Is York City's large item pickup an extra service I have to sign up for?

No. The City describes it as part of regular curbside service, available year-round. You do have to schedule each item ahead of time.

What happens if I put a large item out in York without scheduling it?

The City doesn't collect unscheduled large items, so it stays where you left it until it's booked or someone hauls it.

Will you pick up a large item in York that the City turned down?

Often, yes. Text a photo of the item and where it sits, and William will tell you whether it's a job for us and give you the price before we load it. We don't take hazardous waste or liquids.

Does large item pickup in York include refrigerators?

In the City, appliances are among the bulky items you can schedule. In York Township, anything with refrigerant needs a special pickup booked with the hauler, not the weekly slot. We haul fridges too.

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Large Item Pickup in York, PA

The City's large-item program covers a lot. For what it doesn't, or the week you can't wait, text us a photo.

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Large item pickup in York, PA starts with a program most city residents already have: the City's own scheduled large-item collection. It's a good program. It also has a calendar, a weekly cap, and a list of things it won't touch, and that's where we come in.

We pick up from the curb or carry it out of the house, one item or a full load, priced by how much room it takes in the truck.

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How the City of York's large-item program works

Curbside customers get up to five household furniture, appliance or other approved bulky items per week, year-round, as part of regular service.^[1]
Every item has to be scheduled 7 to 10 days ahead. Unscheduled large items aren't collected.^[1]
For pickup the following week, call the City's Large Item line before 3 p.m. on Wednesday.^[1]
Set items out after 5 p.m. the night before, and have them at the pickup point by 6 a.m.^[1]
Up to two passenger tires off the rim can ride with regular trash, each counting as a bag. Tires still on the rim have to be scheduled as a large item.^[1]

What the City says to handle privately

The City lists these as items residents have to deal with on their own:^[1]

Electronics are their own category. Under a 2013 Pennsylvania law, TVs, computers and computer accessories are banned from collection, and the City sends residents to recycling programs like the York County Solid Waste Authority's.^[1]

Pianos and organs^[1]
Pool tables and large trampolines^[1]
Sections of fencing and garage doors^[1]
Car parts and car seats^[1]
Lumber^[1]
Rocks, stones, brick, block and dirt^[1]
Bags or boxes of anything^[1]

If you're in York Township or Springettsbury

The townships go one item at a time. York Township allows one large item a week with regular trash, liftable by two people. Refrigerators, air conditioners and dehumidifiers can't go out with regular trash; they need a special pickup booked with the hauler.^[2]

Springettsbury allows one large item per trash day, scheduled at least a day before collection. Its guidelines turn away TVs and electronics, tires on rims, auto parts, and construction material such as drywall, brick, treated lumber, shingles, doors and windows.^[3][4]

Where we fit in

None of this is a reason to skip the City's program. If you've got a couch and a washer and can wait for your slot, use it. We're the better call when:

The item is on the handle-privately list, like a run of old fence, a stack of lumber or a pile of boxes.
You can't wait out the 7-to-10-day scheduling window. Call or text, and William will tell you when we can be there.^[1]
You've got more than five items in the City, or more than one in the townships. We take single items through full loads, from the curb or from inside.