*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's all you notice. Here in St. Joe, a quick pickup and a real price before you book make clearing it out simple.
You check the city website, call about pickup rules, and ask a couple of haulers for quotes. One never calls back, another wants to come look first. Two weekends later, the junk is still in the garage.
Municipal pickup schedules usually come with limits on item types, how much you can set out, and when it can go to the curb. Some things, like appliances or electronics, often need special handling. And you still have to drag everything to the curb yourself.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they give you a number, then price it by how much of the truck it fills. You often don't know the final cost until the junk is loaded, and by then it's hard to say no.
Thrift stores and charities have to be choosy about condition, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken pieces often get turned away. Even when they will take something, you're usually the one loading it, driving it over, and hauling home whatever they won't accept.
A roll-off dumpster makes sense for a full renovation, not for a spare bedroom or a basement corner. You have to plan delivery and pickup dates, find a spot for it on your driveway or the street, and live with it there for days.
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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 St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Getting an old chest freezer up narrow basement stairs, or easing it past a tight back-entry door, takes care. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in St. Joseph after each job.
If the junk is already out on your driveway or just inside an open garage door, curbside service is the simpler choice. For a sleeper sofa in an upstairs bedroom or a weight bench at the back of a rental house, full-service means your Loaders carry it out from inside for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $95 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $90 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $105 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $95 |
| 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.
Minnesota winters turn the garage into a holding pen for the busted treadmill, the lumpy sectional, and everything else you swore you'd sort out before the snow. Come thaw, your Loader does the lifting, carrying, and hauling. LoadUp and your Loaders like showing up for St. Joseph neighbors, especially the ones with a freshly cleared garage floor.
Bulky items rarely have one right destination, and that matters in St. Joseph, where a garage cleanout can include everything from sofas to broken shelving. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader can set usable pieces aside for a donation channel, though availability varies and nothing is guaranteed.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like metal frames or old appliances, may be recycled where available. Your Loader keeps them separate from general debris when possible.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as soaked sofas or broken furniture, go to proper disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and hauling from your St. Joseph property.
Rubbish left stored in the yard can draw a property maintenance violation notice, so here is how cleanout items are handled in St. Joseph and across Stearns County.
State law prohibits putting major appliances, including refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, water heaters, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers, in mixed municipal solid waste. Refrigerants, PCB capacitors, and mercury parts must be removed before recycling, so appliances follow a separate disposal path.
The boulevard between the curb and your property line is public right-of-way that St. Joseph uses for storm water drainage and storing plowed snow. Thursday garbage collection is weather permitting, and carts must be at the street by 6 a.m.
St. Joseph Ordinance 1007 requires refuse service for homes and rentals with three or fewer units, using 30, 60, or 90 gallon carts. Anything that does not fit in the cart counts as extra garbage, which Republic Services collects and invoices separately.
St. Joseph prohibits storing rubbish outdoors, and the city lists furniture, appliances, old machinery, motor vehicle parts and tires, unused building materials, and yard waste as examples. Leftovers from a garage or basement cleanout cannot simply sit outside until later.
Compostable yard material is not allowed in St. Joseph garbage carts. The city compost site requires a permit and opens May 1 for the 2026 season. Limbs over 3 inches thick must have all foliage and supporting branches removed first.
Since January 2026, the Stearns County Household Hazardous Waste Facility in Waite Park has taken electronics year-round. Televisions, computer monitors, laptops, and tablets carry a per-device screen fee. The facility does not accept vacuums, fans, lamps, or kitchen appliances.
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(678) 884-4738Generally no. Extra junk set out beside your cart can be left behind and may count as illegal dumping. Residential trash in St. Joseph is handled by private haulers such as Republic Services, so ask yours about bulk pickup rules and fees.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in St. Joseph starts at $95, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $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.
Often yes. Same-day or next-day pickup is usually available when you book before 2PM, depending on the schedule. Enter your address during booking to see live availability. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home.
Take them to the Stearns County Regional Hazardous Waste Facility, not the trash. It is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:15 PM, plus the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, 8:00 AM to noon. Fees apply to some items, and a free Reuse Store has usable paint.
Loaders try to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Whatever is left goes to licensed disposal sites. Donation and recycling aren't guaranteed for every item, but landfill is the last option.
Book online, list what needs to go, and pick a pickup window. You see the price before confirming. Your Loader typically calls or texts shortly before arriving, carries the items out, and hauls them away, so you don't have to load anything.
Pricing model and booking. Traditional haulers often price by truck space and confirm the final price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before pickup. For a large cleanout, a truckload quote may fit better.
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