*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up quietly until it takes over a whole room. Book a pickup here in South Dakota's Rising Star, see your price up front, and get it gone.
You look up what the city takes, get half an answer, then call around for quotes. One outfit wants to see it first, two never call back, and the junk sits through another month.
The city's once-a-year cleanup typically wants everything on the boulevard inside one short window, sorted into metal and non-metal piles, with collection making a single pass per neighborhood. Tires and refrigerant appliances follow separate rules, and a township or lake address may not qualify at all.
Most haulers want to walk your basement before they say a number, then price by how full the truck looks when they finish. You block off a morning for the estimate, another for the pickup, and learn the cost last.
Resale shops in a market this size take what they can realistically sell, so water-stained cushions, cracked exercise gear, and anything missing hardware get turned down. Most also expect you to deliver it, which leaves the loading and driving to you.
A roll-off container solves a remodel, not one bedroom. You pay for days you never use, give up the driveway, work around delivery and haul-off windows, and still carry every item out yourself. Refrigerant appliances and TVs usually cannot go in it anyway.
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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 Watertown 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 Watertown's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Steep basement stairwells and detached garages with one narrow door slow a job down fast. Your Loaders are background checked and rated by real locals in Watertown after each job.
Curbside fits when the load already sits at the street, on the driveway apron, or at the end of a long gravel lake road and you can get it out there yourself. Pick full service when a chest freezer or treadmill is still sitting at the bottom of basement stairs or behind a stuck detached garage door, because your Loaders handle that walk out.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $85 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $80 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $95 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $85 |
| 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.
Half the driveways in this town already have a pickup and a utility trailer parked in them, so nobody here needs a lesson in loading. What you are hiring out is the stairs, the dead weight of an old chest freezer, and a Saturday you would rather spend elsewhere. Your Loaders like showing up for Watertown people.
Most Watertown junk falls into three buckets once it leaves your garage: still usable, worth breaking down for materials, or genuinely spent. Your Loader sorts by condition, and reuse or recycling gets tried first when local options allow.
Furniture, exercise equipment, and small appliances that are clean and working may be offered to local reuse outlets when possible. If you need a donation receipt, donate those items yourself before booking.
A ripped recliner or a dead treadmill still holds metal, and your Loader separates recyclable material where available. Electronics and refrigerant appliances follow separate handling rules, so outcomes vary by what area outlets accept.
Waterlogged mattresses, moldy carpet, and crushed patio furniture have no second life left in them. Those loads go to a permitted disposal site serving the Watertown area under whatever rules that facility currently applies.
Rubbish left to pile up on a Watertown property can bring a nuisance citation plus billed cleanup costs, so these city and Codington County rules matter.
The city collects bulky items free from the boulevard during one annual spring cleanup, and crews make a single pass. Metal and non-metal piles must sit at least four feet apart, and anything skipped stays the owner's responsibility to remove.
South Dakota law keeps white goods out of landfill cells, so refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners go through refrigerant recovery instead. The Watertown Regional Landfill adds a $15 environmental processing fee per refrigerant appliance beyond standard disposal charges.
TVs, computers and other electronics are excluded from curbside cleanup piles because they need recycling. The Watertown Regional Landfill accepts them at its electronic waste rate rather than burying them with household trash.
Wood, drywall, shingles, brick and similar remodeling debris are barred from the annual city cleanup and from curbside carts. That material goes to the landfill as a weighed load, with tipping fees charged by the ton.
State law has kept leaves, grass and similar vegetative waste out of landfill cells since 1995, so Watertown runs separate green cart collection roughly April through November. Branches fit the blue cart only if the lid closes.
Tires, car batteries, waste oil and antifreeze are not accepted at the Watertown Regional Landfill, and every load is screened. Dumping prohibited material exposes the hauler to fines, penalties and cleanup costs, and unsecured loads are charged double tipping fees.
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(678) 884-4738Not for regular collection. Watertown's automated trucks only empty the cart with all contents inside, so oversized junk left at the curb won't be taken, and illegal dumping can bring fines or citations. For city bulky pickup, call the Watertown Regional Landfill at 605-882-6219, or book a hauler.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Watertown starts at $85, and curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, and each added piece is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed before you book. Self-hauling to the landfill runs about $35 per ton for appliances or metal.
Availability depends on your zip code and how early you book. Enter your Watertown address at checkout to see the soonest open date, often next-day across Codington County. Booking before midday gives the best shot at faster scheduling.
Household hazardous waste like paint, chemicals, and batteries needs the landfill's separate HHW disposal, not the regular cell. Appliances and electronics are accepted but charged around $35 per ton, and any unsecured load is billed double with a $30 minimum, so plan to secure and sort ahead of time.
Usable items are steered toward reuse before the landfill. Furniture, housewares, and clothing in good shape can go to Watertown donation spots like Goodwill of the Great Plains on 9th Avenue SE or the Salvation Army, while metals, cardboard, and electronics are routed to recycling.
You book online by listing your items and picking a date, with the price locked before pickup day. For curbside or driveway loads you don't need to be present, just leave the junk accessible. For inside jobs, someone should be home or leave access notes, and your crew calls ahead of arrival.
Local outfits like George's Sanitation and national brands such as 1-800-GOT-JUNK usually quote by truckload after an in-person look, so your price firms up once the truck is in your driveway. LoadUp prices each item online and locks the total before anyone shows up.
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