*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 a quick pickup in Lum, check your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the township office, leave messages with a couple of haulers, and wait. Some call back with vague answers, some never do. Meanwhile, another month goes by and the junk is still sitting in the pole barn.
In a rural township, a scheduled bulk pickup may be limited or not offered at all. Where a program exists, it often skips appliances, tires, and electronics, and it usually expects items set out by the road. That's a tough ask when your stuff is in a barn at the end of a long driveway.
Many haulers want to drive out and look before they'll give you a number, and on a spread-out property that visit can take days to schedule. Truckload-based pricing makes it hard to guess the final bill until everything is already loaded.
Donation centers need items in good, sellable shape, so a water-stained recliner or a dresser with a broken drawer usually gets turned away. Most also expect you to bring things in yourself, which means loading a truck and making the drive into Lapeer.
A roll-off container takes up a big chunk of driveway, needs a delivery and pickup date, and can rut a soft gravel or grass surface. You still have to do all the carrying yourself, and for a single garage or spare room, most of that space goes unused.
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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 Lum 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 Lum's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a dresser down a narrow farmhouse staircase or hauls scrap from deep inside a pole barn. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Lum after every job.
Outdoor pickup fits when items are already outside, by the driveway or in an open spot on the yard, so your Loaders can load them quickly. Full-service works better when things are still in a basement, garage, or back shed, since your Loaders carry them out from wherever they sit.
| 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.
Out here, a dump run means a long drive into Lapeer with a truck bed of whatever the pole barn has been holding onto, and not everyone owns the truck. Your Loaders lift, carry, and load it from the garage or the far end of a long driveway, and they enjoy showing up for neighbors like you.
Bulky items pile up fast on rural properties, and a drop-off trip can eat half a day, which is why where things end up matters in Lum. Your Loader sorts each item by condition.
Furniture, appliances, and household goods in good, clean shape may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Rural drop-off choices are limited, so donation is never guaranteed.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable parts, like metal frames or old appliances, may be recycled where available. Your Loader loads them so you skip the trip.
Heavily damaged or soiled bulky items, such as ruined mattresses or water-damaged furniture, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader carries them out from garages, barns, or far corners of your lot.
Burning the wrong debris or dumping tires can bring a state violation, so these are the rules that apply in Lum, Arcadia Township, and the rest of Lapeer County.
Under Michigan's scrap tire rules, whole tires cannot go into a landfill, and Lapeer County's Clean Sweep collection does not accept them. Some Lapeer County townships hold their own tire recycling days, so watch for Arcadia Township announcements.
Lapeer County, MSU Extension, and the state agriculture department hold Clean Sweep events for pesticides and household hazardous waste, usually once or twice a year. You must register first. Latex or enamel paint, smoke detectors, and Rust-Oleum products have been excluded.
Most of Lapeer County has no contracted curbside trash, so most Lum households arrange their own subscription service. Arcadia Township, which includes Lum, holds a Spring Clean-Up at the township offices, scheduled for June in 2026. Check the township's event listing for accepted items.
Michigan prohibits open burning of construction and demolition waste. Household trash containing plastic, rubber, foam, treated wood, or electronics cannot be burned either. Burn barrels are common on rural properties, but renovation scraps and foam-filled furniture need another disposal route.
Lapeer County's hazardous waste collection does not accept car batteries. Michigan law keeps lead-acid batteries out of landfills and requires stores that sell them to accept used ones, so batteries from a garage cleanout can go back to an auto parts store.
Michigan law bans yard clippings from landfills, including leaves, grass, and small brush, so they should not be bagged with household trash. In a Thumb-region winter, composting them before the first snowfall keeps frozen piles from sitting until spring.
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(678) 884-4738Don't count on it. Lum is unincorporated, so there is no city bulk pickup program, and trash service usually runs through a private hauler you contract with. Leaving junk roadside or on someone else's land can count as illegal dumping under Michigan law.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Lum starts at $80 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $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. Availability depends on how many Loaders are working near Lapeer County that day, and rural addresses like Lum can have fewer open slots. Enter your address when booking to see live times. Next-day is often easier to get.
Not for outdoor pickups. Items can be left at the driveway or curb with notes on where to find them. For items inside a house, barn, or shed, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions when booking.
Paint, pesticides, solvents, and other household hazardous waste shouldn't go in regular trash. Lapeer County has held Clean Sweep collection events that require online pre-registration, so check the county's current schedule. Loaders can't haul hazardous materials.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill. Furniture and household goods may be donated to local charities when they accept them, and metal or other recyclables go to recyclers when options allow. Anything that can't be donated or recycled is disposed of at an appropriate facility.
Book online, choose your item or items, and pick a time window. You see the total before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader gives a heads-up before arriving, then carries out and loads the items, including from barns, garages, or basements.
The pricing model differs. Dumpster rentals and haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK or Junk King charge by container or truckload, often after an estimate. LoadUp prices per item online with the total confirmed upfront. For a full cleanout, a dumpster can be cheaper.
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