*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. LoadUp gets it picked up quickly, with your price shown before you book, so Brookings can breathe easier.
You check the city website, call to ask what qualifies, request a couple of hauler quotes, and wait on callbacks that never come. A week goes by, then another, and the pile hasn't moved.
City bulk pickup programs are a good deal when your items fit the rules. Some things get turned away, you usually have to request a pickup ahead of time, and someone still has to drag everything to the curb before it's collected.
A lot of haulers want to see the job in person before they'll quote it. Then the price depends on how much of the truck you fill, so you won't know what you're paying until the loading is already done.
A dresser with a broken drawer or a stained recliner often won't get past the donation door. Places that accept donations have to be choosy about condition, so the items that are actually worn out usually end up coming back home with you.
For clearing out one bedroom or a corner of the garage, a dumpster means booking drop-off and pickup dates, maybe getting a permit, and parking a big steel box on your driveway for days. You'd still be doing all the lifting yourself.
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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 Brookings 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 Brookings's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader angles a sleeper sofa up a tight basement staircase and through a narrow back door. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Brookings after each job.
If the old washer is already rolled out to your driveway or the curb, curbside pickup is all you need. If it is still in an upstairs apartment or wedged behind the lawn mower in your garage, choose full-service and your Loaders carry it out from wherever it sits.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Anyone who has strapped a mattress to a roof in a Brookings prairie wind knows how that story ends. Add a South Dakota winter and the garage pile just keeps waiting for spring. Your Loaders do the lifting and hauling, and they genuinely like showing up for the neighbors who keep this town going.
Bulky items rarely end up in the same place, and in Brookings that matters for every cleanout, from a garage to a rental turnover. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, aiming to keep what's usable out of the landfill.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader handles the lifting and carrying, so you don't need a truck.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available, such as scrap metal or electronics. Your Loader separates them during the haul, and outcomes depend on local options.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken-down bulky items, like a collapsed sofa or a ruined mattress, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader hauls them from your Brookings home so you don't have to.
An untarped trailer or a misplaced refrigerator can add charges at the landfill scale, and these are the rules that apply in Brookings and throughout Brookings County.
The Brookings Regional Landfill accepts clean lumber and trees at $24.10 per ton, compared with $49.25 per ton for demolition, construction, and roofing debris. Remodeling material and concrete are not collected during the spring curbside bulky pickup.
Refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, and air conditioners contain Freon, so they are left out of the city's curbside bulky pickup and must be hauled to the landfill. Each unit costs $20 to drop off, and that charge still applies during spring free dumping.
Paint, batteries, waste oil, and chemicals are excluded from the city's bulky item pickup. Instead, the City of Brookings hosts a free household hazardous waste collection once a year, typically in August, and usually runs a paint exchange program.
The Brookings Regional Landfill charges a $25 fee for uncovered loads, and the city specifically says straps are not considered a cover. The fee began in 2020 to stop debris from blowing into roadways, fields, and ditches.
During the annual spring cleanup, the Brookings Regional Landfill offers about a week of free dumping, but only for city residents who show a photo ID or utility bill. Households elsewhere in Brookings County pay standard rates.
For the annual Spring Bulky Item Pickup, tree trunks and branches cannot exceed 12 inches in diameter or 6 feet in length and should lie lengthwise on the boulevard, parallel to the street. Branches can also go to the landfill's Citizens Campus.
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(678) 884-4738Not whenever you like. Brookings runs an annual Spring Bulky Item Pickup for residents with city solid waste carts, and it excludes businesses and apartment complexes. Outside that window, items set out early or without a program are not collected.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Brookings starts at $85, and curbside or driveway 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.
It can be, if you have a truck and time. The Brookings Regional Landfill charges $49.25 per ton for garbage as of January 2026, plus a $25 uncovered load fee. Hauling it yourself costs less for small loads, but you do the lifting and driving.
For curbside or driveway pickups, no. Leave the items out with access notes. For indoor pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions at booking, which helps with SDSU rentals and move-out days.
Electronic waste has not been collected curbside during the city's bulky pickup. It goes to the Brookings Regional Landfill instead. Hazardous items like paint, batteries and chemicals need the regional Household Hazardous Waste event, which requires ID or a utility bill.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Local options include Brookings Area Habitat for Humanity's ReStore, which takes donated furniture, appliances and building supplies. Items that can't be reused or recycled are disposed of properly.
You book online, choose your items and a time window, and see the price before confirming. On pickup day, Loaders arrive, load the items and haul them away. You don't need an in-person estimate first.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers usually price by truck volume, often confirmed on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. Truckload pricing can suit very large cleanouts better.
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