*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it feels like a project of its own. Book a quick pickup with LoadUp and get it hauled away, with your price shown first.
You search online, call your trash hauler, ask around for a guy with a trailer, and leave a few voicemails nobody returns. Weeks go by, and the pile in the shed is still sitting there.
Here, trash service usually comes through a private hauler, not the city. That means bulk pickup depends on your hauler's terms: an extra request, limits on what qualifies, and a set day. Items have to be at the curb, which is a long haul from a back shed.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they'll quote, which can mean waiting at home for a visit. Then the price is based on how much of the truck they think you'll fill, so you don't really know your total until the work is done.
Donating usable things is worth doing, but donation centers turn down anything stained, broken, or out of date. Plenty of what piles up after a renovation or estate cleanout won't qualify, and you still have to load it and drive it there yourself.
A dumpster makes sense for a full teardown, not for one garage bay or a spare room. You plan around delivery and pickup dates, it sits in your driveway for days, and you still do all the lifting and tossing 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 Ham Lake 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 Ham Lake's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders work around steep basement stairs and the far corners of a packed pole barn. They are background-checked and rated by real locals in Ham Lake after each job.
If your old riding mower or brush pile is already sitting outside near the end of a long driveway, choose curbside so your Loader can load it from there. For a sectional upstairs or boxes stacked deep in a detached garage, full-service means your Loaders carry everything out for you.
| 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.
Country living comes with room to spread out, and the pile behind the shed has always taken full advantage. Hauling it yourself means borrowing a trailer and making three trips down a long driveway. Your Loaders would rather do the lifting, and they like showing up for neighbors who keep this place feeling like home.
Bulky items rarely belong in one place once they leave a Ham Lake property, which is why where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture, tools, and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible. Your Loader sets usable items aside and takes them to a donation channel where available, though no specific outcome is guaranteed.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates metal, wood, and other materials when local options allow, and otherwise handles them as general disposal.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items from Ham Lake garages, sheds, and yards go to an appropriate disposal facility. Your Loader lifts and hauls them away so you don't have to.
Throwing banned items like appliances or tube TVs in the trash breaks Minnesota law, and burning debris can lead to enforcement. Here's what applies in Ham Lake and Anoka County.
Many older Minnesota homes still have round wall thermostats with a sealed mercury bulb inside. State law bans mercury thermostats, fluorescent tubes and other products containing mercury from household garbage. They need to go to a household hazardous waste collection.
Ham Lake puts a yard waste dumpster on the north side of City Hall, usually from May through October. Minnesota bans yard waste from household trash in the metro area, so late-season leaves may require a paid curbside yard waste service.
Since 2006, Minnesota has banned electronics with cathode ray tubes from household garbage because the glass contains lead. Basement cleanouts often turn up these heavy sets, and they have to go to an electronics recycler instead of the trash.
Ham Lake has a locked shredding cabinet in the City Hall vestibule for personal documents. It's open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays from 7 to 11 a.m., which works well for old tax files found during a cleanout.
Burning can seem easy on larger Ham Lake properties, but Minnesota bans burning household garbage, even in burn barrels. Construction debris, shingles, plastics and treated or painted lumber also can't be burned legally under state air quality rules.
Minnesota law keeps major appliances out of household trash and landfills. Before a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner is scrapped, the refrigerant and other hazardous parts like mercury switches and PCB capacitors have to be removed for proper recycling.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless your hauler has agreed to take it. Ham Lake has no city-run bulk pickup that I could confirm, and residents use private haulers. For questions, the city lists Ham Lake Haulers at 763-427-3112. Curbside recycling covers recyclables only, not bulky junk.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Ham Lake starts at $95 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.
Same-day and next-day pickup are often available in Ham Lake, depending on Loader schedules that day. Availability changes by address and time, so entering your address during booking shows which slots are open. For curbside items, you usually don't need to be home.
No. Ham Lake's open burning rules say garbage, furniture, painted or treated lumber, leaves, and grass cannot be burned at any time. Only dry, clean wood is allowed in a recreational fire. Larger burns need a permit from City Hall, and even permits don't cover junk.
The Ham Lake Recycling Center at 15544 Central Avenue NE is open daily for recyclables. Dem-Con in Blaine takes furniture, construction debris, and general residential waste, and fees may apply. Anoka County's Blaine hazardous waste facility takes household chemicals free for residents.
Loaders aim to donate or recycle items whenever options allow, depending on what charities and recyclers will accept. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Donation and recycling aren't guaranteed for every item.
You book online, pick your items and a time window, and see your total before confirming. On pickup day your Loader typically gives notice before arriving, then removes the items and loads them. Curbside items can be left out with access notes.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King generally price by truck volume and may confirm the final price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms your total before booking. For larger cleanouts, a truckload hauler can be the better fit.
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