Published in full · effective 2026-09-18
Junk removal prices
A single item is $200. A full 14-cubic-yard trailer is $775. In between you pay for the share of the trailer your junk fills: $275 a quarter, $425 a half, $595 for three-quarters. Every rate and every surcharge we charge is on this page.
- Fixed, written, before we start.
- No fuel surcharge, no franchise fee, no "disposal fee" added at the end.
- Senior and veteran pricing applied automatically.
What a load costs
We price by how much of our 7x14 trailer your load takes up. The orange is your junk; the dashed line is the top of the standard walls (about 7.3 cubic yards). Above it, the side extensions take the trailer to 14.
$200
About 1.75 cu yd · $114 per yard
Up to 1/8 of the trailer: a couch and a chair, a few boxes, or a small curbside pile. One fee item on its own (a mattress, an appliance) is also the minimum.
$275
About 3.5 cu yd · $79 per yard
A bedroom of furniture, or a modest garage corner.
$425
About 7 cu yd · $61 per yard
A one-car garage, a living room, or a small shed.
$595
About 10.5 cu yd · $57 per yard
A packed two-car garage or a large room plus yard debris.
$775
About 14 cu yd · $55 per yard
A full trailer with side extensions — more than a national-brand 'full truck'.
Notice the per-yard cost falls as the load grows. The $200 single-item price still has to cover the drive, the gate and the time, so one couch costs more per yard than a garage. If your load is just past one size, you are already paying for the next one — so fill it.
Per-item rates
Some things cost the same whether they come alone or ride on top of a load, because the cost is in the handling, not the space. These are added to the load price.
| Item | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mattress or box spring | $45 | Each. |
| Refrigerator or freezer | $90 | Certified refrigerant recovery. Required by federal law — not an upsell. |
| AC unit with refrigerant | $90 | Same recovery requirement as a fridge. |
| TV or monitor | $40 | E-waste handling. |
| Tire | $25 | Each. Rim-on is the same price. |
| Piano or organ | $400 | Upright. Grand pianos are quoted from a photo. |
| Hot tub or spa | $450 | Includes drain, disconnect and cut-down. $350-$750 depending on access. |
| Gun safe | $250 | Ground floor. Stairs are quoted separately. |
| Water heater | $125 | Includes shutoff at the existing valves. On its own it is the $200 job minimum. |
| Appliance (no refrigerant) | $65 | Washer, dryer, range, dishwasher. $65 each; one on its own is the $200 job minimum. |
Why a fridge is $90 and a mattress is $45
Refrigerators, freezers and AC units hold refrigerant, and it has to be recovered by a certified handler before the unit can be scrapped. That is federal law. The $90 covers the recovery. A hauler who takes a fridge for nothing is either skipping the recovery or making it back somewhere else on the invoice.
Mattresses are $45 each because they are bulky and we still pay to get rid of them. California charges a recycling fee when you buy one, but that does not cover what a hauler pays to take one away.
Minimums
- Hauling: $200. Up to 1/8 of the trailer: a couch and a chair, a few boxes, or a small curbside pile. One fee item on its own (a mattress, an appliance) is also the minimum.
- Appliances without refrigerant: Washer, dryer, range, dishwasher. $65 each; one on its own is the $200 job minimum. Units with refrigerant are $90.
- Labor only: $95 per hour, 2-man crew. One hour minimum. For sorting, moving and staging.
- Trailer rental: $275. Drop-off, pickup, and the first ton of disposal.
Surcharges — all of them
This is the complete list. If it is not here, we do not charge it. Every one that applies to your job is on the written quote before you say yes. Foothill jobs also carry a travel fee by the mile, set out in the next section.
| Charge | Amount | When it applies |
|---|---|---|
| Stairs | $25 per flight | Ground-floor and curbside jobs never see this. |
| Long carry (over 75 ft) | $45 flat | — |
| Heavy debris | $95 per ton over the first ton | Concrete, dirt, roofing, tile, brick. These cube out light and weigh heavy — volume pricing does not work on them. |
| Same-day priority | $75 flat | Quoted before you commit, never added after. |
| Labor only (no disposal) | $95 per hour, 2-man crew | One hour minimum. For sorting, moving and staging. |
| Disassembly / demo labor | $95 per hour, 2-man crew | — |
Travel fees in the foothills
Foothill jobs pay for the drive, and only the part past our free area. The first 25 miles from our Lockeford yard are free. After that it is $5 a mile, one way, rounded to the nearest $5, and it covers the diesel and the crew's time on the road.
For example: Jackson $20, Placerville $135, Roseville $160 and Auburn $230. Every foothill town page shows its own fee, and your written quote uses your exact address.
- The fee is on the written quote before you say yes.
- Added after the load price and never discounted. Senior and veteran pricing applies to the load, not the fee.
- Past 50 miles, the smallest job we drive out for is a quarter load.
- Dump trailer rental and drop-off service are not offered in the foothills.
By county: Placer County · El Dorado County · Amador County · Calaveras County.
What the price covers
- A fixed written price before anything moves. It changes only if the job does. If the pile grows or we find a room you did not mention, we stop and requote before we carry on.
- The lifting and loading. Full-service prices mean we load and haul. You point at it; we carry it out.
- Disposal at the gate. Tipping fees are built into the load price. The one exception is heavy debris past the first ton, listed under surcharges.
- Donation and recycling sorting. Usable furniture and appliances go to donation first. Metal, cardboard, e-waste and green waste get separated out.
- Weight tickets on request. We keep the scale ticket on every load and will hand it to you if you want proof of where your junk went.
- Free estimates. Photo estimates and on-site walkthroughs for cleanouts, hoarding jobs and trash-outs cost nothing.
What makes a job cost more
Size sets most of the price. These are the other things that move it, in rough order of how often they come up.
Weight
Concrete, dirt, roofing, tile and brick fill a trailer's legal weight long before they fill its space. Our trailer carries about 7,000 lb. So heavy debris adds $95 per ton past the first ton. Tell us it is there and we price it up front; the number does not show up after the scale.
Stairs and distance
Stairs add $25 per flight. A carry of more than 75 feet from where the trailer can park adds $45, once. Curbside and ground-floor jobs close to the driveway see neither.
Refrigerant and special items
Anything with refrigerant is $90. A piano is $400 (Upright. Grand pianos are quoted from a photo.) A gun safe is $250 (Ground floor. Stairs are quoted separately.) A hot tub is $450: Includes drain, disconnect and cut-down. $350-$750 depending on access. Those prices are about handling, not volume.
Taking things apart
If something has to be cut down or disassembled before it can go, that time is $95 per hour, 2-man crew. Sheds, built-ins and swing sets are typical examples.
Needing it today
Same-day priority is $75. Quoted before you commit, never added after.
The pile growing
If the job turns out bigger than the photos, we stop and requote before we load the extra. Nothing gets added silently.
Three worked examples
Made-up jobs, not real customers — here to show how the numbers add up. Each total is calculated from the price book by the same code that runs our online price calculator.
Upstairs bedroom set: $390
Bed frame, two mattresses, dresser and nightstands from a second-floor bedroom.
| Quarter load | $275 |
| Mattress or box spring × 2 | $90 |
| Stairs | $25 |
| Total, in writing before we start | $390 |
Garage corner plus the old fridge: $365
Boxes and a broken shelf unit from one side of a garage, and a refrigerator that still has refrigerant in it.
| Quarter load | $275 |
| Refrigerator or freezer | $90 |
| Total, in writing before we start | $365 |
Patio tear-out debris: $565
About half a trailer of mixed debris, roughly two tons of it broken concrete, carried from a back patio more than 75 feet from where the trailer can park.
| Half load | $425 |
| Long carry (over 75 ft) | $45 |
| Heavy debris (1 ton over the first) | $95 |
| Total, in writing before we start | $565 |
Dump trailer rental
If you would rather load it yourself, we drop the trailer, you fill it, and we haul it away.
| Rate | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| One day | $275 | Drop-off, pickup, and the first ton of disposal. |
| Each additional day | $65 | — |
| Full week | $575 | Seven days plus drop and pickup. Disposal billed at the scale ticket. |
| Each ton past the first | $125 | — |
| Swap | $195 | Full trailer out, empty trailer in. Plus disposal on the load removed. |
| Delivery | $2.50 per minute past 25 | Free within 25 minutes of our Lockeford yard. 9 of the 59 cities we serve are inside that line. |
For choosing between a trailer and a roll-off, read dump trailer vs. roll-off dumpster, or go straight to dump trailer rental.
Cleanouts and trash-outs are priced per project
These are not volume jobs. They get walked, scoped and given one fixed price. These ranges are from this market, not national averages.
| Project | Range | How it is priced |
|---|---|---|
| Estate Cleanouts | $1,800–$6,500 | Fixed written price after a walkthrough. Never hourly. |
| Hoarding Cleanup | $2,200–$12,000 | Fixed written price after a discreet walkthrough. |
| Foreclosure & REO Trash-Outs | $650–$2,400 | Per property. Line-itemed bid, same business day. |
| Rental & Property Cleanouts | $450–$1,800 | Per unit. Multi-unit days are cheaper per unit. |
Discounts
- Senior / veteran — Applied automatically, never asked for twice.10% off
- Repeat customer10% off
- 3+ units same day15% off
Prices by service
Each service page has the details: what we take, what we cannot, and how the job runs. For the tricks to watch for when comparing quotes, read how junk removal pricing works, and for why we charge by the load instead of the hour, volume vs. hourly pricing, compared.
Pricing questions
Why do you publish prices when nobody else does?
Because the alternative is worse for both of us. Hiding the price means every lead becomes a phone negotiation and every customer arrives suspicious. Publishing it means the people who call have already decided the number works, and we spend the call scheduling instead of haggling.
Is the price you quote the price I pay?
Yes, unless the job changes. If you add to the pile, or we find a second room you did not mention, we stop and requote before we continue — we do not add it silently and hand you a bigger invoice.
How do you price by volume?
By how much of the trailer your load fills. Our 7x14 trailer holds about 14 cubic yards with the side extensions in, which is more than a national-brand "full truck" at roughly 12. A half load is half the trailer.
What about heavy material?
Concrete, dirt, roofing, tile and brick weigh out long before they cube out, so they are priced by weight: $95 per ton past the first ton. We tell you before you book, not after we weigh.
What is the smallest job you will take?
One item. The minimum load is $200 and covers one couch, one mattress, one appliance, or a small curbside pile. Labor-only work without a haul-away is $95 per hour, 2-man crew, one hour minimum.
Do you charge for estimates?
No. Photo estimates are free and usually come back within the hour. On-site walkthroughs for estate cleanouts, hoarding jobs and trash-outs are also free.
Can a business be invoiced?
Yes. We invoice to the entity, net-15 after the first job, and the invoice references the property address.
Build your own number.
The calculator uses exactly the price book on this page — no lead-capture wall in front of the answer.