*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it gets harder to ignore. Book LoadUp, see your price upfront, and get it cleared out of your Old Forge place, the Pizza Capital of the World.
You look up the borough's bulk rules, leave a voicemail, and ask a few haulers for quotes. One calls back, another wants to stop by first, the rest go quiet. Weeks later, the junk still fills the basement.
Municipal pickup schedules help with the basics, but they usually come with item limits, a call-ahead step, and a set collection day. Appliances, electronics and renovation debris often fall outside the rules, and you still have to drag everything to the curb yourself.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they give a number, then price it by how much of the truck you fill. That leaves you guessing about the final total until the truck is already loaded and parked in your driveway.
Charity shops need things they can actually resell, so stained mattresses, worn recliners and outdated electronics often get turned away. Donating can still make sense for good pieces, but most cleanouts include plenty they won't accept, and you're the one hauling it there.
On narrow borough lots, a roll-off can take over the driveway or need street permission, and the delivery and pickup windows rarely line up with your plans. You also do all the lifting yourself, which is a lot of hassle for clearing one spare room.
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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 Old Forge 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 Old Forge's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Steep, narrow basement stairs in an older borough home mean your Loaders carry each piece up by hand. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Old Forge after each job.
If you can wheel an old washer to the end of the driveway on one of the borough's narrow lots, curbside pickup keeps things simple. For a sofa wedged in a detached garage or a load still up in the attic, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry it out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| 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.
Old Forge homes were built close and built to last, which is great until an old sectional has to come up a steep basement staircase. Nobody should wrestle that alone. Your Loaders do the lifting, the carrying and the loading, and they genuinely like showing up for neighbors who keep this tight-knit borough running.
Bulky items don't all end up in the same place, and that matters in a borough like Old Forge. Your Loader looks at each piece and sorts it by condition, when local options allow, toward donation, recycling or disposal.
Furniture, sporting goods and other items in clean, usable shape may be set aside for donation when possible. Your Loader handles the carrying, though the charity and any outcome can't be promised.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like broken exercise equipment or metal-framed pieces, may be recycled where available. Options vary, and your Loader handles them responsibly when local options allow.
Heavily damaged or soiled bulky items, such as ruined mattresses or water-damaged furniture, are loaded by your Loader for responsible disposal. The exact facility depends on local availability and isn't guaranteed.
In Old Forge, bags without stickers and items the borough won't take simply stay at the curb after Tuesday collection. These are the rules for Old Forge households in Lackawanna County.
Old Forge ordinance makes it unlawful to dump, burn, bury or otherwise destroy rubbish anywhere in the borough. The only exception is a food barbecue or a similar event. Burning old furniture or cleanout debris on your own property is covered by this ban.
Old Forge requires every mattress and box spring to be wrapped in plastic on its own before it goes to the curb. Each one also counts as a bulk item, so it needs three borough garbage stickers on top of the wrapping.
Old Forge collection will not pick up televisions. Pennsylvania's Covered Device Recycling Act bans televisions, computers, computer monitors and laptops from household trash across the state. These items have to go to manufacturer take-back programs or electronics recycling sites.
Borough yard waste collection runs on Thursdays and Fridays starting in spring, weather permitting. That means branches knocked down by winter storms may have to wait. Christmas trees are the exception, since the borough collects them during the holiday season.
Old Forge does not pick up construction material at the curb. The borough defines this as doors, windows, wood, drywall, sheetrock and similar items. Debris from a remodel or a porch teardown needs another way out, not stickered bags.
Anything too big for a 33-gallon bag, including furniture and large appliances, needs three borough stickers per item. Items must sit at ground level on the side of the street where collection happens. Microwaves are handled separately through the borough administrative office.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is regular household rubbish set out properly. Old Forge's solid waste code makes trash collection mandatory and bans dumping or burning rubbish in the borough. Containers need a borough-issued sticker to be picked up. Check with the borough office about bulky items.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Old Forge starts at $80 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 or next-day pickup is often available, depending on Loader schedules in your area. Enter your address during booking to see live availability. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions.
Be careful here. Old Forge's code says no one may haul refuse through borough streets or alleys without a license from the borough's governing body. Before hiring a hauler, ask whether they are licensed and where the load is going, since illegal dumping is prohibited borough-wide.
Loaders aim to donate or recycle usable items whenever possible, depending on acceptance at local partners. Items that can't be donated or recycled are taken to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so nothing is guaranteed to be diverted from landfill.
Choose your items and enter your Old Forge address online, then pick a pickup window. The price is shown and confirmed before you book. On pickup day, Loaders typically call ahead, load the items from where you've left them, and haul them away. No truckload estimate is needed.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King generally price by truck volume, often with an on-site estimate. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For large cleanouts, a truckload hauler may be the better fit.
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