*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it becomes one more thing on the list. LoadUp makes it simple in Independence: pick a time, see your price before booking, and get it gone.
You search online, call around about drop-off rules, and leave messages for haulers. Some never call back, and the rest want to come look first. Weeks go by, and the junk is still in the barn.
Many small Minnesota cities don't run a city bulk pickup program, and trash service here often comes through private haulers. Even where bulky pickup is offered, it usually means scheduling ahead, item limits, and dragging everything to the road yourself.
Many haulers want to walk your property before they'll quote a price, then charge by how much of the truck you fill. You won't know the final cost until the truck is loaded, so a big outbuilding cleanout means a lot of guessing.
Donation centers want clean, working items they can resell, which makes sense. Water-stained furniture from the basement, worn mattresses, and broken equipment usually get turned away, and you still have to load and drive everything there yourself.
A roll-off sounds simple until you're juggling delivery windows, rental periods, and where to put it without scarring the lawn or blocking the driveway. Then you still have to haul every heavy piece out and lift it over the wall yourself.
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No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
No in-person charges
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 Independence 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 Independence's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry bulky sectionals up steep basement stairs and ease them through tight back doors with care. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Independence after each job.
If the old dock sections or patio set are already sitting at the end of your driveway, curbside is the simpler fit. Choose full-service when items are still tucked in a lakeside shed, a horse barn, or a cluttered garage, and your Loaders will carry them 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.
Anyone in Independence knows a quick dump run is a myth. By the time you've dragged the old sectional out of the barn, loaded the truck, and made the drive, the Saturday is gone. Your Loaders do the lifting, carrying, and loading instead, and they genuinely like showing up for neighbors with plenty of chores already.
Bulky items pile up fast on a property with outbuildings and a long driveway, so where they end up matters in Independence. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, aiming to keep usable things out of landfills.
Furniture, tools, and household goods in clean, usable shape may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loader sets those items aside during loading so they can head that direction.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like metal frames or old equipment, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the rest of the load when local options allow.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken-down items that can't be reused go to an appropriate disposal site. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, so you don't make repeated dump runs.
Burning the wrong material or arriving at a city drop-off without ID can mean a violation or a wasted trip under these rules for Independence and Hennepin County.
A Minnesota DNR permit covers small amounts of dry leaves, plant clippings, brush, and clean untreated-unpainted wood when weather poses no fire hazard. It must be activated each burn day, and the DNR restricts permits each spring in fire-prone parts of the state.
Bicycles dropped off at the city's Spring Clean-Up Day are donated to a charity that cleans them up and distributes them to people in need, so a rusty garage bike can stay out of the waste stream entirely.
Independence contracts with Republic Services for residential recycling to reduce wear on city roads, and the 95-gallon one-sort cart costs residents nothing. Pickup runs Fridays on a Grey-week or Blue-week schedule, sliding one day in holiday weeks.
Minnesota's DNR permit only allows clean untreated-unpainted wood, so painted trim or treated deck boards fall outside it. State law separately bans open burning of hazardous waste, oil, and burnable building material from commercial or institutional demolition.
At the city's Spring Clean-Up Day, bulbs and fluorescent tubes must arrive in original packaging or surrounded by cardboard, never taped together. Light fixtures must be disassembled with ballasts disconnected from the housing unit before they are accepted.
Independence's Spring Clean-Up Day, typically the first Saturday in May, accepts appliances like refrigerators, water heaters, dehumidifiers, and heat pumps. IDs are checked, only one free load per household is taken, some items carry fees, and payment must be exact change in cash or check.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless your hauler agrees to take it. Independence is largely rural, and many homes use private garbage haulers rather than city crews, so bulky items left out without arranging pickup can be treated as illegal dumping. Confirm bulk rules with your hauler or City Hall.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Independence starts at $95, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $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. Truckload haulers often charge more for small jobs.
Sometimes. Availability depends on Loader schedules and your address, and rural properties west of Minneapolis may have fewer open slots. Enter your address during booking to see the real-time windows, including next-day options, before you commit.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Leave items out with access notes. For items inside a home, barn, or outbuilding, someone should be present or you can leave clear access instructions when booking. Your Loader typically sends a heads-up before arriving.
Hazardous items like paint, solvents, pesticides, and batteries generally can't go in household trash in Hennepin County. Large properties with barns often have these. They go to county hazardous waste drop-offs, so ask about restricted items before booking.
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 the appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition and what local partners will take.
You pick your items and address online, see the price, and choose a time window. On pickup day your Loader arrives, confirms the items, and handles all lifting and loading. Because the price is confirmed upfront, the total shouldn't change unless the item list does.
The main differences are pricing and booking. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload and may confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For big cleanouts, a full-truck hauler can still be the better fit.
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