As a child, you most probably had your parents drum into your head the importance of saving. Now that you are an adult, you, therefore, try to do all you can to avoid spending money on what you don’t need. It is an admirable trait, and sometimes we want to save money by taking on a few DIY tasks. However, some of the things we do ourselves end up costing us later, and we wish we had consulted professionals in the first place.

When you need your office or home cleaned and trash hauled away, you could also be tempted to do it on your own, reasoning that it will save you money. Unfortunately, hiring a commercial junk removal company will be much more cost-effective, and here are a few reasons why a DIY junk removal will eat into your savings.

Getting the Right Equipment Fit for Commercial Junk Removal

Picture this: you are in the hospitality industry and have a few refrigerators that need to be hauled away, or maybe you are a business executive who wants the old office furniture removed from the office. Of course, you do not have the right equipment; therefore, you will need to buy supplies that include safety gloves, trash buckets, garbage bags, and shovels, among others to pack.

Remember that a commercial junk removal company also uses a specific hauling truck to haul junk away, so if you’re not looking to hire the pros, you will have to rent one. Take note that some dealers can charge you a per-mile surcharge, and not only will you will have to pay a deposit, refundable only if you return the truck without any damage but you’ll have rental fees on top of any other fees heavy equipment rental places charge.  That will have you spending money that maybe you just don’t want to fork over. 

All these expenses, when added up, amount to a significant amount of money that could be avoided if you hired a commercial junk removal company. On average, a single trip of a full load will cost you around $250, and each additional item adds to the cost.  Commercial junk removal companies have all the equipment needed, including a range of trucks to suit the various trash capacities you need to be removed. Therefore, with a commercial junk removal service, cleaning out at once is possible and a very cost-effective way to get rid of garbage instead of doing it on your own.

Your Workers are Not Qualified for Commercial Junk Removal 

As tempting as it is to have your staff double up as your personal, commercial junk removal workers, that decision will bite you in the back later. For starters, consider that your employees are not trained for commercial junk removal and do not know what needs to go where, especially when it comes to recycling. Besides, heavy stuff like refrigerators and furniture requires strong workers that are insured for this kind of work.

Hauling heavy stuff can result in injuries for someone without the right training. An employee can file for a workers’ compensation claim once injured, which will not impact you if you pay the insurance premiums. If not, that will be the start of your woes because you will have to pay for the treatment cost. Since hauling junk is not in the job description, the insurance company can decide you have to pay higher premiums based on the risks you expose your employees to which will affect your profits.

While at it, you are also not qualified to run a commercial junk removal company, and the chances of you messing up are high. You cannot guarantee yourself that you will do a thorough job when you have no commercial junk removal experience. As a result, you might have workers redoing a specific job to meet your expectation which will waste time. 

Time Wasted

Time is money, and when wasted in time-sucking tasks, revenue will be affected. Attempting to eliminate waste on your own, you’ll have to prepare to spend a lot of time cleaning up and hauling away. Every minute you are carrying away junk could have been utilized in generating income, but you can’t be in two places at the same time. Therefore, even if you decide to have your employees chip in, they still will not be working to earn you some money. 

Most commercial junk removal companies are eco-friendly, and with the need for you to maintain an excellent reputation with clients, you will also have to be environmentally-conscious. That means separating the junk into different piles, such as those that need to be recycled, reused, thrown away, and donated. The time spent on sorting is quite considerable since you must know what the recycling centers accept.

However, that is just the beginning of the hours wasted because once you finish sorting out junk, you will have to take the different piles to the respective locations. That translates to making several trips to the landfill, donation centers, and recycling centers. While all that takes up so much time, remember you have not accounted for the fuel costs for the trips needed. Recycling programs charge service fees which you must account for in your self-service junk hauling option.

Furthermore, depending on how much junk you have, you might have to ask employees to come in on weekends during their time off. This option especially applies when the stuff that needs to be removed will not be cleaned up by the municipality, and you cannot leave it lying on the streets. Inconveniencing your workers will cost you when you have to pay overtime. Hiring a commercial junk removal company and focusing on your business’s core areas is not only cost-effective but protects your time. 

Save Money by Hiring a Reliable Commercial Junk Removal Company

Why go through all this hassle trying to do away with commercial junk removal when you can rely on Junk King for every junk removal need. We boast of being the only national company with a local sorting facility that aims to recycle at least 60% of all waste. What’s more, we specialize in helping businesses like yours in the following ways:

• Office Furniture Removal
• Commercial Equipment Removal
• Commercial Scrap Pick Up
• Property Management Clean Out
• Foreclosure Clean Out
• Storage Facility Clean Out
• Construction Debris Removal

With Junk King, we give you value for your money by offering the lowest rates without compromising our work quality. Call us today: 1.888.888.JUNK or book online and our professional and insured commercial junk removal team will be on-site and give you a free estimate. Contact us now, and we will help you get rid of any junk and keep your space clutter-free.