Bears Moving Co. hauls junk in Duluth — garage, basement, and attic cleanouts, single-item pickups, old appliances and mattresses, post-renovation debris, rental turnovers, and full estate cleanouts. We load it, sweep up, and take it to donation, recycling, or the transfer station.
Pricing is not hourly: we quote from the characteristics of the job — how much of the truck the load fills, what it weighs, what is in it, how hard it is to reach, how far we drive, and what disposal costs — and you get that number on site before anything moves. Licensed GA HHG #9320 and fully insured.
Junk removal is a cleanout service, not a move. We show up with a truck and a crew, you point at what is going, and we do the carrying, loading, and sweeping. Nothing has to be dragged to the curb first and nothing has to be broken down ahead of time — that is our job.
Common Duluth loads include garage and basement cleanouts, old appliances, mattresses, and box springs, playsets, swing sets, sheds, and hot tubs taken apart on site, and whole-house and estate cleanouts before a sale. In Duluth we mostly clear garages and basements, haul dead appliances and mattress sets, dismantle trampolines, sheds, and hot tubs, and empty homes before they are sold.
We cannot take hazardous materials: paint and solvents, chemicals, motor oil and fuel, propane tanks, batteries, medical waste, or anything containing asbestos. Everything else — furniture, appliances, mattresses, electronics, yard waste, construction debris — is fair game.
Junk removal is not billed by the hour. Every job is quoted from the characteristics of the load: how much of the truck it fills, what it weighs, what is in it, how hard it is to get out, how far we drive, and what the disposal site charges to take it.
How much of the truck your load fills is the anchor of the quote. We price by how much of the truck your load fills — a quarter, a half, three quarters, or a full truckload — and we quote that on site once we can see the pile, before anything gets loaded.
A single-item pickup carries a small minimum because the truck and crew still have to make the trip.
After volume, weight decides the rest. Dense material like concrete, brick, dirt, roofing shingles, tile, and plaster costs more than the same volume of furniture, because the transfer station charges by the ton rather than by the cubic yard. A half truckload of demolition rubble can weigh more than a full truckload of household goods.
Item type matters where disposal is regulated. Refrigerators, freezers, and window air conditioners carry a refrigerant recovery fee. Mattresses and box springs have their own disposal charge. Electronics and e-waste, tires, and treated construction debris each have handling costs we pass through at cost rather than marking up.
Labor and difficulty are the fourth factor. A pile already stacked in the driveway is the cheapest version of any Duluth job. Stairs, a long carry from the back of the house, a tight basement turn, or a hot tub, shed, playset, or swing set that has to be dismantled before it will fit through a door all add crew time to the quote.
Duluth properties usually offer a driveway and a garage to stage from, so the labor lands inside: split-level stairs, a bonus room over the garage, and storage that has been accumulating since the house was bought.
Location and travel are folded in as well: the drive to the property and the drive from the property to the right disposal or recycling facility. Tipping fees vary by county, so where the load ends up is part of what it costs to take it.
Finally, disposal and recycling. We sort on the truck: donation first, then metal and appliance recycling, then the landfill for what nobody can use. The quote is settled before the first item goes on the truck.
Half to a full truckload is normal for a Duluth garage or basement, with heavy pieces like a hot tub shell, a safe, or a load of brick adding disposal weight on top.
We move in and out of the Sugarloaf Country Club gated community (one of Georgia's largest golf-course communities), the Berkeley Lake lakefront homes, the historic homes around the Duluth Town Green and West Lawrenceville Street, and the apartment complexes lining Pleasant Hill Road and Sugarloaf Parkway.
Our crews know that Sugarloaf Country Club has multiple gate entrances and the wrong one adds 15 minutes of internal driving, that Berkeley Lake's private-road status means HOA approval for a 26-foot truck on certain streets, and where on Pleasant Hill Road the bridges have low clearance.
About 40 min northeast of Atlanta. Duluth properties usually offer a driveway and a garage to stage from, so the labor lands inside: split-level stairs, a bonus room over the garage, and storage that has been accumulating since the house was bought. The Duluth areas we get junk removal calls from most: Sugarloaf Country Club, Berkeley Lake, Downtown Duluth, and Pleasant Hill.
Duluth runs the full housing-stock spectrum, which means our crews and equipment have to flex. The Sugarloaf Country Club and Berkeley Lake estates are large 4–6 bedroom homes on half-acre-plus lots, almost always with upright pianos, gun safes, or wine collections that require specialty handling. Downtown Duluth (around the Town Green, West Lawrenceville Street) has 1900s bungalows on tight streets that we handle like Decatur or Marietta Square.
) that need COIs and elevator reservations. The Berkeley Lake homes have one constant complication: long lake-front driveways and boat-storage outbuildings that the original homeowner often forgets to mention until the truck arrives.
We sort on the truck: donation first, then metal and appliance recycling, then the landfill for what nobody can use. Sorting is part of the job, not an upsell: anything a donation center will accept goes there, metal and appliances go to a scrapper, electronics go to a certified e-waste recycler, and the landfill is the last stop rather than the first.
If you want proof of where something went — common on estate and office cleanouts — ask when you book and we will send the donation receipt or the scale ticket from the transfer station.
A single-item pickup is its own kind of job: one sofa, one mattress, one refrigerator, one treadmill. Those carry a small minimum because the truck still has to make the trip, and they are usually done in under half an hour once we are on site.
A whole-house or estate cleanout is the other end of the range. Those are priced by total volume across the day, sometimes across more than one trip, and we walk the property with you first so the number is settled before we start.
Half to a full truckload is normal for a Duluth garage or basement, with heavy pieces like a hot tub shell, a safe, or a load of brick adding disposal weight on top.
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Yes. Garage, basement, attic, estate, and rental-turnover cleanouts in Duluth, plus single-item pickups and construction debris. We load it, sweep the area, and take it to donation, recycling, or the transfer station.
It is quoted by the job, not by the hour. Truck volume is the main factor — a quarter, half, three-quarter, or full load — with weight, item type, difficulty of removal, travel, and disposal fees layered on.
Half to a full truckload is normal for a Duluth garage or basement, with heavy pieces like a hot tub shell, a safe, or a load of brick adding disposal weight on top. You get the number on site before we load anything.
Because the cost is driven by what happens after the truck leaves. Landfill tipping fees are charged by the ton, refrigerant appliances and mattresses carry their own disposal fees, and recycling and donation each have their own logistics. Pricing by the load reflects those real costs; pricing by the hour would not.
No. We do the carrying from wherever the items are — basement, attic, backyard, second floor. Curbside piles are cheaper only because they are faster to load, but they are never required.
We cannot take hazardous materials: paint and solvents, chemicals, motor oil and fuel, propane tanks, batteries, medical waste, or anything containing asbestos. Everything else — furniture, appliances, mattresses, electronics, yard waste, construction debris — is fair game.
Yes. Dismantling is common on Duluth jobs and is quoted as part of the labor and difficulty portion of the price, so you see it in the number up front rather than as a surprise line afterward.
We sort on the truck: donation first, then metal and appliance recycling, then the landfill for what nobody can use. Ask for a donation receipt or a scale ticket when you book and we will send it after the job.
Yes. Bears Moving Co. is licensed under GA HHG Mover #9320 and carries full cargo and liability insurance on every job, including cleanouts. Building Certificates of Insurance are issued within 24 hours of booking.