*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up on the island, it gets old fast. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup in Port A, with an upfront price you see before you commit.
You search for options, call the city, leave messages with a few haulers, and wait. One quote comes back vague, another never calls. Meanwhile the junk sits in the garage, and another week goes by.
City bulk pickup programs can work if your timing matches the schedule. Usually you have to request it ahead, there are limits on what qualifies, and you still drag everything to the curb yourself. That rarely fits a rental turnover or an owner who lives off the island.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they quote it. Then the price depends on how full the truck gets, which is hard to picture ahead of time. You often won't know your actual total until everything is already loaded.
Donation centers only take items they can resell, so anything with stains, rust, or salt-air wear can get turned away. Some won't take mattresses or large appliances at all. Then you're left hauling the rejected pieces back home and figuring out a new plan.
A roll-off dumpster makes sense for a full renovation, not a couple of worn chairs and an old fridge. You have to schedule delivery and pickup, possibly check HOA or permit rules, find room in the driveway, and still do all the heavy lifting yourself.
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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 Port Aransas 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 Port Aransas's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders know how to ease a sleeper sofa down the outdoor stairs of a stilt-raised home with care. Every one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Port Aransas after each job.
If the worn-out mattress is already on the driveway or in the parking area beneath your raised home, curbside pickup keeps things simple. For a high-rise condo or an upper-floor rental unit, choose full-service so your Loaders carry everything out from wherever 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 noon | 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.
Salt air wears out patio sets, mattresses, and fridges faster than you planned, and nobody wants to haul the leftovers off the island themselves. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading from your garage or driveway. Your Loaders like showing up for the neighbors who keep Port Aransas running.
Bulky items are hard to move off a barrier island, which is why where they end up matters in Port Aransas. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in clean, usable shape may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader handles the lifting, but don't count on paperwork or a tax receipt.
Worn items that can't be donated may go to recycling where available, such as metal frames or appliances. Some materials may need to travel to regional facilities, so outcomes vary by item.
Heavily damaged or soiled items, like waterlogged sofas or mattresses, are loaded by your Loader and taken to an approved disposal site, so Port Aransas customers never have to haul them off themselves.
If you put a mixed pile at the curb or miss the morning cutoff, it can sit uncollected until the next monthly pickup. Here is how disposal works in Port Aransas, Nueces County.
Grass clippings, leaves, weeds and small limbs can go in the toter with your regular twice-weekly garbage. Bagging is recommended because loose grass and leaves stick inside the toter, which causes odor and keeps the full contents from emptying.
Boards, sheetrock, roofing material and broken concrete are not collected with garbage or with bulky pickup, and the city leaves disposal up to the resident. At the Citizen Collection Station, this material goes into the construction debris box, which charges a fee per cubic yard.
The city's toter rules ban hot ashes, liquid waste, and flammable or hazardous materials such as oil, gas, paint or asbestos. Dirt, rocks, large appliances, furniture and carpets are also banned from toters.
Curbside brush and bulky collection runs once a month for paid residential sanitation accounts. Piles must be out before 7 a.m. Monday and can be no larger than 6 cubic yards. Brush must sit apart from bulk items, bagged items and construction trash, and each street gets one pass.
Free curbside brush pickup is only for residential sanitation customers. Businesses, apartments and condo complexes must take brush to the Citizen Collection Station, which accepts it free of charge. The city also offers no recycling service to these properties.
The Citizen Collection Station accepts brush, scrap metal and waste oil at no charge. Each sanitation customer also gets two free household garbage drops per month if they show a city garbage bill.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of a scheduled city collection. Items left out on their own can be treated as illegal dumping in Texas. Check with the City of Port Aransas on bulky item and brush rules, since they can change by season and address.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Port Aransas starts at $75, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $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 are sometimes open, but availability depends on Loader schedules and your address. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. Peak beach season and holiday weekends can fill up faster, so booking a day ahead is safer.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Leave items out with access notes. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions at booking. This works well for vacation rental turnovers where the owner is off island.
Loaders can haul most bulky household items, like furniture, appliances, and yard debris. Hazardous materials such as paint, chemicals, and fuel generally can't go in a standard junk load. Ask your local solid waste office about hazardous drop-off options.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local partners. Anything that can't be reused or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so none are guaranteed.
You pick your items and address online, see the price upfront, and choose a time window. A Loader typically calls or texts before arriving, then removes the items and hauls them away. The total is confirmed before booking, so there are no on-site surprises.
The main difference is pricing and booking. Traditional haulers usually charge by truck volume and often confirm a price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before pickup. For a truckload of mixed debris, a volume-based hauler may fit better.
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