*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it weighs on everyone, even in the Secret City. Book a quick pickup, see your real price before you commit, and get your space back.
You search online, call the city, leave messages with a couple of haulers, and wait. One calls back with a vague estimate, another never does. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting in the carport.
Municipal pickup schedules help with the basics, but they come with rules on what qualifies, how much you can set out, and when. You usually have to request it ahead and drag everything to the curb yourself, which doesn't help with a basement full of heavy furniture.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before quoting, then price by fractions of a truckload you can't really measure. The number you hear on the phone may not be the one you pay once everything is loaded, and that guessing game wears thin.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stains, wear, missing parts, or outdated electronics often get turned away. Even when they accept something, you still have to load it, drive it over, and figure out what to do with everything they won't take.
A dumpster can take up your driveway for days, may need approval if it sits on the street, and still leaves you doing all the lifting. On a tree-lined residential street, neighbors notice. For a single room or garage corner, it's more container than the job needs.
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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 Oak Ridge 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 Oak Ridge's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders work narrow basement stairs and steep hillside driveways, angling a sleeper sofa up and out with care. Each is background-checked and rated by real locals in Oak Ridge after each job.
If bagged limbs from a fall yard cleanup or an old grill already sit at the end of your driveway or under the carport, curbside, also called outdoor pickup, keeps things simple. For a cluttered spare room in an older cottage-style house or an upstairs bedroom set in a newer Rarity Ridge build, choose full-service and 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 $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.
Oak Ridge is built on ridges, which means steep driveways, stairs down to basements, and a dump run that never feels short when a couch is riding in the back. Your Loaders handle the lifting and hauling, and they genuinely like showing up for the neighbors who make this town feel so close-knit.
Knowing where a pile ends up matters as much as getting it out of the house. In Oak Ridge, your Loaders sort items by condition, so usable pieces and recyclables are kept out of the landfill when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be donated when possible. Your Loaders carry them out and set them aside for that path, depending on what local donation options currently accept.
Items that are worn or damaged but not ready for donation, like old metal frames or electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loaders separate them, and special handling applies when local options allow.
Bulky items that are too damaged to reuse or recycle, such as broken sofas or soaked carpet, are hauled away by your Loaders for responsible disposal at an appropriate local facility serving your address.
A pile set out late, mixed wrong, or holding banned items can sit uncollected for months, so here is how disposal actually works in Oak Ridge and Anderson County.
Through the Not In Our City campaign, Oak Ridge Public Works lends groups and organizations a 30-cubic-yard container for neighborhood cleanups at no charge. Reservations are first-come, first-served and should be made at least three days ahead.
Under state law, whole, unshredded tires cannot be landfilled in Tennessee, and Oak Ridge's bulk pickup excludes them. Each county must run a tire collection site, and Anderson County's is the Blockhouse Valley waste tire facility in Clinton.
Oak Ridge collects brush once a year each spring. Limbs must be loose, no thicker than 10 inches or longer than four feet, butt ends facing the street, and piles mixed with trash are skipped. Bagged clippings go out with weekly trash year-round.
Oak Ridge's bulk pickup refuses anything that contains or once contained Freon, including air conditioners, freezers, and refrigerators, and the area landfill won't take them either. Anderson County's Blockhouse Valley center lists appliances among the materials it accepts for recycling.
Tennessee's environmental agency brings a mobile household hazardous waste collection to Anderson County once a year, usually late September or early October, free for households with no appointment. Oil-based paint is accepted year-round at the county's Blockhouse Valley facility.
Oak Ridge's semi-annual bulk pickup each spring and fall accepts household furnishings, old appliances, and minor remodeling materials, capped at three cubic yards per household. Concrete, paint, and yard waste are excluded, and items must be curbside by 7 a.m. Monday of your scheduled week.
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(678) 884-4738Only during the city's semi-annual bulk trash pickup, and items must be out by 7 a.m. on the Monday of your scheduled week. Crews won't take hazardous materials, paint, tires, concrete, or yard waste. Items left out at other times risk being treated as dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Oak Ridge starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $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 possible, depending on Loader availability near you. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or leave access instructions.
The city's bulk pickup excludes hazardous materials, paint, tires, concrete, and yard waste. Household chemicals can go to the TDEC mobile hazardous waste collection, which has been held at Oak Ridge Public Works, 100 Woodbury Lane. Dates change, so check TDEC's schedule.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Local options like Habitat for Humanity ReStore may take furniture and building materials. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility.
Choose your items online, see the total price, and pick an arrival window. Your Loader contacts you before arriving, then removes the items from inside or the curb. Because pricing is per item and confirmed upfront, there's no surprise adjustment once the truck arrives.
The main difference is the pricing model. College HUNKS prices based on how much truck space your items need, while LoadUp prices per item online with the total confirmed before booking. For a full garage cleanout, a truckload hauler may suit you better.
Yes. The Oak Ridge Convenience Center is open Wednesday to Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m. It's closed Monday and Tuesday. If you have a truck and free time, self-hauling can be cheaper, though fees may apply.
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