*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it becomes the chore nobody wants to tackle. Book a quick pickup with LoadUp and get your Dawson space back without making a dump run.
You search online, call the city office, leave messages with a few haulers, and wait to hear back from the ones who never return calls. Weeks go by and the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Ask about city bulk pickup programs first, since they can be the easiest option. Small towns often run them only once or twice a year, so you may be waiting on someone else's calendar. You still have to drag everything to the curb, and appliances or electronics may need separate arrangements.
Out here, a hauler may need to drive in from another town just to look at the pile before giving you a number. Quotes based on how full the truck gets are hard to check ahead of time, and the final total can change once the loading starts.
Thrift stores and charities have to be careful about what they accept, and that's fair. Stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture usually get turned down. The nearest drop-off may also be a long drive away, and a pickup truck is no help for the items they refuse.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full teardown, not for clearing out one room or a corner of the shed. You have to schedule the drop-off and pickup, find level ground it won't tear up, and still carry every heavy piece out and lift it over the side yourself.
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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 Dawson 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 Dawson's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle narrow basement stairwells in older two-story homes and packed one-stall garages. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Dawson after each job.
Curbside is the simple choice when the old recliner or a stack of boxes is already in your driveway or beside the garage. Pick full-service when items are still in the basement, upstairs, or in an outbuilding, and your Loaders will carry them out.
| 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 noon | 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.
Since the county's demolition landfill closed in 2021, getting rid of old lumber or a sagging couch means a drive to another town and back. That's a lot of prairie miles for one load. Your Loader carries it out and loads it up, and showing up for neighbors here is a pleasure.
Bulky items need somewhere sensible to go, and in a small prairie town like Dawson the nearest options can be a long drive away. Your Loader sorts each load by condition, favoring reuse when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good working shape may be set aside for donation, where available. Local outlets near Dawson can be limited, so this depends on what is open nearby.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for reuse, like scrap metal or old electronics, may be separated for recycling when local options allow. Acceptance varies by site and by item type.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items, such as a ruined mattress or rotted lumber from an old outbuilding, are taken to a permitted disposal site. Your Loader handles the loading and the trip.
Tossing a refrigerator, TV, or old tires in with the trash breaks Minnesota disposal law and lets toxic metals escape. These rules apply in Dawson and Lac qui Parle County.
Minnesota bans major appliances from regular trash. Lac qui Parle County takes them for a small fee at its Special Item Recycling Site near Madison, but only on the second Saturday of May through October. A freezer that dies in January waits for spring.
Everyone within Dawson city limits must have garbage collection, and residential customers must also have recycling. Most trash and debris can go out on regular service days if it is properly contained. Extra bags use tags sold at City Hall for $3.50 each.
Lac qui Parle County collects household hazardous waste free for residents at spring and fall events. The fall collection has been held at the County Highway Garage in Dawson. Accepted items include paint, thinners, sealants, glues, new or used oil filters, and transmission fluid.
Lac qui Parle County's demolition landfill filled up and closed on October 2, 2021, and the county no longer runs any landfill. For remodel and tear-out debris, the county points residents to demolition landfills in neighboring Chippewa and Lyon counties.
Lac qui Parle County's battery program no longer takes single-use alkaline batteries, which belong in regular household garbage. Rechargeables, cell phones, tablets, and laptops go to the collection box at the Madison courthouse. Vape batteries are accepted only if they come apart from the device.
The county notes that TVs, computer equipment, and DVD players contain toxic metals and chemicals that can leak once thrown away. Minnesota bars video display devices from household garbage, so these items go to the county's seasonal special item collections for a small fee.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless your hauler agrees to take it. Dawson has no city-run bulk pickup that I could confirm, and trash service is through private haulers such as Olson Sanitation at 320-769-4610. Items left out without arrangements can count as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Dawson starts at $95 for a single item, and curbside or outdoor pickup takes a flat $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.
Sometimes, but it depends on Loader availability for your address. Dawson is a small rural market, so next-day or scheduled slots may be more realistic. Enter your address during booking to see which times are open. Someone only needs to be home for in-home pickups.
Lac qui Parle County's landfill is permanently closed, so debris goes elsewhere. The county lists Olson Sanitation in Dawson and Tostenson Transfer Station in Montevideo (320-269-7243) as options. Tipping fees apply, so call ahead to confirm what each site accepts.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to licensed disposal sites. Outcomes vary by item condition and what nearby facilities will take.
You choose your items and pick a time online, then see your total before confirming. On pickup day, your Loader typically calls or texts ahead of arrival, then removes, hauls, and loads the items. Curbside pickups can be done without anyone home if access is clear.
It depends on the job. For household chemicals, the county hosts free household hazardous waste collections twice a year, and that is the better route for those. For bulky items, LoadUp does the lifting and hauling for you, and quotes a price online before anyone arrives.
The main differences are pricing and booking. Truck-based haulers usually charge by the load and may confirm a price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and shows the total before you book. Availability in small towns like Dawson can differ by company, so compare coverage.
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