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Big Rob's
Hauling

Mattress Disposal · Lakeland, Polk County, FL

Mattress Disposal in Lakeland, FL

Big Rob's Hauling picks up mattresses and box springs across Lakeland, FL for the $125 single-item price, from the historic districts around Lake Morton to the apartments and student housing near Florida Southern and Southeastern. Lakeland is about 27 road miles from Rob's Davenport yard, so it's usually next day, or same day when a truck is already working the Polk Parkway side. 118 five-star Google reviews.

5.0 · 119 Google reviews · Lakeland, FL

Big Rob's Hauling dump trailer loaded with mattresses and box springs on a Central Florida street

Mattress pickup in Lakeland's older neighborhoods

Lakeland's housing is older than the rest of Rob's map. The bungalows and 1920s homes around Lake Morton, Lake Hollingsworth and Dixieland have narrow stairs, sleeping porches that got closed in, and a mattress in the attic room that went up there when the stairs were new. Getting a queen back down a turn-and-a-half staircase is the crew's job, not yours, and stairs are already in the flat price.

The college side of town is the other pattern. Move-out week around Florida Southern and Southeastern leaves twin XL mattresses and cheap frames by the dumpster, and property managers call for the ones that don't fit. Rob picks up one, or a stack of eight from a unit turnover, and quotes the stack as a quarter trailer.

City pickup versus a same-week pickup

Lakeland runs its own solid waste department, separate from Polk County's, with its own bulk rules and its own schedule. Inside the city that can work if the mattress can wait at the curb for the route to come around and the weather holds. Rob is the option when the new bed is arriving Thursday, the old one is upstairs, and you don't want it on the lawn in the meantime.

The mattress goes to the landfill with the load. Frames, headboards and box springs ride along, and if the set is clean and someone can use it, tell Rob; a usable frame can be set aside, though a used mattress almost never is.

$125 is the job minimum, not a per-item price. The final number depends on access, stairs, size and volume, and Rob confirms it on site before any work begins.

Fastest route to a firm price: a photo by text.

Text a photo of the pile to (863) 225-2147 and Rob sends back a flat number, usually within minutes.

Questions

Mattress Disposal in Lakeland

How fast can you pick up a mattress in Lakeland?

Usually next day. Lakeland is about 27 road miles from Rob's Davenport yard, so a call before noon is often worked in the following morning, and same day when a truck is already on the Polk Parkway side of the county.

Can you get a mattress down from an attic bedroom in a Dixieland bungalow?

Yes. Narrow turns and steep stairs are normal in Lakeland's older houses. The crew folds a mattress where it folds and takes the frame apart where it doesn't. Stairs are in the flat quote.

Do you pick up a stack of mattresses from an apartment turnover?

Yes. One mattress and box spring starts from $125. A unit's worth, or a property manager's stack of six or eight, is quoted as a quarter trailer at $225 and picked up in one trip.

Ready for it to be gone from Lakeland?

Call before noon and it's usually gone today. Or text a photo of the pile and Rob sends back a flat quote.

5.0 · 119 Google reviews · Lakeland, FL

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