McKinney sits on blackland prairie clay, which means slab foundations and no basements anywhere in Collin County. The garage does all the storage — a three-car bay in Stonebridge Ranch or a detached one off a downtown alley, same problem either way. We clear it as flat truck-fill from $241, load from inside the bay, and sweep the slab before the door comes down.
Open the door and shoot from the driveway with the side walls and any overhead racks in frame. Ceiling storage is routinely a third of a McKinney garage and it is what people forget to include.
One fixed number covering labour, truck, loading and disposal. Not hourly, not a range, and not revised once you have accepted it.
The crew works the bay from inside out, straight into the truck. Nothing is staged on the driveway and the slab is swept before we close up.
Blackland prairie clay is why nothing here is built over a cellar, and why foundation movement is the local homeowner preoccupation. Whatever a basement would hold somewhere else is in your garage in Collin County.
Stonebridge Ranch, Craig Ranch, Adriatica, Trinity Falls — three-car bays, active HOAs, and enough space that the overflow takes fifteen years to become obvious rather than two.
Around the square the stock is a century old, the garages are detached at the back off an alley, and they are small. Those clear out very differently and usually cost a lot less than people assume.
McKinney filled up quickly, which means a lot of households arrived within the same few years and are hitting the same stage together — kids grown, house too big, garage never dealt with.
North Texas hail is severe, and the aftermath lives in the garage: damaged patio furniture, a dented grill, the replaced items that never left after the claim was settled.
The master-planned neighbourhoods enforce their covenants. A pile on the driveway waiting for a collection day is a letter, so we load from inside the bay and leave nothing out front.
Flat truck-fill, priced from your photo. A detached downtown garage is usually a quarter to a half truck; a full three-car bay in the north cleared before a sale is normally three-quarters to full. These are the live Dallas catalogue prices — the same numbers the quote tool returns.
| What we take | Flat price | Typical McKinney job |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter truck (~4 cu yd) | $241 | A downtown alley garage, or one wall of a bay |
| Three-eighths truck (~6 cu yd) | $338 | Single bay plus the overhead rack |
| Half truck (~8 cu yd) | $431 | Two-car garage, contents only |
| Five-eighths truck (~10 cu yd) | $513 | Two bays with shelving and a workbench |
| Three-quarter truck (~12 cu yd) | $587 | Three-car bay including the gym corner |
| Seven-eighths truck (~14 cu yd) | $661 | Full three-car with ceiling storage cleared |
| Full truck (~16 cu yd) | $732 | Whole garage to bare slab before listing |
| Small junk pile | $82 | A corner, not a bay |
| Medium junk pile | $129 | One wall, loose |
| Large junk pile | $208 | About a bay’s worth, loose |
| Home gym | $241 | The rack and bench in the third bay |
| Treadmill | $115 | On its own |
| Metal shelving unit | $71 | Per bay, dismantled by us |
| Refrigerator or freezer | $164 | The garage second fridge |
| Sofa | $126 | Exiled from the family room |
| Queen mattress | $103 | Stored flat against the wall |
The minimum is $75 — one or two items are priced as items rather than as a truck.
McKinney provides residential bulk collection on a schedule. Check your own address and your own week — when the timing suits you, it is worth using.
You get the window you are given. A closing date, an estate, or a family clearing a house over one weekend does not line up with a collection schedule.
Appliances, tyres and construction debris are the standard refusals — and a fifteen-year McKinney garage contains a fridge, a set of tyres and the leftovers of a remodel.
Kerbside means carrying the whole bay out to the street by hand and leaving it there until collection day. We load from inside instead.
In Stonebridge Ranch or Craig Ranch a heap on the driveway for several days is exactly what generates a covenant letter. Nothing we take goes to the kerb at all.
Those need household hazardous waste handling rather than any truck or kerb. We identify them from your photo and tell you before the day.
Boxes, sports and school kit, decorations, outgrown bikes and the cot three children used. The largest share of most jobs by volume.
$71 a bay for metal shelving, dismantled by us, and ceiling racks come down as part of the work. You prep nothing.
$164, with refrigerant handled under the proper regulated process rather than billed as a separate line on your quote.
A home gym is $241 and a treadmill on its own $115 — very common in the three-car bays north of the square.
Damaged outdoor furniture, a dented grill, cracked planters and the storm kit that never went back in the shed.
The sofa, the mattress, the dining set that went to the garage as a temporary measure and stayed. Priced per item if that is all you have.
We cover 75069, 75070, 75071 and 75072 — the historic downtown square, Stonebridge Ranch, Craig Ranch, Adriatica, Trinity Falls, Eldorado and the Virginia Parkway corridor, plus Allen, Frisco, Prosper and Melissa on the same run.
The same crews work the rest of the metroplex: junk removal in McKinney, Dallas, Frisco, Allen, garage cleanouts in Frisco and Plano, plus furniture removal, appliance removal and estate cleanouts. Full pricing is in the Dallas garage cleanout cost guide.