What should I charge for junk hauling?

Nobody can hand you a rate from a website, so build one. Hauling costs you three things: the space in the truck or trailer, the dump or transfer-station fee, and the misery — a basement full of wet carpet is not the same job as a curbside pile, and pricing them the same is how new haulers quit.

Start by calling your county's transfer station or landfill and asking what they charge to take a load, and what they won't take at all (tires, paint, appliances with freon and electronics usually have their own rules). That call is the foundation of every quote you will ever write — you can't price a job when you don't know what it costs to end it.

Then price by the load: a quarter, a half, a full truck, with a stated minimum, plus extra for stairs and for anything that has to be taken apart. Quote it in writing before you touch a single box. And take a picture of the load before and after — the "after" photo is the best advertising a hauler owns.

We're builders, not appraisers. Your dump fees, your drive, your call.