*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $90. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it takes over your week. In the Water City, you can book a quick pickup, see your price upfront, and get your space back without the hassle.
You search online, call the city, and leave messages with a few haulers. One quotes a vague range, another never calls back. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Municipal pickup schedules can work if your timing lines up and your items qualify. They usually come with item limits, advance requests, and rules about where things sit. Some things, like appliances with refrigerants or renovation debris, often don't qualify at all.
A lot of local haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give you a number. Then the price is based on how much of the truck you fill, so you don't really know your total until the work is done.
Thrift stores and charities have to be choosy. Stained upholstery, scuffed furniture, and older electronics often get turned away. Plenty of what's in a typical North Country basement won't make it past the drop-off door, and you still have to haul it there yourself.
A roll-off container takes over your driveway for days and may need a permit if it sits on the street. You also have to schedule delivery and pickup, and after all that, you're still the one carrying everything out and lifting it over the wall.
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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 Watertown 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 Watertown's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle steep, narrow basement stairs and tight doorways in older homes, and they carry each item up and out. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Watertown after each job.
If you can get your items to a cleared driveway or the edge of the street, curbside service is the simple choice. For a dresser in a second-floor unit of a converted house or a workbench at the back of a detached garage, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry it out from where it sits, as long as the stairs and access allow.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $90 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $85 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $100 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $90 |
| 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.
Lake-effect snow has a way of burying the plan to haul that old sectional out yourself. Watertown winters ask enough of you already. When the roads allow, your Loader handles the lifting, loading, and hauling, because LoadUp likes showing up for the neighbors who keep this place running through every storm.
Where a couch, dresser, or old freezer ends up matters as much as getting it out of the house. In Watertown, your Loader sorts each item by condition, so reusable pieces get a chance at a second life when possible.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be donated when possible. Your Loader will try to divert them where local options allow, but donation is never guaranteed and receipts are not something to count on.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like metal frames or old electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader will set aside what local Jefferson County options can take, though acceptance can change.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken-down bulky items, such as a water-ruined sofa or a collapsed shed panel, are hauled away by your Loader for responsible disposal, using whatever approved local outlets are open at that time.
In Watertown, trash mixed with recyclables gets rejected at the curb and bulky items wait for a seasonal window, so here is how the city and Jefferson County handle disposal.
Watertown's seasonal brush collection runs April through November. It takes only limbs up to 4 inches in diameter, tied in bundles under 18 inches across and no longer than 5 feet. Twigs can go in hard-sided containers under 40 pounds, kept separate from green waste.
The city's bulk program does not take bedding, which it lists as blankets, sheets and pillows. It also refuses clothing, including footwear, hats and gloves. If you're clearing out closets or linen cabinets, set these items aside before you submit a bulk request.
Watertown requires residents to keep totes, bags and recycling containers fully accessible. City crews will not dig out buried totes or climb snowbanks to reach them. After a storm, put your items in a cleared spot such as the driveway margin.
Under the state's Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act, residents may not put covered electronics such as televisions, computers and computer monitors in household garbage. Manufacturers must offer free recycling, so these items need their own drop-off route.
Watertown's seasonal bulk program does not accept demolition or construction debris. Drywall, lumber and tile from a renovation can't be added to a furniture pickup request. Jefferson County publishes separate guidelines for its Recycling Center and Transfer Station.
Watertown's Seasonal On Demand Bulk Pickup starts April 6 in 2026 and runs through October as weather permits. Residents submit a request, ideally with a photo, and get pricing and a pickup date by email. The final cost depends on size and weight.
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(678) 884-4738Not whenever you like. City code only allows rubbish out on your scheduled pickup day, in approved watertight cans or totes. Bulky items left on the sidewalk margin outside that can count as a nuisance violation.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Watertown starts at $90, and curbside pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day slots depend on Loader availability for your address, so enter your address when booking to see open times. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home. For indoor pickups, someone should be there or leave access notes.
Yes, seasonally. The city runs an on-demand curbside bulk collection in summer and a bulk drop-off program in the fall, with fees set in a seasonal flyer. Outside those windows, you'd use the county transfer station or a hauler.
The county transfer station on Route 12, about 4.5 miles north of Watertown, takes bulky items and furniture at $148 per ton, with a $20 minimum scale fee. It's often the cheapest option if you have a truck and time to haul it yourself.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle materials whenever possible, depending on what local charities and recyclers will accept. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility.
You book online, pick your items and a time window, and see your price before confirming. On pickup day your Loader arrives, confirms the items, and hauls them away. Curbside items can be left out with access notes.
Pricing model mainly. Truckload haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK or Junk King often quote after an on-site estimate. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. For big full-house cleanouts, a truckload quote may fit better.
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