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Junk removal business software
Business Genie is junk removal business software for a day of pickups that changes by the hour. Customers book online, a same-day pickup is fitted into the route, and you get paid by card, Apple Pay, PayPal, Venmo or Cash App.
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One truck’s day, in booked order and as routed. A sample junk removal day, simulated, beside this.
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A junk removal day, as booked
A junk removal day is booked in two-hour arrival windows, the customer’s choice of morning or afternoon, and the crew calls ahead before each one. Inside a window the jobs go in the order they were booked, so the truck can cross town and back for two stops in the same two hours. The transfer station goes in when the box will be full, which on this day is after the morning’s four jobs.
- 1Two-car garage, cleared for a moveGarage cleanout · Chuparosa Ln120 min8 am–10 am
- 2Sofa from an upstairs loftSingle-item pickup · Brittlebush Dr25 min8 am–10 am
- 3Old fridge and a washerAppliance and furniture hauling · Jojoba Ave25 min10 am–12 pm
- 4Kitchen tear-out: cabinets, tile, drywallConstruction debris · Hackberry Rd60 min10 am–12 pm
- 5The morning’s load, weighed and tippedTransfer station trip · Transfer station35 min
- 6Spare room and a treadmillHousehold junk removal · Creosote St60 min12 pm–2 pm
- 7Hot tub, cut up and carried outHot tub removal · Smoke Tree Way120 min2 pm–4 pm
As booked: 1 h 23 min of driving, 1 time window missed, the last job done at 4:30 pm.
The same day, routed
Business Genie puts the day’s stops in the order that drives least, and keeps the time windows you promised and the length of every job.
In this sample the same 7 jobs take 1 h 05 min of driving instead of 1 h 23 min, with every time window kept instead of 1 missed, and the last one is finished at 4:20 pm instead of 4:30 pm.
12:40 pm, a tenant moved out
A property manager calls: a tenant moved out and left a couch, a mattress and a dozen bags on the patio. The new tenant gets the keys at 4.
Add a job mid-day and Business Genie re-orders the rest of the truck’s route around it. The truck gets turn-by-turn directions to the next stop.
In this sample the call is fitted in at 2:18 pm and the day is done at 5:05 pm. Taken straight after the job in hand, with the rest driven as booked, the day runs to 5:24 pm.
At the transfer station
Stop 5 · Transfer station · 35 min
The morning’s load, weighed and tipped.
A junk removal job is sold by volume: the crew quotes it by how much of the truck it will take up, in eighths of the box, from a single item to a full load. So the box is the other clock a junk removal day runs on. When it is full, the next stop is the scale, wherever the route is, and a same-day job can only be taken on if there is room left for it or time for another trip to unload.
12:22 pm · Stop 5 · Box full
The truck pulls onto the scale full: stops 1 to 4, at 1/8 + 1/2 + 1/8 + 1/4. It leaves empty, for the afternoon’s 3 stops.
Route your own junk removal day
Put in your own jobs, how long each takes and the windows you promise, and Business Genie puts them in the order that drives least, and re-orders it when a call comes in.
The first month is free. The team sets up your account and moves your customer data over at no charge, and route optimization is on every plan.
Junk removal jobs, and how long they take
The work a junk removal business books, and how long each job takes once the truck is there. Business Genie keeps the length you set for each job when it routes the day.
- Single-item pickup15–30 minSingle-item pickup×1
- Transfer station trip25–45 minTransfer station trip×1
- Appliance and furniture hauling20–60 minAppliance and furniture hauling×1
- Household junk removal30–90 minHousehold junk removal×2
- Construction debris45–120 minConstruction debris×1
- Hot tub removal90–180 minHot tub removal×1
- Garage cleanout90–240 minGarage cleanout×1
- Commercial cleanout2–6 hCommercial cleanout–
- Estate cleanout4–8 hEstate cleanout–
- Hoarding cleanup5–8 hHoarding cleanup–
Single-item pickup
One sofa, one mattress, one treadmill. The crew looks, quotes the single-item or minimum price, carries it out and loads it. Most of the time is the stairs.
Transfer station trip
The crew’s own stop, not a customer’s job: the full truck is weighed in, tipped and weighed out, and the load is paid for by the ton. Metal goes to the scrap yard and donations to the thrift store on the way.
Appliance and furniture hauling
Fridges, washers, dryers, a sectional in pieces. A fridge or a freezer goes to a recycler that recovers its refrigerant before the metal is scrapped, which is why appliances carry a surcharge.
Household junk removal
A spare room, a side yard, what a tenant left behind. Priced by how much of the truck it fills, quoted before anything is lifted; what can be donated is set aside for the donation drop.
Construction debris
Cabinets, tile, drywall and lumber from a remodel. Heavy for its size, so a load of it is priced with its weight in mind, and a truck of it reaches its weight limit before its box is full.
Hot tub removal
The power is disconnected and the tub drained, then it is cut into sections with a reciprocating saw and carried out through the side gate. The cutting is most of the time.
Garage cleanout
A garage emptied down to the floor, often before a move or a sale: sorted into keep, donate and haul as it comes out, loaded from the front of the box to the tailgate, and swept.
Commercial cleanout
Desks, chairs, cubicle panels and files from an office or a store that is moving out, usually booked around the building’s hours and its loading dock.
Estate cleanout
A whole house, for a family or an estate’s executor: gone through room by room, with what they keep and what is donated set aside before the rest is loaded. Often more than one truckload.
Hoarding cleanup
Slow, careful work, room by room, alongside the family and often over more than one day, with the load going to the transfer station as the truck fills.
Questions about junk removal business software
- Can customers book a junk pickup online?
- Yes. Business Genie includes online booking.
- How are same-day jobs handled?
- When a job is added, route optimization re-orders the rest of the day around it, keeping time windows and job durations.
- What does it cost?
- Plans start at $50 a month. The first month is free, with no credit card to start.