*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until dealing with it feels like a project of its own. Book a quick Defiance pickup, see your real price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the city to ask what it will take, leave messages with a couple of haulers, and wait. One calls back. The rest never do. Weeks pass, and the junk is still in the garage.
Municipal pickup schedules can help with the right item in the right week. But many of them turn away appliances that hold refrigerant, tires, and renovation debris, and you usually have to request a pickup ahead of time and drag everything to the curb yourself.
Many haulers want to come out and look before they give you a number, which costs you an afternoon. Then the quote comes back as a fraction of a truckload, and you won't know what you're really paying until the truck is loaded.
Donation centers need things they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, scratched dressers, and outdated electronics often get turned away. That leaves you hauling the rejects back home or hunting for somewhere else to take them, with no help lifting.
A dumpster can sit in your driveway for days, take up room your neighbors notice, and may need a permit if it ends up on the street. You still do all the lifting, and for one cleared-out room, that's more container than you need.
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No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
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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 Defiance 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 Defiance's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle the narrow, steep basement stairs common in older homes, carrying items up and out. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Defiance after each job.
If your items are already stacked at the end of the driveway, curbside is the simpler choice. If you have a crowded outbuilding on a rural property outside town or a garage packed to the rafters, full-service has your Loaders carry everything out from where 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.
Plenty of Defiance homes come with a full basement, a detached garage, and stairs never built for a sectional or an old chest freezer. A truck in the driveway doesn't shorten those steps. Your Loader does the lifting and carrying, and showing up for neighbors in a county seat like this is the best part of the job.
Most of what leaves a Defiance garage or basement doesn't belong in one bin. Your Loader sorts by condition, so usable items can go toward donation when local options allow, and the rest is handled responsibly.
Furniture, housewares, and tools in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader carries them out so you don't have to haul them anywhere yourself.
Items that are worn but not donatable, like scrap metal, old appliances, or electronics, may be recycled where available. Acceptance varies across Defiance County, so outcomes depend on what nearby programs take.
Heavily damaged or soiled pieces, such as broken sectionals, waterlogged carpet, or collapsed shelving, are loaded by your Loader for proper disposal when reuse or recycling isn't a realistic option.
Extra trash bags without a prepaid tag aren't picked up in Defiance, so these Defiance and Defiance County rules matter before any cleanout.
The City of Defiance collection guidelines state that the landfill will not accept 55-gallon drums or barrels unless both ends are removed. Intact barrels found during a garage, shed, or barn cleanout need both ends cut out before they are accepted for disposal.
Yard waste is excluded from Defiance curbside trash, so brush, leaves, and limbs under 12 inches in diameter go to the City's Compost Site instead. The site is for city residents only, and it closes for winter in mid-December before reopening in March.
Defiance's monthly bulk collection takes appliances, furniture, and TV's, but items must be out by 7:00 a.m. and no earlier than 24 hours before collection day. Setting them out outside those times can bring a fine or penalty from the City.
Defiance County's local recycling program accepts CPU's, laptops, tablets, and monitors 17 inches or larger, but it will not accept CRTs, the cathode ray tubes used in older computer monitors and TV's. Those heavy tube sets need a different disposal route.
Carpet set out for Defiance's monthly bulk collection must be rolled and tied, with each roll no more than 40 pounds or 6 feet long. Wall-to-wall carpet from a flooring tear-out usually needs cutting into several smaller rolls to qualify.
Defiance's collection program excludes building and construction materials, cement, and rocks, and that exclusion applies on monthly bulk day too. Drywall, lumber, and broken concrete from a remodel do not qualify for curbside pickup, so plan a separate disposal route before demolition starts.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it fits your regular trash service. Collection in Defiance varies by neighborhood, with some homes served by the city's Solid Waste Department and others by WM. Confirm bulk rules with your provider first. Dumping along roads is illegal in Ohio.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Defiance starts at $75 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. The exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on Loader schedules and your address. Enter your zip code during booking to see live openings. For curbside pickups, you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or leave access instructions.
Yes, the Hicksville Transfer Station takes residential waste, but hours are limited, mostly the 1st and 3rd Saturdays April to November. It charges $7 per cubic yard plus $15 per appliance, and it refuses tires, batteries, liquids and anything with Freon.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating whenever possible, with local options like the Habitat for Humanity ReStore on S. Jefferson Ave. Recyclable materials go to recyclers when acceptance allows. Whatever can't be reused or recycled is disposed of properly.
You get a price online by adding your items, or by texting a photo. Then pick a time window and book. Your Loader calls before arriving, hauls everything out, and you pay the confirmed price. Large cleanouts with many items can get an on-site estimate.
The main difference is pricing. Truckload haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King usually price by how much space your items fill, often after an estimate. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For big full-property cleanouts, a truckload hauler may fit better.
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