What goes on the truck

If you're in Reno or around the lake looking at a pile, this is where you find out if it fits. He owns Reno Tahoe Junk Removal and hauls with a silver Ford pickup towing a black Texas Pride dump trailer, 16 feet by 7 feet with 4 foot sides. For the whole lineup in one place, see every job he takes on. Price questions get their own pricing guide.

Household junk and furniture

He takes the couch in the den, the fridge in the basement and the mattress off the bed, and most of it is everyday junk removal. At a home it goes under residential junk removal. That covers furniture of any size, mattresses and box springs, and washers, dryers and other appliances. One haul so far was 144 mattresses in one day.

• Couches, recliners and dressers
• Fridges, freezers and stoves
• TVs, computers and other electronics
• Hot tubs off the back patio
• Treadmills and exercise bikes
• Grills and patio sets

Cleanouts from one room to the whole house

A house or garage cleanout or a basement cleanout means everything goes unless you say keep it. On an estate cleanout, you set aside what stays before the loading starts. He has done multiple hoarder cleanouts, so a packed house is nothing new to him.

• Storage units you're done paying for
• Rentals after an eviction or a move-out
• Foreclosed homes left full
• Garage shelving and old tools
• Boxes from the attic or the basement

Yard waste, trees and land

Branches, brush and the pile by the fence after a weekend of pruning go with yard debris removal. He handles small tree removal and bigger land clearing, including clearing land for a gold mine man camp in Tonopah. When winter hits, snow removal is on his list too.

• Branches and brush
• Bagged leaves and grass
• Old sod and dead shrubs
• Small trees, cut and hauled
• Overgrown lots

Construction and remodel debris

Drywall, lumber and boxes come off your site with construction debris removal or remodel debris removal. A remodel leaves you with scrap, whether you hired it out or did it yourself, and general debris removal picks up whatever's left over. For dense loads he does heavy material hauling. The heaviest so far was an old 4,000 pound concrete mixer.

• Drywall and lumber scraps
• Old countertops
• Carpet and pad pulled up and hauled
• Brick and broken block
• Packaging from new appliances

Indoor demolition

Kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and old tubs go with kitchen demolition or bathroom demolition. Before the first cabinet comes off, he walks you through what's coming out. Light demolition and interior demolition cover other tear-out inside the home, and with selective demolition only the part you point to comes out. When the load is out, he cleans up the area and does a final walkthrough.

• Kitchen cabinets and vanities
• Tubs, toilets and shower surrounds
• Drywall and paneling
• Flooring and tile

Outdoor structures and concrete

An old shed comes down with shed removal, and garage and shed demolition takes the larger builds. A rotting deck or a leaning fence goes with deck and fence demolition, and a cracked patio slab with concrete demolition. The broken pieces load into a black Texas Pride dump trailer, 16 feet by 7 feet with 4 foot sides.

• Old pools
• Mobile homes
• Wood and metal sheds
• Fence panels and posts
• Patio slabs and walkways
• Deck boards and railings

Trash, recycling and business jobs

Bags and loose garbage that won't fit the can go with trash removal and disposal. With waste recycling, metal heads to a scrap yard. Donated goods pickup gets usable things to Goodwill. Businesses call for commercial junk removal, and for an office cleanout when a lease ends.

• Desks and office chairs
• Filing cabinets
• Store fixtures and shelving
• Bagged household trash
• Scrap metal

Dumpster rentals

When you'd rather load at your own pace, he rents a dumpster. His 20 yard roll-off rents for $455 for one week, then $15 a day after the week is done, with 4 tons included and $95 a ton after that. It suits a remodel or a cleanout that takes more than a day.

• Dumpster rental for a big project
• Roll-off dumpster rental
• Residential dumpster rental for the driveway
• Commercial dumpster rental for businesses
• Construction dumpster rental for job sites
• Cleanout dumpster rental for big cleanouts
• Same-day dumpster delivery on request

What Dominic doesn't take

A short list stays off the truck on every job, whatever the size of the load. If a pile has one of these in it, set it aside before he arrives, or ask about it when you send the photo. Pull it out of the garage pile before the trailer backs up.

• Anything with bed bugs or pests
• Propane tanks
• Asbestos
• Medical or biohazard waste

Where hazardous waste goes instead

Propane tanks, asbestos and medical or biohazard waste can't ride on the trailer, so keep them apart from the pile. The City of Reno's rules for hazardous waste are on the Reno city page.

Ask first

A safe or a stack of old tires in the garage sits on neither list above. Text a photo to (775) 316-7470. He'll tell you yes or no before anything gets loaded. He has moved a 1,200 pound grand piano, but every odd item gets its own look.

Where it all ends up

Donation comes first, and usable things go to Goodwill. Metal goes to a scrap yard to be recycled. Real trash goes to the Carson City landfill and the Stead landfill. Leftover paint goes to Greymar for disposal. Dump fees are included in the price.