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Guides
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What an estate cleanout actually costs in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties
Real ranges, what moves the number, and the four things that make a cleanout quote double after the walkthrough.
7 min · updated 2026-09-17The executor's cleanout checklist: 23 things to find before the dumpster arrives
The documents, valuables and small objects that get thrown away in estate cleanouts every week — and the order to look for them.
6 min · updated 2026-09-17Dump trailer vs. roll-off dumpster: which one you actually want
Height, driveway damage, street permits, capacity and cost — the five differences that decide it.
5 min · updated 2026-09-17Where to dump in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties — every gate and every rate, 2026
Current tipping fees, hours, what each facility accepts, and the $269 mistake most people in Lodi make.
8 min · updated 2026-09-17What a servicer-grade trash-out photo package has to contain
For asset managers and landlords: the documentation standard that keeps a trash-out invoice from getting kicked back.
5 min · updated 2026-09-17How junk removal pricing actually works — and the four tricks to watch for
Volume pricing decoded, plus the pricing patterns that turn a $200 quote into a $600 invoice.
5 min · updated 2026-09-17How to get rid of a mattress in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties
Free retailer take-back, free county drop-off limits, what each gate charges per mattress, and when paying someone to haul it is actually worth it.
6 min · updated 2026-09-17Refrigerator and freezer disposal: the refrigerant rules and what every gate charges
Why a fridge cannot just go in a trailer, who is legally on the hook for the refrigerant, and what each gate in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties charges.
6 min · updated 2026-09-17TV, monitor and e-waste disposal in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties
Why a TV cannot go in the trash in California, where county residents drop off e-waste free, what businesses pay per unit, and what to wipe before it leaves.
6 min · updated 2026-09-17Tire disposal in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties: fees, limits and the ten-tire rule
What each gate charges per tire, how many a resident can drop off free, and why hauling ten or more tires at once needs a state registration.
6 min · updated 2026-09-17Paint and household hazardous waste: what we will not take, and where it actually goes
Paint, solvents, oil, pool chemicals, propane and batteries: why no junk hauler can take them in a load, and the free drop-offs in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties.
6 min · updated 2026-09-17Concrete, dirt and rock disposal: why clean loads are nearly free and mixed loads are not
Which gates take concrete and dirt, what clean versus mixed loads cost, why most landfills refuse large soil loads, and how much a trailer can legally carry.
6 min · updated 2026-09-17Green waste and yard debris disposal: why it costs more than trash at some gates
Branches, clippings, stumps and clean wood: what each gate charges, why Sacramento County green waste costs more per ton than trash, and how SB 1383 changed it.
6 min · updated 2026-09-17Washer, dryer, water heater and scrap metal disposal in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties
What counts as a major appliance under California law, which parts must come out before it is crushed, what each gate charges, and when clean metal is free.
6 min · updated 2026-09-17Hauling junk yourself vs. hiring it out: the real math
Gate fees, resident freebies, the truck and your Saturday, added up for a Lodi-area load. Sometimes the honest answer is to do it yourself.
4 min · updated 2026-09-18Junk removal vs. dumpster rental: who does the lifting decides it
Full-service pickup, a trailer you load yourself, or a roll-off container: what each one includes, what ours cost, and the job each one fits.
4 min · updated 2026-09-18Volume vs. hourly junk removal pricing: who pays when the job runs long
By volume, by the hour, per item or by the project: how each pricing model works, and which one leaves you paying when a job takes longer than planned.
4 min · updated 2026-09-18What a California landlord can do with a tenant's abandoned belongings
The 15- and 18-day notices, the $700 line between keeping and a public sale, and the 15 days after an eviction lockout, each cited to the Civil Code section.
5 min · updated 2026-09-18HOA violation notice for junk or debris: the California hearing, cure and fine rules
Ten days of notice, the right to cure before the hearing, and the $100-per-violation fine cap added in 2025, each cited to the Davis-Stirling Act.
5 min · updated 2026-09-18Illegal dumping penalties in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties
State fines from $250 to $10,000, local citations up to $25,000 in Sacramento, and the rules that make you liable when someone you hired dumps your junk.
6 min · updated 2026-09-18Free curbside bulky-item pickup, city by city: how much, how often, and what they refuse
How many free bulky pickups each city gives, the pile-size limit, what gets refused, and the set-out rules that can earn a citation, from each program's own page.
5 min · updated 2026-09-18Got a code enforcement notice for junk or debris? What it requires and by when
How long you have to clear it, how many days to appeal, and what happens if the city or county cleans it up for you, for Stockton, Lodi, Sacramento and both counties.
5 min · updated 2026-09-18Gate by gate
One page per landfill or transfer station: hours, every posted fee with its effective date, and what the gate turns away.
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