*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. Book a quick pickup in the High Country and see your price upfront before you commit.
You search, call the town, then the county, and still aren't sure who handles what. A hauler or two promises a callback that never comes. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but they usually come with limits on item types, quantities, and timing. You may need to request a slot ahead of time and drag everything to the road yourself, which is tough on a steep, winding driveway or from a second home you rarely visit.
Many haulers want to come look before they give you a number, which means waiting at home for a visit. Then the quote is based on a fraction of a truckload, so you don't really know the final cost until the bed is loaded and they're ready to leave.
Thrift and donation outlets need items they can resell, so stained upholstery, scuffed dressers, and older appliances often get turned away. Smaller mountain towns may have limited drop-off hours, too. You still have to load and drive everything there, with no promise it gets accepted.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full gut renovation, not for clearing out a guest room between rentals. Tight lots and sloped drives leave little room to park one, and HOA or neighborhood rules may restrict placement. You still do all the heavy lifting 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.
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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 Blowing Rock's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a dresser down rain-slick deck stairs and up a sloped gravel driveway to the truck. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Blowing Rock after each job.
If the old washer or bagged branches are already at the bottom of your driveway, curbside is the simpler fit. Choose full-service when things are still inside a second home or rental cabin, up a flight of entry steps or down on a lower level, 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 $75 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $70 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $85 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $75 |
| 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.
Let's be honest, wrestling a sofa down a steep gravel driveway and onto a winding 321 behind leaf-peeping traffic is nobody's idea of a good weekend. Your Loaders handle the lifting, the stairs, and the loading while you stay put. Folks here look after their mountain homes, and your Loaders like showing up for them.
Bulky items pile up fast in a small mountain town, and where they end up matters. In Blowing Rock, your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow, and disposal otherwise.
Furniture and bedding in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, and availability of donation outlets can vary by season.
Items that are worn or damaged but have recyclable parts, like metal appliance frames or scrap wood, can be taken for recycling where available. Your Loader separates them from the rest of the load.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or water-ruined bulky items, such as a collapsed sofa or a moldy mattress, go to responsible disposal at an appropriate facility. Your Loader carries them out and loads them.
Setting bulky items at the curb outside the scheduled week can lead to a fine in Blowing Rock, and Watauga County facilities refuse certain materials outright under these rules.
Blowing Rock residents who contract with licensed arborists or tree removal services are solely responsible for hauling and disposing of the trimmings and brush. Clean wood can go to Watauga County's mulching program, and finished mulch is free to county residents.
Watauga County's convenience centers, including sites in Blowing Rock, accept only bagged household trash in their dumpsters. All other materials must be taken to the county Sanitation Department and weighed at the scale house before disposal.
The Town collects paint cans during Clean Up Week only if they are dry or have enough cat litter added to absorb the paint. Watauga County's transfer station does not accept liquids, including paints, so drying them out matters either way.
Blowing Rock's curbside service excludes incidentals related to construction projects, and Clean Up Week will not take roof shingles. Watauga County accepts construction and demolition waste, but a household's loads beyond 2,000 pounds are subject to a per-ton tipping fee.
During Clean Up Week, the Town asks residents to keep leaves apart from branches so a leaf vacuum machine can speed collection. Piles must not block ditches or drains, which carry runoff along Blowing Rock's hilly streets.
Blowing Rock warns that setting appliances out before the week of pickup may bring a fine. Old white goods are collected during the Town's twice-yearly Clean Up Week, which also covers mattresses, box springs, furniture, and grills.
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(678) 884-4738Not reliably. Watauga County does not run a free curbside bulk pickup that I could confirm, and bulky items that won't fit in a trash bag are directed to the county transfer station. Unattended piles can also be treated as illegal dumping.
Watauga County runs 10 staffed convenience centers, including two near Blowing Rock on Highway 321 and Highway 221 South. Bulky items go to the transfer station at 336 Landfill Road. Check current hours first, since winter hours are shorter.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Blowing Rock starts at $75, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on, with the total confirmed before booking. The county's free 2,000 pounds a year is cheaper if you can haul it yourself, then the tipping fee is $62 per ton.
Same-day and next-day service are offered when availability allows. Blowing Rock is a small mountain town, so open slots vary by day. Enter your address during booking to see live times. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home.
Watauga County gives each household 2,000 pounds of free waste a year at the transfer station, verified by a Watauga address on your ID. Anything beyond that, and all non-residents, pay $62 per ton. Appliances and tires go through separate county programs.
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, so none of it is guaranteed.
You book online, pick the items and a time window, and see the price before confirming. Loaders usually call or text before arriving. On pickup day they carry the items out from wherever they are, load them up, and take them away.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King generally price by truckload, often after an estimate. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a full-house cleanout, a truckload hauler can be the better fit.
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