Trash removal in Kerman

Trash removal in Kerman is the job for the bags that won't fit in the bin. Neal, who owns Trash N Dash Junk Removal, clears bagged and loose household trash out of houses and rentals, from Kerman out across the Central Valley. Text a photo to (559) 815-0874. The pile is mostly black bags and loose trash, the kind that stacks up after a move or after a tenant leaves in a hurry. Overflow from a party or a big spring clean counts too. Neal takes what won't fit in the can.

This job usually fits one of two situations. One is a homeowner with a side yard lined with bags after a garage sort, more than the can will ever take. The other is a landlord or property manager getting a rental back with trash left in the kitchen and out on the back patio. When the house also holds furniture and boxes of belongings, the bigger job is one of Neal's property cleanouts. When the pile is mostly bags and loose trash, trash removal is the right call.

Neal is based in Kerman, in Fresno County, and hauls trash from towns across the Central Valley. His work reaches Fresno, Clovis, Madera, Selma and Visalia, and his page of towns he hauls bags from adds places such as Sanger and Firebaugh. A row of bags in a Selma side yard and a heap of loose trash in a Clovis garage both get priced from one photo of the pile.

What goes on the truck

• Overflow trash bags
• Kitchen trash bags
• Flattened cardboard boxes
• Broken plastic bins
• Split contractor bags
• Packing paper from a move
• A few bags of trimmings

Text a photo of yours to (559) 815-0874.

From the full list of what goes on the truck: businesses and everyday trash.

What a trash removal pile looks like

A trash removal pile is mostly bags. Most are kitchen bags and heavy contractor bags, and a few split open on the patio. Mixed in with them is loose trash that never got bagged, like flattened boxes and old packing paper from a move. A few bags of yard trimmings can ride along, though a big pile of branches and clippings is a yard waste job.

The mix is what sets this job apart from Neal's other work. Furniture removal is a few big pieces. A cleanout is a whole room or a whole house. Trash removal sits in between. It's the pile that's too big for the can and too small to call a cleanout. Renters see it on move-out week. Owners see it after a long weekend of clearing a shed, when the keep pile goes back inside and the bags stay out by the fence.

What Neal leaves out of a trash pile

Household trash hides things Neal can't haul. A half-used paint can from under the sink and the little propane bottle from a camping trip often end up in bags. Paint, solvents and chemicals stay off the truck, along with propane and every other pressurized tank. Medical waste stays behind too, and that includes used needles dropped into a kitchen bag. Asbestos is off the list, and so are firearms and ammunition. A bag that sloshes or smells of paint thinner is worth opening before the photo.

The simple fix is to pull those items out before taking the photo, or to point them out in the text. Neal leaves them where they sit and loads everything else. For anything else hiding in the bags, check which items Neal hauls and which he refuses before snapping the picture.

Where the bags go after loading

Most of a trash removal load is real trash, and real trash goes to the landfill. Torn bags and food packaging have nowhere else to go.

Still, a trash pile isn't always all trash. Now and then a bag holds something that still works, like a box of dishes packed by mistake. That goes to a donation center first. A broken metal shelf or an old grill buried in the bags gets pulled for recycling, and so does any appliance that ended up in the pile, like a dead microwave. Only what's left after that heads to the landfill.

A note in the text about which pieces still work makes the sort easier.

What hauling a pile of trash bags costs

Trash removal is priced from a photo. Take one picture that shows the whole pile, bags and loose trash together, and text it in. The reply is a single price for the whole pile, and the quote is free. A photo from far enough back to catch every bag makes the number easier to set.

Bags fill space fast, and space on the truck is what moves the price. Ten bags by the garage door take far less room than forty bags with a heap of broken boxes, so the number is lower. The number comes from the room the load takes, not a bag count. A short row of bags lands at the $85 minimum, and add-ons never get stacked on top.

For a closer look, Neal's breakdown of how junk hauling is priced around Kerman shows how a bigger load changes the number.

How Neal gets the bags out

The bags can stay put. Neal carries them out from where they sit. That could be a side yard behind a locked gate, a corner of the garage, a back bedroom or a second-floor apartment up a flight of stairs. A gate code or a note about which door to use, sent with the photo, saves a phone call.

Rentals take a bit more coordination. A property manager can text photos of the bags and trash the tenant left in the kitchen and on the patio, and mark anything that stays with the unit, like the owner's fridge. It also helps to say how to get in, since the manager may not be there on the day. Split or leaking bags are worth a mention in the text too, along with where in the unit they sit.

How the price works

Text a photo of what needs to go to (559) 815-0874. Neal looks at how much room it takes on the truck and texts back one number for the whole job. No hourly rate. Jobs start at $85. More on how pricing works.

Where Neal does this

All of the Central Valley. See every town Neal covers for trash removal.