*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on the list. Book a quick pickup in St. George and see your price before you commit.
You search online, call the town office, leave messages with a few haulers, and wait. One quotes a vague range, another never calls back. Weeks pass, and the pile in the shed still hasn't moved.
Many small Maine towns don't run city bulk pickup programs at all, and where municipal pickup schedules exist they tend to be limited and seasonal. Hauling bulky items to a drop-off point is usually up to you, and you still need a truck and a second set of hands.
Lots of haulers want to come look before they'll give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck your stuff fills, and you don't find that out until the load is on. It's hard to plan around a price you can't see.
Thrift shops and charities have good reasons to turn down stained couches, worn mattresses, and furniture missing a leg. On a rural peninsula, the nearest place that accepts donations may also be a long drive away. Whatever they say no to comes back home with you.
A roll-off sounds like a simple fix until you're scheduling the drop-off and pickup, figuring out where it can sit on a narrow driveway or a tight lot, and loading every heavy piece into it yourself. For a garage or a single room, it's a lot more container than you need.
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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 St. George's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries items down steep, narrow stairs in older capes and through tight outbuilding doorways. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in St. George after each job.
If you can move items to the end of a long gravel driveway or next to the garage, curbside is a simple choice, and it works well if you will not be on site. For a sofa wedged in a cottage loft or a dresser in a back bedroom of an older farmhouse, choose full-service, and your Loader will carry it out from inside.
| 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.
Out here, a simple dump run can swallow a whole afternoon, especially with a sagging mattress in the truck bed and the cottage opening in May or closing in October. Your Loader does the lifting and hauling instead. It's a pleasure showing up for the people who keep St. George going, year-round and summer folks alike.
Bulky items on the St. George peninsula can be hard to move alone, so where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, aiming for donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and where available. Your Loader will set those pieces aside and look for a suitable local outlet, though nearby options can be limited.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled when local options allow. Your Loader will help find responsible handling for things like metal frames, appliances, and electronics, without any promise of results.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as soaked mattresses or broken furniture from a damp outbuilding, are hauled away by your Loader for responsible disposal when reuse or recycling is not realistic.
Arriving without a visible sticker or mixing fee-based items into a load can mean extra charges or a wasted trip, so here is how disposal works in St. George, Knox County.
Tires up to 20 inches cost $5 each at the St. George Transfer Station. Oversize tires cost $25 each. Old tires stored in a barn or beside a boat trailer add up fast, so count them before the trip.
Transfer Station stickers are free at the Town Office or the Transfer Station. They go on the lower front passenger side of the windshield where the attendant can see them. Remove old stickers, and take yours off when you sell a vehicle so non-residents can't use it.
Garden waste can go to the transfer station, which handles yard material and composting. If you'd rather burn downed limbs or brush, Maine requires a burn permit from the local fire warden or the Maine Forest Service. Burning household trash is prohibited.
The St. George Transfer Station takes demolition debris for a fee. A pickup truck load costs $30, and larger loads of 3 to 10 yards are billed at $40 per yard. Estimate the volume before a renovation or storm repair to avoid surprises.
The town leases space at the transfer station to a private second-hand shop. Usable furniture and household goods from a cleanout may find a second home on the same trip, but the shop's operator decides what it accepts.
Maine treats televisions and computer monitors as universal waste. That keeps them out of household trash and landfills because of the lead and other metals inside. A state law makes manufacturers fund their recycling, so set them apart from regular garbage.
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(678) 884-4738The town's Transfer Station at 176 Wallston Road in Tenants Harbor takes household waste, demolition debris, brush and recyclables. It's open Tuesday through Saturday, 8am to 4pm, and closed Sunday, Monday and holidays. Call (207) 372-6451 to confirm what's accepted.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in St. George starts at $80, and curbside or outdoor 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. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload.
Availability depends on Loader schedules in Knox County, so same-day isn't guaranteed for every address. Enter your address when booking to see the live time slots. Outlying villages like Port Clyde may have fewer open windows than larger nearby towns.
Fees are per item or load. Upholstered furniture and mattresses or box springs are $5 each, white goods are $10 each, and a pickup-truck load of demolition debris is $30. Brush runs $30 per yard. Hauling it yourself is cheaper if you have a truck and time.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle materials whenever possible, depending on what local facilities accept. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to a disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so nothing is guaranteed to be diverted from landfill.
You choose your items and a time window online, then see the total before you confirm. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For items inside, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions. Your Loader gives notice before arriving.
The main difference is pricing and booking. Truckload haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically base the price on how much space your load fills, often confirmed on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so the total is set before anyone arrives.
If you have a truck and a free Tuesday to Saturday, the transfer station is often cheaper, since many items cost $5 to $30. Paid removal makes more sense when you lack a truck, have heavy items, or live far out on the peninsula, like Port Clyde, and want to skip the trip.
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