*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up slowly, then one day it is in the way of everything. Schedule a pickup anywhere in the Energy Capital, see your price before you book, and be done with it.
You call the county to ask what gets accepted. You ask around for a truck and a second set of hands. Two haulers never call back. A month later nothing has moved and the garage is still full.
Municipal pickup schedules here cover what fits in the cart, not a freezer or a box spring. Anything larger turns into a drive to a county site, on its hours, with its own list of what gets waved off at the gate. You still do the lifting.
Most haulers want eyes on the load before naming a price, so that is one trip out to look and another to actually take anything. Then the number comes back by the truckload, and a half-full bed lands in the same bracket as a packed one.
Donation outlets keep what they can resell, and they are right to be choosy. A stained mattress, swollen particleboard, an appliance that stopped running: none of it clears the door. Sorting the good from the rest still leaves you a pile and a long drive.
Renting a roll off means holding a delivery window, finding ground solid enough to set it on, and asking permission if it cannot sit on your own property. It parks there for days while you load every piece by hand. For one room, that is a lot of steel.
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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 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 Colstrip's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Getting a chest freezer up basement stairs or off a crowded garage shelf takes two sets of hands. Your Loaders are background checked and rated by real locals in Colstrip after each job.
If everything is already sitting at the end of a long gravel driveway or stacked outside the garage, curbside works and costs you less handling. Choose full service when the items are still inside an older house, a back bedroom, or an outbuilding, and your Loaders carry them out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $85 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $80 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $95 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $85 |
| 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.
Colstrip keeps its parks and pathways sharp. Then there is the garage, holding a dead freezer since two winters back, because the nearest place to drop it is most of a morning away. Your Loaders like showing up for people who keep and fix their own things and want the last of it gone.
Hauling a load out of the garage is the easy part. Where it lands matters more in Colstrip, where disposal options are limited. Your Loaders sort by condition and look for donation or recycling before disposal, where available.
Furniture, appliances, and household goods in clean, working shape may be offered to a donation outlet when one within driving range is open and accepting that kind of item.
Broken metal, appliance shells, and scrap wood can go to a recycler or scrap yard when local options allow. What gets accepted changes, so your Loaders work with whatever is taking that material that week.
Soaked mattresses, collapsed furniture, and broken exercise equipment go to a licensed landfill or transfer station that accepts them. Around Colstrip that often means a long drive, which your Loaders plan for.
Mishandled loads in Colstrip can draw a violation notice or turn away at the gate, so Rosebud County and Montana rules shape every cleanout here.
Rosebud County limits its unattended canister sites to household garbage only. Construction material and tree branches must go to the attended Colstrip landfill or the Forsyth transfer station instead, and misuse of the canister sites can bring a fine or prosecution.
Trash service in Colstrip runs through a private hauler using carts, dumpsters, and roll-offs rather than a city bulky item program. Oversized furniture, mattresses, and appliances are the property owner's responsibility to haul or arrange separately.
Montana allows open burning of only clean, untreated wood and plant material. Painted or treated lumber, plastics, shingles, and tar paper are prohibited, so remodeling scrap and construction wood must be hauled to a landfill rather than burned.
Colstrip sits in Montana's eastern burn zone, where December through February burning requires calling DEQ before ignition rather than holding a state permit. A local fire authority permit is still expected any time you burn.
Federal Clean Air Act rules bar venting refrigerant from refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners. Certified technicians must recover the Freon and the unit typically needs documentation before a landfill will accept it for scrap or burial.
Montana law treats wrecked, dismantled, or unlicensed vehicles stored in view as junk vehicles regulated by DEQ and administered through county programs. Owners must shield or dispose of them properly instead of storing them indefinitely on the lot.
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(678) 884-4738Colstrip does not run a scheduled curbside bulk pickup program, so oversized junk is yours to haul or hire out. The Rosebud County Landfill at Colstrip is an attended site that takes household and bulky waste, and dumping outside a proper site can bring fines. LoadUp handles the loading and hauling for you.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Colstrip starts at $85, and leaving items outside for curbside pickup takes $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, and each additional piece of junk is a flat add-on, with your full total confirmed before you book. Self-hauling to the county landfill runs cheaper if you own a truck.
Same-day and next-day slots open in many Montana zip codes when you book before noon, though rural southeastern Montana can have tighter availability than Billings. Enter your Colstrip zip during booking to see the live pickup dates for your exact address.
Rosebud County's canister and roll-off sites are for household garbage only. Construction material and tree branches have to go to the Forsyth Transfer Station or the Colstrip Landfill instead. LoadUp can haul renovation debris and yard waste straight to the right facility so you skip the separate trips.
Loaders sort for donation and recycling before anything heads to the landfill. The Rosebud County Landfill takes tires, wood, lawn waste, CFL bulbs, and fluorescent tubes for recycling, and usable furniture or household goods can go to local charities. Only what can't be reused ends up buried.
For curbside pickups, no. Leave your junk in an accessible spot with access notes and the crew takes care of the rest. For items inside that are heavy or hard to move, someone should be present. Your Loader calls roughly 30 minutes before arrival.
It comes down to pricing and booking. Haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King charge by truckload and quote in person, so your price isn't set until the truck arrives. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it in before anyone shows up, which helps in a rural area where haulers are scarce.
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