Camping & outdoor gear
Tents, sleeping bags, packs, and the gear closet that never quite closes — send a photo and I will give the good stuff a second life.
Use the pickup form or text a couple photos to (702) 496-4214 with your neighborhood. Under a minute.
I review every request myself and reply about what is a fit and the day I can come. Nothing is promised until I confirm.
On the day we agree on, leave it on the porch or in the garage. You do not need to be home.
I pick it up at no cost and give it a second life through resale and reuse.
Before you ask — the honest limits. Abq Reclaimed is just me, and I run a few community projects at once. So free pickups are limited and entirely at my discretion — I can't take everything, and some weeks I can't do pickups at all. Send a photo and I'll tell you honestly whether I can fit it in; if I can't, I'll point you elsewhere. (Prefer to drop off? We can sometimes arrange that by appointment.) When I do collect, a few days later I send you a Reclaim Receipt telling you where your stuff went.
With the Sandias out the back door and ski country a short drive north — Sandia Peak, Santa Fe, Taos, Angel Fire — good outdoor gear is in demand here year-round. If yours is gathering dust in the garage or buried in a gear closet, I will come get the resale-worthy pieces free and work to get them back on the trail instead of in the landfill. No listing, no consignment counter, no waiting on a buyer.
Free, and I come to you. This is free camping gear pickup in Albuquerque — I do not pay for gear, and I am not a charity, so it is not tax-deductible. What you get is the easy button: I haul resale-worthy outdoor gear off your hands at no cost and give it a real second life.
Plenty of places will take used outdoor gear in Albuquerque — but each makes you do the work or take less. Consignment shops like Outdoor ReGear have you bring your gear to them and generally take only what they expect to sell. REI Used Gear / Re-Supply is a trade-in program — typically store credit rather than cash, and limited to certain categories. Paid junk haulers like LoadUp and 1-800-Got-Junk will haul gear away, but they generally charge you to do it. I am the in-between: free, I come to you, and a few days later I tell you where your gear actually went.
I have been a top-rated eBay reseller since 2003 — 99.7% positive across 1,650+ ratings — so I know which brands and conditions of outdoor gear actually have resale value. I can look at a photo and tell you fast whether a tent, pack, or pair of skis is worth a pickup. What I cannot resell, I route to the best reuse or recycling resource I can find rather than the dump. I am a named, local, accountable person — founder of the New Mexico Literacy Project — not a faceless hauler.
The Reclaim Receipt. A few days after pickup I tell you where your gear actually went — sold, reused, or recycled. It is proof of the second-life claim, and it is something a consignment counter or junk hauler will not hand you. More on the Reclaim Receipt.
Albuquerque metro plus Rio Rancho, Corrales, Los Ranchos, the North Valley, the Northeast Heights, and the Westside; outlying areas are case-by-case. Spring garage-cleanout season and the post-ski-season gear purge in March and April are perfect times to clear it out. If you would rather sell or donate it yourself, my guide to where to sell used gear in Albuquerque lays out the options. Clearing a whole house? See estate & garage cleanouts or the full what-I-take list.
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Yes — pickup is free and there is no fee or catch. I do not pay for gear and I am not a charity, so it is not tax-deductible; I make it work by reselling what has value and routing the rest to reuse or recycling. Paid junk haulers like LoadUp and 1-800-Got-Junk generally charge to take this stuff, so free in-home pickup is the wedge I fill.
I pass on anything moldy, mouse-chewed, or water-damaged, leaking or expired fuel canisters and propane, and broken gear that is missing the parts that make it work. Everything else — tents, sleeping bags, packs, stoves, coolers, climbing and ski gear — is great to send.
Not necessarily. If the gear can be left somewhere I can reach it — a porch, garage, or side gate — we can often arrange a no-contact grab. Text me at (702) 496-4214 and we will sort out the easiest option. Pickups are limited and at my discretion, so I will always confirm first.
Outdoor ReGear is consignment — you bring your gear to them and they generally take only what they expect to sell. REI Used Gear/Re-Supply is a trade-in program, typically for store credit. I come to you for free, take the resale-worthy gear off your hands, and send you a Reclaim Receipt telling you where it went.
If it is premium, high-demand gear and you have the time to photograph, list, price, and meet buyers, selling can pay off — see my guide on where to sell used gear in Albuquerque. For decent-but-not-premium gear, the effort usually is not worth it, which is exactly where free pickup makes sense.
Yes. With Sandia Peak, Santa Fe, Taos, and Angel Fire a short drive north, snow gear has real year-round demand here. Send a photo of your skis, snowboard, boots, or snowshoes and I will tell you fast whether it is worth a pickup.
Send a couple photos and I will tell you honestly if it is a fit. Free pickup across Albuquerque, by approval.
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