Calais has no curbside bulk pickup that I could confirm. Residents bring junk to the Calais Transfer Station on Dump Road off South Street. It requires a free permit, and household trash needs $1.50 city stickers per bag.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Calais starts at $80, and curbside or driveway 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.
Same-day slots are sometimes available, but Calais is a small, remote market, so availability varies by day. Enter your address when booking to see live options. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home, and for indoor pickups someone should be present or leave access notes.
Bulky items like furniture, mattresses and carpets carry extra fees at the transfer station, and demolition debris is the costliest waste for the city to bury. Only Calais residents, property owners and businesses may use it, and a permit is required. Hauling it yourself saves money but takes time and a vehicle.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them whenever possible, and they try to recycle what charities can't accept. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes depend on item condition and facility acceptance.
Pick your items and enter your Calais address online, then choose a time window and see your total upfront. Your Loader calls before arriving, removes the items, and loads them. You don't pay a different price on pickup day, since the total was confirmed at booking.
LoadUp prices per item online, with the total locked in before booking. Traditional truckload haulers such as 1-800-GOT-JUNK or Junk King usually quote by volume and may confirm the price on site. For a small load, the transfer station is cheaper if you have a truck and a permit.
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