*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it becomes a standing item on your to-do list. LoadUp makes Gunn cleanups simple: book a quick pickup and get your space back.
You search online, call the county, leave messages with a couple of haulers and wait. One calls back, one never does. Weeks slip by, and the pile in the garage hasn't moved an inch.
A small town like this may not have its own bulk pickup program, so a lot of residents end up with private haulers or a county transfer station instead. Even where municipal pickup schedules exist, appliances, mattresses and electronics often come with extra rules, and you still have to drag everything out yourself.
Lots of haulers want to drive out and look at the job before they'll give you a number. After that the price depends on how much of the truck you fill, which they guess at, so you often don't know what you're paying until the work is done.
Thrift stores need things they can resell, so a stained mattress, a dead microwave or a warped patio set will usually get turned away. Even items in good shape mean loading them up, driving them in, and hoping they have room that week.
A roll-off sounds simple until you're arranging drop-off and pickup dates, finding level ground for it and hoping it doesn't rut the yard during spring thaw. Then you still do all the lifting yourself, to fill a big container with what amounts to one shed.
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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 Gunn 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 Gunn's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader works down steep basement stairs, through a narrow back-porch door or into a packed shed corner, then carries everything out. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Gunn after each job.
Curbside works well when an old washer or a brush pile is already at the end of the driveway, which helps if you only get up to the property on weekends. Choose full-service when a mattress is stuck in a cabin loft or renovation scraps fill the garage, and your Loaders will carry it all out from inside.
| 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 wrestled an old treadmill into a pickup bed while a Minnesota wind kicks up knows the weather gets a vote on every cleanout. Your Loader handles the lifting, carrying and loading, so your hands stay free for everything else on the list. Your Loaders genuinely like showing up for the people of Gunn.
Bulky items pile up fast on a rural property, and where they end up matters as much as getting them out. In Gunn, your Loader hauls them away, and condition decides whether they go toward donation, recycling or disposal.
Items in good, clean shape, like a working bike, a sturdy dresser or exercise equipment, may find a second home through donation channels when local options allow. Reuse is never guaranteed, and no receipt is promised.
Items that are worn or damaged but still hold usable materials, such as metal appliances or scrap framing, may be recycled where available. Rural areas often have fewer nearby options, so some items may not qualify.
Items that are heavily damaged, soiled or beyond reuse, like a moldy mattress or water-ruined carpet, go to proper disposal. Your Loader does the lifting and loading, and the items are taken to an appropriate disposal site.
One wrong item in a recycling container can contaminate and ruin the entire load, so here is how disposal actually works in Gunn and across Itasca County.
Itasca County and Itasca County Habitat for Humanity run an enclosed roll-off at the Bray Lake Canister Site in Balsam Township, plus a transfer station collection site, for usable furniture and building materials. County ordinance otherwise prohibits scavenging at disposal sites.
Minnesota requires a burning permit for brush piles whenever the ground has less than three inches of snow cover. Burning household garbage is illegal statewide in any season, so cleanout debris needs a disposal site rather than a burn barrel.
State law bans major appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, and water heaters from mixed municipal solid waste, partly because cooling units hold refrigerants that must be recovered before scrapping. Appliances need a separate recycling route.
At Itasca County's outlying canister sites, recycling is accepted at no charge, while garbage is paid for with prepaid solid waste coupons. Keeping cardboard separated before it mixes with garbage keeps it eligible for the free recycling bins.
The county demolition landfill at the Cohasset transfer station was originally permitted as an unlined site, which is why it takes concrete brick, bituminous concrete, untreated wood, masonry, glass, and rocks but not household garbage.
Itasca County collects household hazardous waste at the transfer station by appointment, typically twice a month on Wednesdays from April through October and once a month November through March. The Solid Waste Assessment Fee covers it, so residents pay nothing extra.
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(678) 884-4738Not safely. I couldn't confirm any city-run bulk pickup in Gunn, and items left out without a scheduled pickup can be treated as illegal dumping. Most residents use a private garbage hauler, the Itasca County transfer station, or a junk removal service.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Gunn starts at $95, and curbside or outdoor 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 you book.
Sometimes, depending on Loader availability in the Grand Rapids area. Gunn is within LoadUp's Minnesota service area, but availability changes daily. Enter your address during booking to see which pickup windows are open. Outdoor pickups don't require you to be home.
Household hazardous waste goes to the Itasca County Transfer Station HHW room at 29959 East Bass Lake Road in Cohasset. Collection days are limited, and you call Environmental Services at (218) 327-2857 to set an appointment. Hazardous materials generally can't go in regular junk loads.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill. Depending on acceptance, they aim to donate furniture and household goods to local charities and recycle materials like scrap metal and cardboard whenever possible. Items that can't be donated or recycled are taken to an appropriate disposal facility.
You book online, pick the items or load size, and get your total upfront. Choose a pickup window and add access notes if the driveway is long or gated. Your Loader contacts you before arriving, then removes the items and hauls them away.
The main differences are pricing and booking. Traditional haulers often price by truck volume and may confirm the final cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a full-home cleanout, a truckload quote may still fit better.
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