*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up quietly until dealing with it becomes its own chore. LoadUp keeps it simple in Lud: pick a pickup window, see your full price upfront, done.
You read the city refuse page, find the free pickup window, call around for quotes, hear back from maybe half the numbers you tried. Weeks pass. The junk is still in the garage when the weather turns.
Two bulk items on the first collection day of the month, if your address qualifies at all. Apartments and condos have separate restrictions, refrigerant appliances need their own sticker, and boats, concrete, and engines are off the list. Moving it to the street is still your job.
Most local haulers want to see the job first, then price it by how much of the truck you fill, which you cannot verify standing in the driveway. In a smaller market, that often means waiting days for someone to drive out and look before you learn anything.
Resale shops run on what they can actually sell, so anything with a musty basement smell, a tear, or a missing part gets declined at the door. Intake slots fill fast after a season of cottage turnovers, and most of it you have to deliver yourself.
A roll-off means surrendering the driveway on a narrow older lot, confirming whether it can legally sit near the street, and living with a steel box out front for days while you load it yourself. That is heavy logistics for one 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 Ludington 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 Ludington's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Older homes here hide steep basement stairwells and low garage rafters, so your Loaders plan the carry-out before anything moves. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Ludington after each job.
Curbside fits when everything is already staged at the street or in the driveway, which is simple at year-round homes with room to pile a load. Go full service when items are still indoors, wedged on garage shelving, or sitting in a rental you're turning over from out of town, and your Loaders will carry it all out.
| 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 noon | 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.
Here, getting rid of a dead chest freezer usually means borrowing a trailer, waiting on a favor, and giving up a Saturday to a long drive. Add a few feet of lake-effect snow and that plan slides into spring. Your Loaders know those winters and those drives, and they like showing up for this town.
What leaves your house in Ludington does not all end up in the same place. Your Loader sorts by condition first, trying local reuse or recycling outlets when those are open and accepting, and disposal when they are not.
Furniture that is clean, intact, and ready to use again may be offered to area reuse outlets when those are available and accepting drop-offs. Need a receipt? Donate directly yourself before booking.
A rusted swing set or a dead treadmill still has metal worth separating. Where a processor in the region is open and taking the material, your Loader will try that route first.
Water-damaged box springs, cracked hot tub panels, and remodel debris usually have no second life. Those loads go to a licensed transfer station or landfill serving Mason County, sometimes a long drive from Ludington.
Set the wrong item at the curb in Ludington and it can sit there uncollected until Mason County code enforcement issues a junk violation.
The city hauler takes two bulky items, two non-Freon appliances, or six extra bags on a resident's first refuse day each month. Other weeks require a $5 bulk sticker from City Hall; unstickered piles can draw code enforcement fines.
Refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners need a $40 Freon appliance sticker from City Hall, because the refrigerant has to be recovered by a certified technician before the unit is scrapped. A local scrap recycler accepts large Freon units free.
Michigan's Part 115 keeps yard clippings out of landfills, so Ludington runs weekly yard waste collection from April through November using city bags or a rented seasonal cart. Leaves raked into the street in spring, or into alleys anytime, draw code enforcement fines.
The city collects branches and limbs from the right of way year-round at no charge for residents, in piles under ten feet wide. Mixing leaves or grass clippings into a brush pile means crews leave it. Debris from hired tree services does not qualify.
Under Part 115, construction and demolition material has to reach a licensed landfill or an authorized transfer station, and burning it is prohibited. Homes built before 1980 may need an asbestos inspection before demolition work begins.
Mason County runs no year-round household hazardous waste program. The Mason-Lake Conservation District holds a Clean Sweep event the third Saturday in August in Scottville, taking televisions, computers, batteries, and small appliances, with a $10 charge for Freon-containing units.
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(678) 884-4738Only through the city Bulk Item Program. Eligible residents get up to two bulk items or six extra bags of trash free on the first refuse day each month. Other times you need a sticker from City Hall, $5 for bulk items. Junk left in the right-of-way without one can bring code enforcement fines.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Ludington starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off the base price. The first item covers the pickup fee for labor and hauling, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed before you book.
Same-day availability depends on your zip code and Loader schedules, with next-day open across most of Mason County. Enter your Ludington address during booking to see live slots for your spot before you lock anything in.
Fridges and freezers need a $40 Freon sticker through Republic Services to go curbside. Chemicals, paint, and electronics go to the Mason-Lake Conservation District hazardous waste event, held the third Saturday of August in Scottville. LoadUp Loaders can haul most large appliances with no sticker required.
Loaders sort loads and try to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever options allow. Good furniture and household goods go toward donation when accepted, and electronics can route to the Padnos recycling center in Ludington. Whatever is left goes to the proper disposal facility.
You book online or by phone with an upfront price, then choose a date. For curbside pickups you do not need to be home if the junk is accessible. For in-home jobs someone should be present, and your Loader calls roughly 30 minutes before arrival.
Pricing and booking flow. Haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and College Hunks charge by truckload and quote in person, so your price is not set until the truck is in your driveway. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it in before anyone shows up.
The city caps weekly refuse at three 33-gallon bags, each bagged and under 50 pounds. For a bigger cleanout, the monthly bulk program or $2 extra trash stickers from City Hall help. LoadUp handles large volumes of junk in one scheduled trip when you want it gone faster.
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