*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's all you see. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup, see your price before you commit, and get your space back.
You check the city website, call the transfer station, and leave messages with a couple of haulers. One calls back with a vague estimate, the others never do. Weeks go by and the junk is still in the garage.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but they come with rules about which items qualify, how far ahead you have to request, and where everything has to sit. If your junk is down a basement staircase or not on the list, you're on your own.
Many haulers want to see the job before they'll quote it, which means taking time off to wait for an estimate. Then pricing gets tied to a fraction of a truckload, and you won't know the final number until the truck is already loaded.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture usually get turned away. Even when something qualifies, you still have to load it and drive it there yourself, and most cleanouts include plenty that won't qualify.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full renovation, not for clearing out a spare room. You have to schedule delivery and pickup, possibly look into a permit, give up your driveway for days, and still carry every heavy piece out on your own.
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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 Town 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 Town's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Steep, narrow stairs climbing out of an older home's full basement are routine for your Loaders. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Old Town after each job.
If you've already moved that old recliner or a stack of boxed-up clutter out to your driveway, curbside pickup lets your Loaders load it and go. For a couch stuck in a full basement or a packed detached garage or camp shed, choose full-service and your Loaders will 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 $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.
Every Old Town garage has a pile that waited out the winter, and by the time the snowbanks finally shrink, nobody feels like borrowing a truck for that old basement couch. Your Loaders will gladly do the carrying instead. They like showing up for the neighbors here, and we like seeing a clear garage floor again.
Bulky junk from older Old Town basements, garages, and camps has to go somewhere sensible. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, so usable pieces and recyclable materials stay out of the trash when local options allow.
Furniture and household items in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader carries them out and keeps them separate from the rest of the load. No paperwork is promised.
Items that are damaged but not donatable, like worn-out metal furniture or scrap, may be recycled when possible. Your Loader separates what can be reused as material from what can't, where available.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken-down bulky items, like waterlogged sofas or collapsed mattresses, are disposed of responsibly. Your Loader loads them and takes them to an appropriate disposal site for the Old Town area.
Putting a TV or fluorescent bulb in household trash breaks Maine disposal law, so it pays to know the rules that apply in Old Town and Penobscot County.
Maine requires a burn permit from the local fire warden or the Maine Forest Service before you burn brush outdoors. Burning household trash or construction and demolition debris is illegal everywhere in the state, so cleanout leftovers need another way out.
The city Transfer Station takes household universal wastes, meaning items that may contain mercury, lead, or PCBs. When a business produces the same items, they count as hazardous waste, and the city has no legal duty to accept them.
Old Town's Transfer Station accepts white goods. For refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners, federal rules require the refrigerant to be recovered before the appliance is scrapped, because released refrigerants damage the ozone layer.
Under Maine's electronics recycling law, televisions and computer monitors cannot go in household trash or a landfill. Manufacturers pay for their recycling. Residents bring them to a municipal collection point, which sends them on to a state-approved consolidator.
Old Town's city-run Transfer Station is where residents drop off demolition debris, white goods, and heavy metals. You need a sticker bought at City Hall to use it, so bring your vehicle registration when you buy one.
Through Maine's PaintCare program, residents can drop off leftover latex and oil-based paint, stains, and varnishes at participating stores and other sites. That gives old cans cleared out of basements and garages a recycling option instead of the trash.
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(678) 884-4738Not as bulk junk. Old Town curbside trash goes out in official City of Old Town bags, and larger items generally go to the Transfer Station on Gilman Falls Avenue. Call 207-827-6977 to confirm current curbside rules before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Old Town starts at $80 for a single item, 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, with the exact total confirmed before booking.
Yes, if you have a valid transfer permit from City Hall and the registration of the vehicle you're using. Residential hours are Thursday through Saturday, 7:00 am to 3:00 pm. Self-hauling is often cheaper if you have a truck and the time.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups, since you can leave items out with access notes. For items inside the home, someone should be there or you can give access instructions when booking. Your Loader typically calls before arriving, and same-day or next-day slots depend on local availability.
Old Town's recycling center charges $12.50 each for white goods and metal items like stoves, washers, dryers, and refrigerators. Tires have separate fees, and household hazardous waste such as gasoline, oil-based paint, and pesticides needs special handling. Demolition debris is charged by the cubic yard.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance at local facilities. Items that can't be reused or recycled are taken to an appropriate disposal site. Donation and recycling outcomes can't be guaranteed for every item.
The main difference is the pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers often price by truckload and may confirm the total at an on-site estimate. LoadUp prices per item online, and the total is confirmed before the booking is finalized.
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