*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it stops being a small chore and becomes a weight on your week. Book a quick pickup, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the county office, and leave messages with haulers who may or may not call back. A few weeks later, the pile in the shed or spare room is still sitting right where it was.
If your area offers a municipal pickup schedule, it can be a real help. But many programs limit what they take, require you to call ahead or wait for set dates, and expect you to drag heavy items to the road on your own.
Many haulers want to come out and look before giving you a number, which can mean waiting days for an estimate on a farm road. Then truckload pricing leaves you guessing how much of the truck your pile really fills.
Donation centers need items they can resell, so stained couches, broken appliances, and worn mattresses often get turned away. You'd still have to load everything up and make the drive yourself, and anything they won't take comes back home with you.
A roll-off dumpster makes sense for a full renovation, not a cleared-out garage or a few old recliners. You plan around delivery and pickup dates, give up part of your driveway or yard, and still do every bit of the 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.
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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 Owenton's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A chest freezer down steep basement stairs or old furniture in a barn gets carried out by your Loaders, who are background-checked and rated by real locals in Owenton after each job.
If you can roll an old mower or stack worn fence posts at the end of your driveway or on the porch, curbside pickup keeps things simple. When items are still in an upstairs closet, a back bedroom, or at the far end of a long gravel lane, choose full-service and your Loaders will 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 $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.
Hauling an old sofa down winding county roads to a disposal site a long drive away is nobody's idea of a free Saturday, especially after wrestling it onto the truck bed yourself. Your Loaders handle the lifting and carrying, even down a long gravel drive, and they genuinely like showing up for Owen County neighbors.
Bulky items pile up fast on farm properties and in older homes, so where they end up matters in Owenton. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring reuse or recycling when local options allow, and disposal when needed.
Furniture, appliances, and household goods in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when possible. Outlets near Owen County can be limited, so donation is not guaranteed and no receipt is promised.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like scrap metal or some appliances, may be recycled where available. Your Loader checks what local options allow, so outcomes can vary.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses or broken-down furniture, are taken for responsible disposal at an appropriate facility. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, so you never haul it yourself.
A load turned away at the transfer station or a citation for illegal burning can stall a weekend cleanout, so here is how disposal works in Owenton and Owen County.
Kentucky's forest fire hazard seasons run February 15 through April 30 and October 1 through December 15. During those seasons, burning within 150 feet of woodland or brushland is prohibited between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Many wooded Owen County lots are that close.
Owen County's Free Dumping Voucher Program replaced the old last-Saturday Free Dump Day. Residents and property owners sign up through the Judge/Executive's Office. Each address gets one voucher, which you show with a driver's license. Trailers over 30 feet are excluded.
Kentucky law prohibits open dumps, and the state funds cleanups of illegal dump sites along rural roadsides and creek banks. Owen County also has its own solid waste and nuisance ordinances, so the county can enforce these rules too.
Ordinance 775 covers leaves, grass clippings, and debris within Owenton city limits. The council held off on its first reading so penalties for failure to comply could be added. That means how you handle yard waste piles can have real consequences.
Under the county's voucher rules, tires are never free at the Owen County Transfer Station, and neither are household trash or commercial and industrial items. Kentucky's waste tire program holds amnesty collections from time to time, so a free option may come up.
State open burning rules prohibit burning household garbage, plastics, tires, and construction or demolition materials, even on rural acreage. Shingles, treated lumber, and drywall from a remodel must go to a permitted facility instead of a backyard burn barrel.
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(678) 884-4738Not as a free bulk pickup, as far as I could confirm. Owen County runs a transfer station rather than a curbside junk service, and dumping items on roadsides is illegal dumping. For current rules, call Owen County Public Works at (502) 484-2427.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Owenton starts at $85, 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 availability in Owenton depends on how many Loaders are working nearby that day. Rural areas like Owen County can have fewer open slots than larger metros. Entering your address during booking shows the live options, including next-day times.
The Owen County Transfer Station at 208 East Blanton Street takes household trash, bulky waste, white goods and tires. Listed hours are Monday to Saturday, 8am to 4pm. Call (502) 484-2427 to confirm fees and hours, since policies can change.
Owen County has offered a free dumping voucher program through the Transfer Station, with sign-up through the Judge/Executive's Office at 100 N. Thomas St. Eligibility and availability vary, so call the county to confirm. It can beat paid hauling if you can self-haul.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating or recycling them whenever options allow. Acceptance depends on the condition of each item and what nearby charities and recyclers will take. Anything that can't be placed goes to an appropriate disposal facility.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups, since you can leave items out with notes. For items inside your home, someone should be there, or you can leave access instructions when booking. Your Loader will let you know before arriving.
The main difference is pricing and booking. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK generally price by truckload and may quote on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so your total is confirmed before anyone arrives. For a big cleanout, a truckload hauler may suit you better.
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