*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it stops being a small chore and starts taking over your week. Book a quick pickup in Elkin, see your price upfront, and let LoadUp handle the rest.
You search online, call the town, then the county, and leave messages for a couple of haulers. One calls back with a vague quote, another never does, and weeks later the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Town and county programs can help, but they usually come with item limits, set pickup windows, and rules about what qualifies. Your address may fall under different services than your neighbor's, and you still have to drag everything out yourself.
Many haulers want to come look before naming a price, then quote by fractions of a truckload you can't easily judge. The final number can shift on pickup day, which makes it hard to plan or compare options.
Thrift shops and charities have to be choosy about condition, so stained, worn, or broken pieces often get turned away. Even items they accept usually need to be dropped off, which means finding a truck and help to lift them.
A roll-off container takes up your driveway or yard for days, may need permission depending on where you live, and still leaves you hauling every piece into it. For a single room or a handful of bulky items, it's more than you need.
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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 Elkin 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 Elkin's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A dresser wedged on steep basement stairs in an older home won't slow your Loaders down. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Elkin after each job.
If the old mower or worn recliner is already sitting at the end of your driveway, curbside keeps the visit quick and simple. For anything still down in a basement or behind a set of porch steps, which is common in many of Elkin's older homes, full-service has your Loaders bring it out from wherever it sits.
| 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.
Hauling an old sofa down winding two-lane roads in a borrowed pickup, then making a second trip when the first load shifts, is a rite of passage nobody misses. Your Loaders do the lifting and loading from the garage, porch, or basement. LoadUp and your Loaders like showing up for Elkin neighbors who help each other out.
Bulky items rarely fit in a trunk, so where they end up matters as much as getting them out of the house. For Elkin jobs, your Loader sorts each item by condition when possible.
Furniture and household items that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader handles the carrying, and availability depends on what is accepted nearby.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or some appliances, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them during loading, and local options vary.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items go to a permitted disposal site, such as a landfill or transfer station serving Elkin's area. Your Loader handles the heavy lifting, and handling rules vary by item.
Elkin Public Works may decline yard waste not prepared to town ordinance, and county sites refuse paint and liquids, so here is what applies in Elkin and Surry County.
State law bans lithium-ion batteries from North Carolina landfills effective December 1, 2026. Lead-acid batteries have been banned since 1991. Stores that sell lead-acid batteries must take back a used one when you buy a new one, and Surry County convenience centers recycle auto batteries.
When ice or wind brings down trees in the Yadkin Valley, Elkin Public Works will not collect trunks larger than four inches in diameter or any stumps. It also refuses trees or limbs from land clearing or from paid work by a commercial yard service.
Computer equipment and televisions have been banned from North Carolina landfills since 2011. Surry County's Mount Airy landfill accepts residential electronics at no charge, but televisions and monitors are excluded, and televisions are charged per unit.
Town residents can rent the Town dump truck overnight for household goods, and the fee goes on the water bill. Rentals are for residential use only, not contractors. Household goods and brush cannot share a load, and the tarp must close.
No liquids, paints, or hazardous waste are accepted at any Surry County disposal area. The county points residents to the place of purchase or the manufacturer and holds a household hazardous waste and pesticide event that excludes commercial business waste.
With a county sticker, residents can bring bagged household waste and recyclables to Surry County's thirteen convenience centers. Wood, metal, and other spring or basement cleaning material must go to the county landfill in Mount Airy, and the centers aren't built for large loads.
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(678) 884-4738Yes, but for a fee. The Town of Elkin charges $25 for a single item pickup, $20 for a half load, $40 for a full load, and $70 for a bulk item truck load. Call Public Works at (336) 258-8915 to confirm how to schedule before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Elkin 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 exact total confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available in the Elkin area, depending on the schedule that day. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home. For in-home removal, someone should be present or leave access notes.
Yes. The Mount Airy landfill at 237 Landfill Road takes furniture and similar bulk items at a per-ton tipping fee, currently $52 per ton with a higher rate scheduled for July 2026. Convenience centers take only bagged household trash and recycling, and you need a county sticker.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them when options allow. They try to recycle what they can, depending on acceptance at local facilities. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility.
You book online, pick your items and a time window, and see your total before confirming. On pickup day your Loaders arrive, load everything, and haul it away. The price you saw at booking is the price you pay, with no truckload estimate on your driveway.
For one or two bulky items you can schedule ahead, the town's $25 single item fee is hard to beat. A private service makes more sense when you want a firm time window, need items carried out of the house, or have a mixed pile beyond the town's load options.
The pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload and confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, and the total is confirmed before booking. For smaller jobs, per-item pricing is often the lower-cost route.
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