*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up around your Tompkins place, it stops being a small chore. Book a quick pickup, see your price before you confirm, and let LoadUp take it from there.
You search for options, call around about pickup, leave messages with haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. Meanwhile the pile in the garage or pole barn sits there for another season.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but whether one reaches a township address varies by location. Where these programs exist, they often limit item types, require advance requests, and expect everything hauled to the roadside first, which is a long carry from a back building.
Many haulers want to drive out for an in-person estimate before naming a price, then charge by how much of the truck you fill. You may not know the real cost until the job is done, and a long trip out can add surprise charges.
Donation centers need items they can resell, so stained furniture, worn mattresses, and broken appliances usually get turned away. You still have to load and drive everything there yourself, and whatever they decline comes home with you.
A roll-off container means scheduling delivery and pickup, checking local rules, and finding level ground where a heavy truck can set it down without rutting the yard. Then you lift and toss every item in yourself, often to fill a fraction of the space.
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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.
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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 Tompkins's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle the long carry up walkout basement stairs at a lake home, and every one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Tompkins after each job.
Curbside, also called outdoor, fits when you can move items to the end of your driveway yourself. Full-service suits a broken mower at the back of a barn or boxes stacked in a garage loft, where your Loaders carry everything out as long as property access allows.
| 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.
When the nearest drop-off is a real drive and your pickup bed holds half a load, a junk run eats the whole Saturday. In Tompkins Center and the countryside around it, folks have better things to do. Your Loaders lift, carry, and load what you point to, and they like showing up for neighbors who'd rather be outside.
Bulky items pile up fast on larger properties, so where they end up matters as much as getting them out. Around Tompkins, your Loader sorts each load by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loader sets those pieces aside from the rest of the load for that path.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or wood, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the load when local options allow.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items that can't be donated or recycled go to responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the loading, and the destination depends on what local facilities currently accept.
Burning the wrong materials can lead to a state violation, and county chemical collections require reservations, so these are the rules that apply in Tompkins Township and Jackson County.
The Jackson County Conservation District holds two to three household hazardous waste collections each spring and summer for county residents. They are by reservation only and cost $20 per vehicle. Past events have accepted propane tanks up to 100 pounds, pesticides, and items containing mercury.
Michigan law prohibits burning household trash that contains plastic, rubber, foam, chemically treated wood, textiles, electronics, chemicals, or hazardous materials. Burn barrels are common in rural townships, but this rule covers most of what a basement or garage cleanout turns up.
The state's Jackson County profile lists Parma Village as the only community with contracted curbside trash service. Tompkins Township households rely on private service or bring loads to a drop-off such as Granger Recycling and Disposal Center of Jackson.
Michigan charges a 10-cent deposit on beer and carbonated soft drink containers, and stores that sell those brands give the refund. Cleanouts often uncover bags of old cans and bottles, and stores can limit how much one person returns in a day.
State law keeps yard clippings such as grass, leaves, and brush out of landfills. Fall leaf cleanup and branches knocked down by winter ice storms need to go to a compost site or be composted on the property, not into the trash.
Jackson County's hazardous waste collection flyer accepts oil-based and lead-based paint but lists latex paint as not accepted, along with electronics. Recycling Jackson has taken latex paint and e-waste for a charge at its monthly drop-off on the first Saturday.
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(678) 884-4738Tompkins is a rural township with no confirmed municipal bulk pickup program, so curbside junk is not a safe plan. Most residents use a private hauler or drop items at a transfer station. Check with the township office before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Tompkins starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickup 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 booking.
Same-day pickup depends on Loader availability near Tompkins, and rural addresses may have fewer open slots than Jackson. Enter your address during booking to see live availability. Next-day and scheduled windows are usually easier to get for farm or lake properties.
Jackson County has several drop-off sites, including Granger Disposal Center at 555 Woodworth Rd in Jackson and Rives Township Transfer in Rives Junction. Accepted items and fees vary by site, so call first. Self-hauling is often cheaper if you have a truck and the time.
Paint, chemicals, and similar household hazardous waste are generally not accepted in regular trash. Jackson County handles them through collection events run by the Jackson County Conservation District. Check the event schedule before you clean out a garage or barn.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle materials whenever options allow. Whatever cannot be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes depend on what local charities and recyclers accept at the time of pickup.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. You can leave items out with access notes. For items inside a home, barn, or garage, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions at booking. Your Loader will contact you before arriving.
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