*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up quietly until one day it's a real problem. Around Watford, you can book a pickup in minutes, see the price before you commit, and have it hauled off.
You call about a bulk request and wait on a callback. You search for a hauler, leave a message, hear nothing back. Two weekends pass, the landfill keeps weekday hours, and the pile hasn't moved an inch.
Oversized item and scrap metal pickup here is a request, not a set calendar. You ask, then you wait for a spot in the route. Everything has to be sitting at the curb or alley first, which is the whole problem when the couch is still downstairs.
Most outfits won't give you a number until someone stands in the garage and looks at the load. That's two appointments, one to estimate and one to haul, with pricing tied to how much of the truck you fill. The total can shift on the spot.
Donating works right up until it doesn't. The places still taking furniture out here are few, and they pass on anything torn, chipped, or missing a part. You load it, drive it, and bring the rejects back home.
A roll-off means booking a delivery window, giving up the driveway for days, and finding a spot that doesn't block the alley or crowd a neighbor. Street placement can mean asking permission first. Then you fill it yourself, one trip up the stairs at a time.
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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 Watford City 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 Watford City's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A basement stairwell with a tight turn at the landing does not slow the job down. Your Loaders are background-checked, and rated by real locals in Watford City after each job.
Curbside makes sense when everything is already sitting at the street, in the driveway, or just outside the garage door and ready to go. Choose full-service when the load is still in a basement, an upstairs rental unit, or a back shop bay, and your Loaders carry it out from where it stands.
| 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.
Everybody here owns a truck, or knows three people who do. That has never been the problem. The problem is a January that doesn't quit, a spring that turns every approach to gumbo, and a Saturday you'd rather spend at the Rough Rider Center than making trips. Your Loaders like showing up for the people here.
Western North Dakota has fewer reuse outlets than a metro, so what happens after a Watford City pickup depends on the item. Your Loaders judge each piece by condition and by what is actually accepting material that week.
Furniture that is clean, sturdy, and free of stains has a shot at a second home. Your Loaders can bring usable pieces to a local charity or resale outlet when one is accepting them.
Broken items still carry value in their materials. Appliances, water heaters, and other metal-heavy pieces get kept out of general trash out here, so your Loaders set them aside for scrap or metals recycling where available.
Some things are past saving: a soaked mattress, a rusted swing set, particleboard shelving that came apart on the way out. Your Loaders take those to a permitted disposal site, most often the county landfill.
Getting disposal wrong here can mean a citation or a rejected load, so know how Watford City and McKenzie County handle these specific materials.
State law bars refrigerators, washers, dryers, freezers, stoves, water heaters and similar major appliances from landfill disposal. The ban exists to recover metal and preserve landfill space, so these units route to scrap metal recycling instead.
Venting CFCs is illegal, and North Dakota guidance requires a certified person to capture refrigerant before any cooling appliance is recycled or disposed. The McKenzie County Landfill charges a per unit fee for Freon appliances and requires all food removed first.
Watford City's residential yard waste site accepts grass, leaves, branches, roots, plant residue and trees from residents inside city limits. Pallets, wood, metal, appliances, tires, ashes and construction debris are all excluded as non-compostable.
Video surveillance covers the city yard waste disposal site, and illegal dumping carries a fine of up to $1,000 under Watford City municipal code. Each day a violation continues counts as a separate offense.
McKenzie County Landfill operates under state and federal Subtitle D standards and accepts no hazardous material. Loads with chemicals, sludge, crude oil, pesticides, fertilizers, liquids or gels are turned away and returned to the hauler, with fines possible.
Metal cannot be mixed with municipal waste at the county landfill, and an added fee applies when metal is left behind. Inert materials like concrete, steel and HDPE must be broken into pieces landfill equipment can handle.
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(678) 884-4738Watford City Public Works runs five-day-a-week dumpster and tote garbage service, and it will collect scrap metal, tires, and oversized items curbside upon request. For anything outside that, leaving junk out without an arrangement risks an illegal dumping violation, so book a pickup instead.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Watford City starts at $85 for a single bulky item, and curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed upfront before you book.
Yes, same-day and next-day pickup is usually available when you book before noon. Enter your Watford City address online to see live availability, then pick a time block that works and your Loaders arrive within it.
The McKenzie County Landfill west of Watford City keeps lithium batteries out of household garbage, and metal can't be mixed into the municipal cell with trash. Appliances need food and refrigerants handled, and hazardous waste needs a specialist. Loaders can haul most other items for you.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever possible, routing furniture and goods to McKenzie County charities and sending scrap metal to be recycled when options allow. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to the McKenzie County Landfill for proper disposal.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Just leave items in an accessible spot with access notes. For items inside that are too heavy to move out, someone should be home. You book a day and time online and Loaders work around your schedule, with a call before arrival.
LoadUp prices each item online and locks the total before anyone arrives, while national brands like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and College Hunks quote by truckload after an in-person estimate. Local options like Common Waste or a Dakota Sanitation dumpster can also work, depending on job size.
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