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Welcome to Orange Crew
Household and commercial hauling across Highland Park, run from our Northbrook office on Maria Avenue.
we sort, recycle or donate the majority of items we take…
fast and on time junk removal service…
lower junk removal costs, honest, up-front pricing…
your friendly neighborhood junk haulers…
Most Highland Park jobs are decided by the driveway before anyone touches the load. Ravine properties sit down steep wooded lots with long drives and nowhere to turn a full-size truck; the bluff houses on Sheridan Road put the garage a level or two below the street. Houses here also run large and older, so a clearance is often a garage, a basement and an outbuilding in one visit rather than a single room. Covered from the Northbrook office.
Access is what makes Highland Park different from the rest of the North Shore. The ravines that run down to the lake mean a lot of properties sit on steep, wooded lots with long private drives and tight turning circles, and the bluff houses along Sheridan Road often have the garage well below or above the street. We size the truck to the approach rather than turning up with whatever was in the yard.
Our team supports both residential cleanouts and commercial junk removal projects, offering reliable service throughout Highland Park and the North Shore area. With eco-conscious disposal methods and fast response times, junk hauling is handled efficiently from start to finish. For details or to schedule a pickup, call (224) 571-9980 today.
Appliance Removal: refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters, etc.
Old Furniture Removal: couches, desks, sofas, shelves, mattresses, etc.
Construction Debris Removal: drywall, construction lumber, bricks, concrete, etc.
Yard Waste Removal: tree branches, landscaping bricks, soil, etc.
Highland Park is in Lake County, so disposal and household hazardous waste route through county programs rather than Cook County sites. The same run also covers Deerfield, Glenview, Northbrook and Winnetka. Larger older houses here mean bigger single visits than the suburban average, often with a garage, a basement and an outbuilding going at once.
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Three ways to book a Highland Park pickup: the online form, a phone call, or a text with photos.
The form takes your address, roughly what is going, and a preferred window. Say if the property is on a ravine lot or has a steep or narrow drive, because that decides which truck we send more than the volume does. A fixed price and a slot come back before dispatch.
Call (224) 571-9980 when the access is the complicated part. Long private drives, bluff properties where the garage sits below the road, and estate cleanouts spread across a house and its outbuildings are all easier to plan on a call than through a form.
Text photos for a same-day estimate. Include one of the driveway or approach if the property is set back from the road, since that tells us as much as the pile itself.
Clearing out clutter in Highland Park can involve many types of projects, from garage cleanouts and yard debris removal to bulky item pickup and post-storm cleanup. Orange Crew offers junk removal services designed to fit a variety of needs, making it easier to keep homes and workspaces free of unwanted items.
Single items through to whole-property cleanouts, with the load separated afterwards rather than tipped whole.
Usually same day or next day. The city is about fifteen minutes from the Northbrook office, so it sits on a short run rather than an outlying route. Two things tighten the calendar: spring garage and yard clearances through April and May, and summer evenings during the Ravinia season, when traffic and parking around the venue make late-afternoon slots slower. Morning bookings avoid both.
Usually, but it depends on the approach rather than the property. Ravine lots often have a long drive with a steep grade and a tight turn at the bottom, and a full-size truck that cannot turn around has to reverse the whole way out. Tell us at booking roughly how long and how steep the drive is, and whether there is anywhere to turn. Where it will not work we bring a smaller vehicle and shuttle, which takes longer but avoids damage to the drive.
Yes. The complication there is usually vertical rather than horizontal: garages and lower levels often sit well below the street, so everything comes up a flight or two by hand before it reaches the truck. That adds crew rather than volume, so it changes the labor side of the quote. Mention the level difference when you book so we send enough people rather than discovering it on arrival.
By volume, meaning the share of the truck bed your load fills, quoted on site before anything is lifted. Smaller loads start at around $99. Access affects the labor rather than the volume, so a ravine lot with a long carry costs more than the same pile in an open driveway. Heavy fill such as concrete, brick and tile is the exception and is priced by weight. Ranges are on the pricing page.
Paint, solvents, fuel, propane tanks, pool and lawn chemicals, asbestos and medical waste all stay off the truck. Highland Park is in Lake County, so those go to a county household hazardous waste facility rather than a Cook County site. Fully dried latex paint is generally fine on a normal load. If you are unsure about a particular item, texting a photo is faster than guessing.
We take branches, brush, sod, soil, old decking and fencing. The tree canopy through the ravines is dense, so a bad storm here produces more volume than people expect once limbs are stacked, and ravine slopes make retrieval slower than a flat yard. The city runs its own seasonal brush collection, which is the cheaper route for routine trimmings; we are the better option for a one-time clearance or anything outside the collection window.
The load is separated before disposal rather than tipped whole. Furniture in usable condition goes to donation partners, televisions and computers to a certified e-waste recycler, and scrap metal, cardboard and appliances are pulled out for recycling. Appliances holding refrigerant, including the hot tubs and old fridges we take fairly often here, are handled separately so it can be recovered before the unit is scrapped.
Clearing out a garage, basement, or heavy item is easier with local junk removal in Highland Park, IL. Appointments can be scheduled online, by phone, or by text—choose the option that works best, and the team will handle the rest.
2970 Maria Ave Ste 229B Northbrook IL 60062
