*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast and gets harder to ignore every week. Book LoadUp, see your real price upfront, and get it cleared out of your Brainerd place with a quick pickup.
You look up the city's rules, call the county, leave messages with a couple of haulers, and wait. One never calls back, another wants to come look first. Weeks later, the pile is still in the garage.
City bulk pickup programs can work if your timing and items line up. Most have request steps, set schedules, and lists of things they won't take. Rural Crow Wing County addresses may use different hauler arrangements entirely, so what works for a neighbor may not work for you.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give you a number, and then they price by the fraction of a truck. You can end up scheduling around their visit only to get a quote that shifts once the loading actually starts.
Donation drop-offs want items in good, resellable shape, and they get to decide. Worn furniture, broken pieces, and leftover clutter often get turned away. You still have to load it, drive it, and haul back whatever doesn't make the cut.
A roll-off sitting in your driveway for days is a lot of container for one basement or spare room. You may run into permit questions, drop-off and pickup timing, and neighbors who notice. Then you're still the one doing all the lifting.
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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 Brainerd's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders work through narrow basement stairs in older homes and detached garages packed to the rafters, and every one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Brainerd after each job.
If the old recliner or a pile of storm-downed limbs is already at the end of your driveway, curbside is the simpler pick. For items still in an upstairs bedroom, a lakeside shed, or a rental unit between tenants, full-service means your Loaders carry everything out from where it sits.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $95 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $90 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $105 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $95 |
| 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.
Anyone who has lived through a Minnesota winter knows the pile in the garage doesn't move when it's buried in snow, and the nice weekends fill up fast with everything else. Skip the borrowed truck and the dump run. Your Loaders like showing up for Brainerd neighbors, and they'll handle the lifting wherever the pile sits.
Bulky items pile up fast in garages, basements, and rental units, so where they end up matters. In Brainerd, your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when possible before disposal.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and local options allow. Your Loader will set those items aside, but don't count on receipts or paperwork.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable may be recycled where available, such as metal or reusable materials. Your Loader separates what local options can accept from what cannot.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items that can't be donated or recycled are handled as responsible disposal. Your Loader manages the loading, and certain materials may be excluded, so ask when you book.
Putting the wrong item in a trash cart can break Minnesota disposal law and leave you hauling it back out. These rules apply in Brainerd and Crow Wing County.
Minnesota bans burning household garbage, including in burn barrels. It also bans burning materials like plastics, shingles, tires and treated lumber. DNR spring burning restrictions usually start as the snow melts, right when lake-area yard cleanups begin.
Minnesota does not allow video display devices, including televisions and computer monitors, in household garbage because they can contain lead and other heavy metals. Crow Wing County residents need to take these screens to a recycling outlet instead of putting them in the cart.
Brainerd city code moved garbage collection to alleys. Homes without alley access can apply for an exemption. Garbage and recycling bins can go out no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before pickup and must be removed by the end of collection day.
State law bans disposing of waste tires on land, so tires left in a garage or behind a cabin need to go to a tire recycling outlet. Stockpiled tires also collect rainwater that breeds mosquitoes during Minnesota summers.
Minnesota law keeps major appliances out of household garbage so refrigerants, capacitors and mercury components can be removed before scrapping. Appliances must go to a recycling facility rather than the curbside cart or the landfill.
Minnesota bans mercury-containing items such as fluorescent lamps and thermostats from the trash because broken lamps release mercury vapor. Retail take-back programs and household hazardous waste collections accept them, and they often turn up in older basements and garages.
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(678) 884-4738Generally no. Brainerd has no free curbside junk pickup that I could confirm, so items left out can be treated as illegal dumping. Your trash hauler or the Crow Wing County Landfill at 15728 State Highway 210 are the usual legal options.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Brainerd starts at $95 for a single item, and curbside 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.
Often, yes. Same-day or next-day pickup is typically offered in Brainerd when you book before 2PM, depending on Loader availability. Entering your address during booking shows what openings exist for your location.
Paint, pesticides, and automotive chemicals shouldn't go in regular trash. Crow Wing County runs a Household Hazardous Waste Program at its landfill site, which has offered free drop-off to county residents on weekdays. Call ahead to confirm current hours.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Local options include Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Brainerd. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to proper disposal, which avoids landfill whenever options allow.
Not for curbside pickups. Leave items in an easy-to-reach spot outside and add access notes. For in-home pickups, especially heavy items that are hard to move, someone should be present or you can give access instructions when booking.
If you have a truck and time, hauling to the Crow Wing County Landfill is usually cheaper. A hauler makes more sense when you lack a vehicle, have heavy items, or want it done fast. Check the county's current fee schedule before you go.
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