*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 LoadUp pickup in Hays, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the county, and leave messages with a couple of haulers. One quotes a vague range, another never calls back. A few weekends later, the junk is still sitting in the shed.
Unincorporated Wilkes County doesn't have a city bulk pickup program that comes to your door. The usual alternative is hauling items to a county drop-off site yourself, which means owning a truck, checking which materials they accept, and doing all the lifting on your own.
Many haulers want to walk the property before they'll give you a number, and that can mean waiting days for a visit. Then the quote is based on a fraction of a truckload, so you don't really know the final bill until everything is already on the truck.
Thrift stores and charities need things they can resell, so worn upholstery, broken appliances, and scrap lumber usually get turned away. You still have to load and deliver everything yourself, and whatever they refuse comes right back home with you.
A roll-off dumpster makes sense for a full teardown, but it's a lot for one cluttered spare room. You have to plan around delivery and pickup dates, find level ground that won't rut your yard or block the driveway, and still carry every load out 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 Hays 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 Hays's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Wrestling a rusted tiller out of a cluttered barn or a sleeper sofa up narrow basement stairs takes real effort. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Hays after each job.
If the old riding mower or a pile of scrap lumber is already at the end of your driveway, curbside (outdoor) pickup keeps things simple. For a packed outbuilding or a whole-house estate cleanup on a foothills property, full-service means your Loader carries items out from inside wherever access is safe.
| 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 noon | 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.
Out here, clearing a barn or outbuilding usually means borrowing a neighbor's truck, strapping down a load, and hoping the tailgate holds. Hays is unincorporated, so there is no city crew to call. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading instead, and genuinely likes showing up for the people who make this community what it is.
Big, bulky items rarely have one right destination, and in Hays the options near you can be limited. Your Loader sorts what they haul by condition, so usable pieces have a chance at reuse and the rest is handled responsibly.
Items in good, clean condition, like solid wood dressers, working tools, or a sturdy workbench, may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Availability depends on what nearby organizations will accept.
Pieces too worn to donate, such as scrap metal, bent shelving, or old fencing, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates what can be reused as materials from what cannot.
Heavily damaged or soiled items, like rotted decking, water-ruined carpet, or broken lawn furniture, go to an appropriate disposal site for Wilkes County. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading.
Showing up at a county site with the wrong load can get you turned away, so here is how disposal works in Hays and across Wilkes County.
Hays is unincorporated, so residents rely on Wilkes County drop-off sites. The convenience centers accept bagged household trash and food waste from daily home life, but they are not equipped for large loads, which must go directly to the county landfill.
Wilkes County accepts white goods free of charge at the landfill and its convenience centers. North Carolina bans white goods from landfill burial, so appliances like refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners are handled separately and their refrigerant is managed before scrapping.
No liquids, hazardous waste, or paint is accepted at any Wilkes County disposal area unless the paint has dried. For liquids and hazardous products, the county directs residents to the place of purchase or the manufacturer for disposal options.
Wilkes County accepts all tires free at the landfill and convenience centers, but only once they are off the rim. North Carolina also bans whole tires from landfills, so a shed or barn full of old tires needs this separate route.
State law has prohibited landfill disposal of televisions and computer equipment, including monitors, printers, keyboards, and laptops, since 2011. Electronics cleared out of a Hays home have to go to a recycling outlet rather than the household trash.
North Carolina allows burning only of leaves, limbs, and yard trimmings that grew on the property, never household trash, tires, or building materials. Outside city limits near woodlands, a North Carolina Forest Service permit is required, and dry-season burn bans override it.
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(678) 884-4738No. Wilkes County convenience centers take bagged household waste and recycling, not bulky junk. Furniture and construction debris belong at the Wilkes County Landfill in Roaring River, (336) 696-3867. Hays has no scheduled curbside bulk pickup that I could confirm.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Hays starts at $75 for a single item, 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.
Often, yes. Same-day or next-day slots are commonly available around Hays and nearby communities like Moxley and McGrady, depending on the schedule. Enter your address during booking to see real availability. For curbside pickups, you usually don't need to be home.
The landfill, open Monday to Saturday, 7am to 6pm, takes household junk and bulky items, plus appliances, scrap tires and lead-acid batteries at no charge. Some items like yard trash carry tipping fees. Call (336) 696-3867 to confirm before loading your truck.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them when local charities accept them. They try to recycle metal and other materials whenever possible. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility, such as the county landfill.
You pick your items and address online, see the price upfront, and choose a pickup window. Your Loader calls ahead before arriving, then carries the items out and hauls them away. You can't be charged more than the total you confirmed at booking.
Sometimes. If you have a truck and a few items, a self-haul to the Wilkes County Landfill can cost little, and appliances are accepted free. Hiring makes more sense when you lack a vehicle, have heavy items, or don't want to spend a Saturday loading and driving.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers often price by truckload and may confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking, which can suit small jobs. Large cleanouts may be quoted differently elsewhere.
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