JUNK-A-SAURUS🏠 HomeHow to Get Rid of Junk Fast in the Salt Lake Valley
When you want junk gone now, the fastest route is same-day junk removal. Here's how to make it quick and painless.
1. Text a photo for an instant quote
Snap a picture of the pile and text it to 801-516-9569. We'll send back a fast, upfront price, no waiting around for an in-person estimate.
2. Book same-day pickup
We offer same-day and next-day pickups across the Salt Lake Valley. A crew shows up, loads everything, and hauls it off, you don't lift a thing.
3. Have it roughly together (optional)
You don't need to move anything, but if items are in one spot it goes even faster. Either way, we do the heavy lifting and sweep up after.
The three realistic options, by how fast they actually are
Same-day junk removal — a few hours
Fastest, because nothing is on you. A photo texted to 801-516-9569 gets a price back, a crew comes out, loads and sweeps. Our phones are on 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so a 6am call and a midnight call both reach a person.
Doing a dump run yourself — most of a day
Cheaper in fees and expensive in time. You need a vehicle that will take it, someone to help lift, and landfill hours: Trans-Jordan Landfill, 10473 South Bacchus Highway (SR-111), South Jordan — (801) 971-1976 runs Monday to Saturday, roughly 8am to 5pm, and you pay by weight or load. Then you unload it all again by hand. Two trips is common, and two trips is a day gone.
A dumpster rental — days
Only faster if you were going to load it yourself anyway. The container has to be delivered, you fill it over the rental period, and it gets collected. You pay for the full period even if you finish in an afternoon.
What actually makes a pickup fast
- Send a photo, not a description. "A couch and some boxes" needs a conversation. A picture of the pile gets a firm number straight back.
- Say where it is. Third-floor apartment, behind a locked gate, down a basement stair — these change the crew and the time, and finding out on arrival is what turns a same-day job into a tomorrow job.
- Flag anything heavy or awkward early. A piano, a hot tub, a safe or a shed needs different equipment.
- Do not tidy first. Genuinely — moving everything into the garage before the crew arrives adds a job for you and saves the crew almost nothing.
The one thing that will slow you down
Hazardous material in the pile. Paint, solvents, fuels, propane tanks and pesticides cannot go in a standard load, and finding them mid-load stops the job. They go free to the Salt Lake County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center, 8805 South 700 West, Sandy — (385) 468-4380 for county residents. If you are unsure whether something qualifies, text a photo and ask before the crew is standing in your driveway.