Where I pick up
Serving Albuquerque & the metro
Abq Reclaimed is a one-person free-pickup operation covering the city of Albuquerque, by request — moves, downsizing, estates, storage units and garages full of tools, electronics, gear, appliances and scrap. Rio Rancho, Corrales, Los Ranchos, Tijeras and the East Mountains are case by case; Bernalillo, Placitas, Los Lunas, Belen and Edgewood are usually outside my range. Text me a photo and your ZIP and I'll tell you honestly whether I can reach you.
Anywhere inside Albuquerque city limits
The Northeast Heights, the North and South Valley, the Westside, Nob Hill, Downtown, Uptown, Four Hills — pickup is free, by request and at my discretion, for the resale-worthy share: tools, electronics (working or not), vintage and quality furniture, printing presses and flat files, old lighting and hardware, camping gear, bikes, instruments, appliances and scrap metal. The load decides it, not the neighborhood: text a photo and your ZIP to (505) 250-3804 and I’ll say honestly what I can take, whether I can make your date if you have one, and who takes the rest. Clearing a whole house, garage or unit? Start with your situation →
Neighborhoods I serve
Albuquerque, neighborhood by neighborhood
From the Heights to the valleys to the Westside — same offer everywhere in the city, but every part of town turns out its own kind of good stuff.
Northeast Heights & Uptown
Uptown apartments to foothill houses under the Sandias: power tools, road and mountain bikes, ski and snowboard gear, golf clubs, guitars and amps. Heights garages and back bedrooms still turn out teak and walnut furniture — photo the maker’s mark inside a drawer (here’s what I look for in vintage furniture).
Westside
Taylor Ranch, Ventana Ranch, Volcano Cliffs and Paradise Hills garages fill up with outgrown bikes, camping gear and a second set of power tools. Worth a photo: the drafting table or the teak dresser that didn’t make the move — or the whole garage (garage cleanouts).
North Valley
Older homes along Rio Grande Boulevard, Candelaria and Griegos hold decades of shop tools, sewing machines, turntables and leftover copper. Barns and detached shops turn up machinist chests, anvils, old signs, sometimes a hobby press in the corner (the long version: my want list’s shop section). Clearing a family home? Start with the room-by-room plan for a parent’s house.
South Valley
Atrisco, Pajarito, Armijo and Mountain View: sheds, dead water heaters, old compressors and steel. Vintage shop metal, factory carts and parts bins are resale, and the scrap next to them rides along. Heavy pieces are photo first — a trailer, and a forklift for suitable loads; I’ll say honestly whether it’s something I can move. I don’t pay for metal: for cash by the pound, a scrap yard is the better call.
Nob Hill, Highland & the UNM area
Little storage means the good stuff lives in a closet: an amp, a road bike, a turntable, a box of film cameras. At the end of a lease or a semester, text before move-out week. Older houses mean original doorknobs, light fixtures and hardware when a remodel starts — already out, or send a photo and ask (the salvage and door hardware I want).
Downtown, EDo, Wells Park, Huning Highland & Barelas
Put your building, unit or buzzer details in the text. Old buildings and offices hold flat files, card catalogs, mail-room sorters (nothing marked USPS property — that’s federal property) and steel desks; tell me the stairs, the elevator and the loading door (flat files, map cabinets and sorters). Closing the office or shop itself? See business closing pickup.
Beyond the city
Just outside Albuquerque
I’m one person based in Albuquerque, so the towns around the metro are case by case — no promises, but it never hurts to ask. A photo of everything, not just one piece, is what lets me say yes.
Rio Rancho — case by case
Two- and three-car garages: the table saw from the last project, mountain bikes, a Jemez camp kitchen, old stereo gear. The trip works for a whole garage, a move, a parent’s house, a storage unit, or heavy things alongside other good stuff; one small item is better off at a drop-off near you.
Albuquerque’s free Large Item Pick-Up (311) is for City of Albuquerque residential Solid Waste customers, so Rio Rancho addresses generally aren’t covered; Rio Rancho’s waste page lists Waste Management’s At Your Door collection for old electronics and household hazardous waste — check rrnm.gov for current rules.
Corrales — case by case
Years of tools, yard equipment, fishing gear and old radios collect in Corrales barns and sheds. Barns, detached shops and gated drives are fine — mention the access in your text and send the photo from the shop door.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque — case by case
Older adobe homes and big lots off Rio Grande Boulevard and Guadalupe Trail. Los Ranchos shares ZIPs with the North Valley, so the ZIP checker can’t tell them apart — text me and I’ll tell you honestly.
Tijeras, Cedar Crest & Sandia Park — case by case
Tijeras, Carnuel & Zuzax — up I-40. Skis, snowshoes, chainsaws and a shop full of hand tools; leaving a mountain property, send wide shots of the shed and the garage.
Cedar Crest & Canyon Estates — NM-14. Camping kit, instruments, and solid-wood or vintage furniture worth a photo of the maker’s mark.
Sandia Park, San Antonito & Paa-Ko. Mountain bikes, skis, camping gear and tools from wooded lots farther up the road.
Gates, dirt drives and long driveways are fine — say so in the text. Outside city limits, Albuquerque’s 311 Large Item Pick-Up generally doesn’t apply — check bernco.gov for county options. Gas-powered tools: drain the fuel first; fuel and propane cylinders go to household hazardous waste, not in my trailer. Ordinary furniture in good shape can go to a charity pickup that serves your address (call to confirm); mattresses and trash go to a hauler.
Farther out — usually outside my range
These are usually farther than I can go, but you can still ask with a photo:
- Bernalillo — up the US-550 corridor; a workshop of tools is worth asking about.
- Placitas — gates and dirt drives; tell me the access.
- Algodones — up the old river road north of the city.
- Los Lunas — down I-25 in Valencia County.
- Bosque Farms — barns and sheds; one wide photo of the whole barn beats ten close-ups.
- Peralta — semi-rural, a good drive south.
- Belen and Rio Communities — the south end of the metro’s reach.
- Edgewood — past the East Mountains on I-40; compressors, welders and steel are photo first.
What can make the drive work: a workshop of tools, a whole garage of outdoor gear, a print shop or drafting office, a move or estate’s worth of resale-worthy stuff, or a trailer-load of scrap metal. Ask with a photo. If I can’t come, here’s who takes what: where to donate anything in Albuquerque, where to sell used gear and where to sell scrap metal.
Not sure if I reach you?
The easiest way to find out is to text me a photo of what you’ve got with your ZIP, or type your ZIP into the ZIP checker. If your spot is outside my routes, I’ll tell you honestly — no run-around — and point you to who can help.
Abq Reclaimed is a one-person operation, so I can’t always accommodate every request — especially outside the city of Albuquerque — but every request helps me see where the need is, and I’ll always tell you honestly whether I can reach you.
Quick facts
Cost: Always free
Be home? Not for porch or driveway items; heavy items need someone there
Timing: by request, around my routes — tell me your deadline and I’ll say honestly whether I can make it
Best fit: moves, closings, clear-outs, garages and shops — tools, electronics, vintage furniture, salvage, gear and scrap metal
Check a ZIP: Is my ZIP covered?
Service area questions
Do you pick up anywhere in Albuquerque, or only some neighborhoods?
Anywhere in the city of Albuquerque, for the resale-worthy share: text a photo and your ZIP to (505) 250-3804 and I pick it up free, by request, at my discretion — no booking and no promised dates. For bulky items at the curb, the City’s Large Item Pick-Up is free for residential Solid Waste customers (311). Rio Rancho, Corrales, Los Ranchos and the East Mountains are case by case. Clearing a whole house? Start at the clear-out guide.
Do you pick up outside Albuquerque city limits?
Sometimes. The city of Albuquerque is my usual area. Rio Rancho, Corrales, Los Ranchos, Tijeras and the East Mountains are case by case, and Bernalillo, Placitas, Algodones, Los Lunas, Bosque Farms, Peralta, Belen and Edgewood are usually out of range — text a photo and your ZIP to (505) 250-3804 and I’ll tell you honestly whether I can reach you.
What makes a longer trip worth it?
The load, not the distance: a workshop of tools, a garage of outdoor gear, a print shop or drafting office, a move or estate’s worth of resale-worthy stuff, or a trailer-load of scrap metal. One small item usually isn’t — a drop-off near you is the better call. Send one wide photo of everything and I’ll say honestly.
Can Rio Rancho or East Mountains residents use Albuquerque’s Large Item Pick-Up?
Generally not. The City’s Large Item Pick-Up (311) is free for its residential Solid Waste customers, so addresses outside city limits usually aren’t covered. In Rio Rancho, check rrnm.gov — its waste page lists Waste Management’s At Your Door collection for old electronics and household hazardous waste. In the East Mountains, check bernco.gov for county options. For the resale-worthy share, text me a photo — both are case by case.
Is pickup free everywhere you go?
Yes. When I pick up, it’s free, by request and at my discretion, wherever you are. I don’t pay cash for anything (books go to a local book donation drop box), and because Abq Reclaimed is a for-profit business, not a nonprofit, pickups aren’t tax-deductible.
Clearing something out?
Text me a photo and your ZIP, and I'll tell you honestly whether I can reach you and what I can take.
Text me a photo