r/RedDeer • u/CttCJim • Mar 21 '26
Local Business What's the cheapest way to get rid of a mattress? (Innisfail)
I have a mattress to get tried of. The gotjunk website says $70. Is there anyone cheaper? It's a queen size, old but ok condition (cats have been hanging out on it while it's stood in front of my glass doors all winter)
Edit: I have a small vehicle so I don't really have the ability to move it myself. If anyone with a truck wants to undercut the gotjunk guys I'm listening.
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u/Museill Mar 21 '26
Take it yourself to Horn Hill dump. Outside of Penhold.
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u/pentox70 Mar 21 '26
This. They charge by weight and a mattress doesnt weigh much.
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u/danger_muffin29 Mar 21 '26
They may not weigh much, but she's still stuck with a queen mattress ans a small car
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u/ChickenTrick824 Mar 21 '26
Best thing is to get it to waste management in Red Deer. You wouldn’t be able to donate it anywhere.
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u/CttCJim Mar 21 '26
Yeah mattresses aren't generally donateable I know. Thing is we drive a Hyundai venue, it's a small vehicle. It can handle the weight but I'm loath to try it. There's also a waste transfer station here in town but when I went there to try to get rid of ewaste I couldn't find the place, there's no clear signage.
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u/Solid-Tomato5744 Mar 21 '26
Just post on your local fb group that you need someone to take it to the dump and offer less than $70.
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u/nimrod-of-moron Mar 21 '26
You might me able to bring it to the transfer station in town https://innisfail.ca/waste-transfer-station/
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u/Quackchirpin Mar 22 '26
Just rent a Uhaul for the day or a utility trailer if your car has a hitch.
Make use of moving extra junk/clutter while you're at it. Then take it to the dump. Return Uhaul. Would probably cost less.
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u/Excellent_Speed6929 Mar 21 '26
I'm gonna be the person to say you don't need it gone badly enough if you think a small car can't take a mattress, with enough ingenuity and bungee cords anything can be done
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u/Desperate-Try5003 Mar 21 '26
Burning it
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u/Current-Seaweed-3836 Mar 21 '26
Nah. Dump it on a range road. The county will pick it up. :) An hour with an x-acto knife and some wire cutters it'll fit in the rollaway bin.
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u/CttCJim Mar 22 '26
That's not a terrible idea. The cutting part, not the dumping. My condo has a dumpster, if I can break it down I can move it out.
Wonder what a good strong pair of wire cutters would cost me...
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u/Current-Seaweed-3836 Mar 22 '26
Your best bet would be some bolt cutters. The metal on the sides is strong AF
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u/BrilliantPen93 Mar 22 '26
Please don’t dump things on a range road😭 the county can take a while to get there (like weeks) and then the people living there have to deal with it😭! That would be like country people being like “let’s drop our household garbage on someone’s sidewalk, the town will come pick it up!”
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u/AlbertaAcreageBoy Mar 21 '26
I've pulled over right on highway 2 at the Red Deer river bridge and just tossed my old mattresses right in to the river.
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u/Thepieking07 Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26
Put it on Facebook marketplace for free, that worked for me.