*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it has a way of taking over your whole to-do list. Book LoadUp, see your price upfront, and get a quick pickup that clears it for good.
You look up township and county drop-off options, call a few haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. A weekend at the property ends, then another, and the junk is still sitting in the shed.
Spruce has no city bulk pickup program, so it's up to township or county options. Those may mean limited drop-off days, item restrictions, and fees for appliances or mattresses. You still need a truck and enough help to load everything and drive it there.
Some haulers want to come out in person before they'll give you a price, and a long drive out to a lake property can mean waiting days for that visit. Then you get a vague truckload estimate, and you won't know the real total until the job is done.
A worn recliner or a broken box spring won't get through a donation center's quality check, and many don't take large items at all. The nearest drop-off can also be a long drive, so you could make the trip and come home with half the load.
A roll-off container is built for full renovations. If you're clearing out one porch or a single spare room, you're paying for space you won't use. You'll also have to schedule delivery and pickup, find a level spot that won't tear up the lawn, and still do all the loading 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 Spruce 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 piano, hot tub, or safe 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 Spruce's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry heavy pieces down narrow lakeside stairways and out of crowded detached garages. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Spruce after each job.
Curbside works when you can set items like a worn-out mower or old dock sections at the end of a long gravel driveway. Full-service fits when things are still inside, such as a sleeper sofa in a cottage loft, because your Loaders carry them out for you, so share driveway and access details when you book.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Up here, a trip to the nearest drop-off can mean a long drive on two-lane roads, and the old sofa never rides well in a pickup bed anyway. Between the woods, the seasons, and a weekend that's already short, your Loaders do the lifting and loading, because folks around Spruce have earned an easier Sunday.
Bulky items pile up fast on a property you don't visit every week, so where they end up matters. In Spruce, your Loader sorts each load by condition, aiming to keep usable things out of the landfill when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when possible. Nearby options can be limited in rural Alcona County, so availability varies by job.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for reuse may be taken to a recycling outlet where available. Your Loader separates materials like scrap metal or wood when local options make that realistic.
Heavily damaged or soiled bulky pieces, like a waterlogged sofa or a broken-down mattress, go to an appropriate disposal site. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading so you never haul them yourself.
Burning the wrong materials or missing a once-a-year collection can mean a violation or months of storage, so these rules apply to cleanouts in Spruce and across Alcona County.
In the northern Lower Peninsula, which includes Alcona County, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources requires a burn permit for brush and debris piles whenever the ground is not snow covered. Dry spring conditions can suspend burning entirely.
Recycle Alcona directs residents to Alpena's Resource Recovery Facility and Transfer Station for computers, monitors, keyboards, printers, televisions, radios and VCRs. If you're clearing out old electronics, plan for that drive, because the local monthly drop-off focuses on paper and containers.
Alcona County has no county-run disposal services. Recycling in the Spruce area depends on Recycle Alcona, a volunteer nonprofit that holds a monthly drop-off. It accepts cardboard, boxboard, newspaper, magazines, catalogs and phone books.
State law keeps yard clippings out of Michigan landfills, so bagged leaves and grass from a fall cleanup cannot go out with household trash. In rural Alcona County, composting them on your own property is the simplest legal option.
Michigan air quality rules prohibit open burning of household trash that contains plastic, rubber, foam, chemically treated wood, textiles, electronics, spray cans or asphalt shingles. Without curbside service, a burn barrel can seem convenient, but it can lead to a violation notice.
Once a year, Recycle Alcona coordinates a county clean-up day that accepts tires, car batteries, propane tanks and dried paint. These items are hard to get rid of locally, so storing them safely until that event is a practical workaround.
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(678) 884-4738No. Alcona County runs no county solid waste pickup program, so there is no free bulk curbside service for Spruce. Residents usually hire a private hauler or drop items at a transfer station. Dumping junk on roadsides or in woods is illegal in Michigan.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Spruce 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 charge, with the exact total confirmed before booking.
It depends on Loader availability, and rural areas like Spruce can have fewer open slots than larger cities. Enter your address during booking to see which days and time windows are open for your location.
Not for curbside or outdoor pickups. Items can be left in a driveway or by the road with access notes. For items inside a cottage or garage, someone should be there or you can leave entry instructions when booking.
Options include Jakes Transfer Station in Glennie and the Cummings Township Transfer and Recycling Station. Recycle Alcona, a volunteer nonprofit, runs monthly recycling drop-offs and an annual county clean-up day. Check hours and fees before you haul.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance at local facilities. Items that cannot be reused or recycled go to a proper disposal site. Outcomes vary by item condition and what nearby partners will take.
Pick your items online, enter your Spruce address, and choose a time window. You see the total before confirming. On pickup day your Loader calls ahead, hauls the items from wherever you point, and takes them away.
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