*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up faster than you plan for, and getting rid of it never climbs the to-do list. Across Rapid, junk removal gets booked online with an upfront price, then picked up and gone.
It starts with a search, then a call to figure out whose route your street is even on, then a couple of haulers who say they'll get back to you. One does. Two weekends later, the junk hasn't moved.
Bulky items are handled by appointment rather than on your regular collection day, and only for addresses the city's route actually covers. The spring fee waiver week at the landfill helps, once a year. Refrigerant appliances, paint and hazardous items stay excluded either way.
Most outfits want to see the pile before they'll quote anything, so you take time off, wait through an arrival window, and then hear a number based on how much of the truck your stuff fills. Say no and there goes your morning.
Reuse organizations here take furniture that's genuinely still usable, and they pass on anything stained, torn, cracked or missing hardware. Almost none of them come up your stairs. So you load it, drive it over, and sometimes bring half of it back home.
A roll-off means scheduling a drop and a haul-away, giving up your driveway for days, and finding out whether a permit applies if it has to sit on the street. Neighbors notice. You 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.
Across all options, not just ours: a real breakdown of what Rapid City 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 Rapid City's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle the awkward parts, a basement stairwell with a tight turn or a sagging shelf in a detached garage. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Rapid City after each job.
Go with curbside if you can get everything to the driveway or street yourself, which works well for newer subdivisions with wide approaches on the south and west edges of town. Choose full service when the couch is still in a finished basement, up a narrow older staircase, or behind an apartment door near downtown, and your Loaders will carry it out.
| 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 noon | 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.
Anyone who has lived here long knows the forecast is more of a rumor. A sixty-degree chinook Tuesday, wet snow Thursday, hail in June, and that garage cleanout keeps sliding to next weekend. Your Loaders work around that calendar, carry the heavy things out, and genuinely like showing up for folks in Rapid City.
Most of what leaves a Rapid City garage or basement is bulky, heavy, and awkward to move alone. Your Loader sorts each piece by condition, keeping usable material out of the landfill when local options allow.
Furniture, exercise gear, and household goods that are clean and structurally sound may be offered to a local reuse option when one accepts that category. For a receipt, donate the item yourself before booking.
A broken washer, a torn mattress, or a dead television can still hold recyclable metal, foam, and glass. Your Loader separates that material where a Pennington County option exists for it.
Water-damaged sectionals, hail-battered patio furniture, and crumbling remodel debris usually have no second life left. Your Loader takes those loads to a permitted western South Dakota disposal site, following whatever that facility requires.
Getting disposal wrong in Rapid City can mean a rejected load, an uncollected cart, or a citation, so know Pennington County's rules first.
South Dakota law treats dumping under ten pounds as littering, ten pounds or more as second degree illegal dumping, a Class 1 misdemeanor, and intentional dumping above two thousand pounds as a Class 6 felony.
City ordinance keeps appliances out of the landfill entirely, requiring recycling instead, and Freon bearing units are refused without written certification that the refrigerant was professionally recovered first. Local scrap recyclers handle those units.
South Dakota prohibits landfilling yard waste, large appliances, lead acid batteries and waste motor oil, so grass, leaves and branches must be composted through the city program rather than mixed with household garbage.
The city composts what it collects, so yard waste belongs in paper bags rather than plastic, and branches must be cut to four foot sections and tied. Dirt, sod, rocks, logs and pallets go to the landfill instead.
Rapid City collects only garbage placed in a city issued container with the lid closed, and loose brush, electronics, hazardous waste and oversized furniture are left behind. Bulky items require a separate scheduled appointment.
The Rapid City Regional Landfill is a permitted Subtitle D facility that accepts construction and demolition debris under its own rules, while asbestos containing material above one percent falls under state and federal regulation.
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(678) 884-4738Rapid City curbside garbage only takes what fits inside your cart with the lid closed, so bulky junk left beside the can won't be collected. For large items you can schedule a bulk pickup with Kieffer Sanitation at 605-342-5575, haul it to the Rapid City Landfill yourself, or book a hauler.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Rapid City starts at $85 for a single bulky item, and leaving it at the curb or driveway takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee for labor and hauling, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed upfront before you book.
Same-day pickup is available in most Rapid City zip codes when you book before noon, and next-day covers the rest of the area including Rapid Valley and Box Elder. Pick a time that works during booking, and your Loader calls ahead before arriving.
Yes. Rapid City waives landfill fees for residents on most household loads, but tires and mattresses or box springs are still charged by weight. Freon appliances, paint, and hazardous waste need special handling and aren't accepted with regular loads, and South Dakota law bans yard waste from garbage cans.
Usable items get sorted for donation and recyclable materials are routed to recycling first, which keeps reusable goods out of Pennington County area landfills. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to the Rapid City Regional Landfill, a permitted Subtitle D facility, rather than the nearest dump.
You book online with an upfront, guaranteed price, then choose a date and time. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home if items are left accessible, but for heavy junk inside the house someone should be present. Your Loader calls before arriving and handles all the loading and hauling.
The main differences are pricing and booking. 1-800-GOT-JUNK and College Hunks charge by how much truck space your load fills and usually confirm the price after an on-site look. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before anyone shows up, which is often cheaper for one or two items.
Yes. Rapid City's annual Cleanup Week each April waives landfill fees for Pennington County residents dropping off most items, though tires, mattresses, box springs, and Freon appliances are excluded. Call the Solid Waste Division at 605-355-3496 for dates and guidelines. If you can't haul it yourself, a hauler handles pickup year round.
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