*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it starts to feel like one more thing on the island to-do list. Book LoadUp, see your real price upfront, and get it picked up fast.
You search for options, call a county line, leave messages with a couple of haulers, and wait on replies that may never come. Weeks pass, and the junk is still sitting in the carport.
Vashon is unincorporated, so there's no city-run bulk pickup to fall back on. Programs offered through the county or your garbage hauler, where they exist, often mean scheduling ahead, item limits and leaving everything at the road, which is hard on a long or steep driveway.
Lots of haulers want to come out and look before they give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck they think your load fills, so the total stays unclear until the job is over and the truck is gone.
Thrift and reuse shops can only take what they're able to resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses and broken pieces get turned away. You still have to load and drive everything there yourself, and anything they refuse comes back home with you.
For one room or a single shed, a roll-off container is far more than you need. You'd have to book drop-off and pickup dates, find level ground on a wooded or sloped lot, and do all the lifting and 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.
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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 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 Vashon Island's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A long gravel driveway or a loft above a detached shop means extra carrying, and your Loader does it. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Vashon Island after each job.
If the old washer is already out by your driveway or parking pad, curbside pickup is the simpler pick. For a house set back among the trees, a basement full of furniture or a shed packed to the rafters, choose full-service so your Loaders carry everything out from where it sits.
| 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.
Getting a water-damaged sofa off the island means planning around the boat, then a drive to a disposal site. That's a whole day for one load. Your Loader does the lifting and carrying instead, from the porch, shed or garage, and genuinely likes showing up for neighbors who have better things to do with a day.
Bulky items pile up fast on Vashon, and getting them to the right place takes planning. Your Loader sorts each item by condition and looks for donation or recycling options when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when possible. Your Loader lifts and carries them out, though donation is never guaranteed and depends on what local options accept.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, such as scrap metal or old appliances, may go to reuse or recycling where available. Your Loader checks what local options allow.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like a soaked sofa or a broken-down shed door, are handled as responsible disposal. Your Loader does the lifting and loading, from Vashon driveways to Maury Island yards.
A rejected load at the island's only transfer station means hauling it home again, so check these rules for Vashon Island and unincorporated King County first.
The Vashon station does not accept asbestos-containing waste, including vermiculite, unless King County approves it through its Waste Clearance process. Approval can come with conditions such as special packaging or delivery by appointment, so testing suspect materials before demolition avoids delays.
Every dry season, a Stage 1 burn ban stops yard debris and land-clearing burning. Vashon Island Fire & Rescue warns that the island's limited firefighting resources make even small wildfires dangerous. Burning garbage or trash is prohibited all year.
The Vashon station recycles mattresses, futons and box springs, but it won't take wet ones for recycling. That matters during the island's rainy months. Mattresses and box springs thrown out as garbage are limited to six per customer per day.
Most King County transfer stations turn away construction and demolition debris that arrives in dump trucks or dump trailers. Because the island is remote, the Vashon station accepts this debris. Loads still cannot include asbestos or hazardous waste.
Oil-based paint and vehicle and marine batteries are not allowed in island garbage, and latex paint is accepted only when dry with the lid off. King County's Wastemobile holds a multi-day collection event on Vashon, usually in spring, and accepts household hazardous waste for free.
The Vashon station does not accept televisions, computers or computer monitors in the garbage. Washington's E-Cycle program offers free recycling for these items, and manufacturers pay for it rather than residents.
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(678) 884-4738Not as general junk. Island garbage service covers your regular cart, and extra bulky items left out without arrangements can be treated as illegal dumping under King County rules. Your options are the Vashon Transfer Station, a hauler, or a donation drop-off.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Vashon Island starts at $95 for a single item, and curbside or driveway 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.
Often yes, if you have a truck and the time. King County lists a minimum garbage fee of about $33 per entry at the Vashon Transfer Station, and unsecured loads can add a $25 fee. Hiring out makes sense if you can't lift the items or don't want to haul them.
For curbside or driveway pickups, no. Leave the items out and add access notes at booking. For items inside the home, someone should be there or leave clear access instructions. Enter your address when booking to see available times for Vashon, Burton, Dockton and elsewhere.
Hazardous materials such as paint, solvents, pesticides and chemicals generally can't go in regular garbage or with a standard junk haul. King County runs hazardous waste programs for these. Bulky furniture, appliances and household clutter are usually fine.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Local options like Granny's Attic Thrift Shop take donated household goods. Items that can't be donated or recycled are disposed of at an appropriate facility.
You pick your items and a time slot online, and you see the price before you confirm. On pickup day a Loader arrives in the window you chose, does the lifting and loading, and takes the items away. Island jobs may need extra scheduling because of the ferry.
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