*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it stops being a small chore and starts weighing on your day. In the City of Good Living, LoadUp makes it simple: quick pickup, a real price before you book.
You look up the city's bulky item rules, call a couple of haulers, and wait for callbacks that never come. Weeks go by, and the pile in the garage hasn't moved an inch.
Municipal pickup schedules can work well for a single couch at the curb. The trouble is everything around it: you request a date ahead of time, carry the items out yourself, and find out that some categories and larger cleanouts don't qualify.
Many haulers want to come out and look before they quote, which means booking a visit just to get a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck they decide your load fills, so you don't really know the total until they finish.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture usually get turned away. Even the good pieces still have to be loaded, driven over, and dropped off, and that part is up to you.
For one room's worth of junk, a dumpster means coordinating delivery and pickup, possibly checking placement rules, and leaving a big steel bin on your driveway for days. Your neighbors on Brittan Heights' quiet streets will notice, and you still have to do all the lifting.
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No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
No in-person charges
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 San Carlos 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 San Carlos's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Exterior stairs down to a steep driveway make bulky pieces awkward, so your Loader carries each one down with care. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in San Carlos after each job.
Curbside works when your items are already out on the driveway or at the street, which suits a San Carlos garage cleanout you've already sorted. Choose full-service if things are still in a back bedroom, a side yard, or up a flight of stairs, and your Loaders will carry them out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $75 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $70 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $85 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $75 |
| 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.
Nobody has ever enjoyed driving a sofa to the dump through Peninsula traffic with the hatchback barely shut. Skip the Saturday gamble. Your Loaders carry it out, load it up, and haul it away, whether it's sitting in a Devonshire garage or a side yard, and we love showing up for San Carlos neighbors.
Big, bulky items are hard to move alone, and where they end up matters. In San Carlos, your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, so donation, recycling, or disposal fits the item and local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loader can set those items aside, though a donation receipt is not something to expect.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable parts or materials, like metal frames or electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the rest when local options allow.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items, such as a collapsed sofa or waterlogged mattress, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, so you skip the truck rental and dump run.
Guessing wrong can mean a refused appliance at the transfer station or a forfeited remodel recycling deposit. These rules apply specifically in San Carlos and San Mateo County.
Through California's Bye Bye Mattress program, run by the Mattress Recycling Council, residents can drop off up to five mattresses free of charge per visit at the Shoreway Environmental Center's Transfer Station in San Carlos. Not every mattress and box spring qualifies.
San Carlos Municipal Code Chapter 8.05 requires a Construction and Demolition Waste Management Plan and recycling deposit for projects over $50,000. Recycling receipts are due within 60 days of final inspection, and unmet requirements can forfeit some or all of the deposit.
Recology's curbside Bulky Item Collection, which single-family homes get twice per calendar year at no extra charge, will not take treated wood. That covers pressure-treated lumber common in fences, decks, and stairways, which California regulates separately as treated wood waste.
Shoreway's Public Recycling Center takes residential electronic waste, such as TVs and computers, free year-round. Small appliances qualify too if they have a power cord and contain no fuel, batteries, or refrigerants. The free drop-off is limited to residential waste, not business loads.
San Mateo County's household hazardous waste program is free but appointment only, and events may be canceled due to poor air quality. State rules cap each vehicle trip at 10 liquid gallons or 50 solid pounds, so larger loads need multiple appointments.
The Shoreway Transfer Station accepts refrigerant units only with certification that the Freon has been removed. As an alternative, Recology's curbside Bulky Item Collection takes one large appliance, such as a household refrigerator, per appointment.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of a scheduled pickup through your garbage service. Items left out on their own can be treated as illegal dumping in California, which can bring fines. San Carlos is served by RethinkWaste, so ask them what bulky pickups your plan includes.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in San Carlos starts at $75, and curbside 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. College HUNKS lists local truckload quotes of $99 to $699.
Same-day slots are sometimes open, depending on the schedule in your area that day. Enter your address during booking to see live availability. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access notes.
Paint, solvents, batteries and similar items can't go in regular trash or to the Shoreway Environmental Center transfer station, which refuses hazardous waste. Call the San Mateo County Household Hazardous Waste Program at (650) 363-4718. Most junk haulers also won't take hazardous materials.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them to local charities when options allow. They try to recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to the appropriate disposal facility, and outcomes are not guaranteed.
You choose your items and address online, see the price, and pick a time window. Your Loader shows up, confirms the items, and hauls them away. The first item includes the base fee and each added item is a flat add-on, so the total is set before anyone arrives.
The main difference is the pricing model. Many traditional haulers price by truckload and confirm the final number on site after an estimate. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a big cleanout that fills a truck, a truckload hauler may suit you better.
Yes. The Shoreway Environmental Center at 333 Shoreway Road in San Carlos has a transfer station that takes household solid waste, wood, and appliances, and a public recycling center. Call (650) 802-8355 to confirm hours and fees. It is often cheaper if you have a truck and can do the lifting.
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