Conquering clutter & keeping it green

By STU CLAMPITT
news@readthereporter.com

The local franchise of Two Men and a Junk Truck, 11787 Technology Drive, Fishers, recently won the “Junk Eco Hauler Award,” a top national recognition for environmental stewardship out of the brand’s 70 locations nationwide. Owner Drew Werling and his team achieved a 5.24 percent disposal cost, the lowest in the country.

This means that instead of paying to dump items in a landfill, the vast majority of what they collect is being recycled, repurposed, or donated right here in our community.

The Reporter spoke with Werling and with Marketing Manager Jennifer Sterrett about how Two Men and a Junk Truck can declutter your life with lower bills than competing companies and free you from the guilt of contributing to a landfill.

“Two Men and a Junk Truck is a full-service junk removal company,” Sterrett told The Reporter. “We launched in August of ‘23 and we’re just committed to conquering clutter. We have over 70 locations across the US and we keep growing.”

Werling said keeping things out of landfills is based on having knowledgeable staff.

“It starts with the truck,” Werling said. “My team knows what we can donate, what we can take to the scrap yard to recycle, and stuff like that. When we’re on the job and we’re doing the walkthrough, we’re organizing it before we even start loading the truck. Then, as we’re loading the truck, the few items that do have to go to the landfill go in first and then everything else goes in last. We can get that off the truck so we don’t have to dump it at the landfill.”

The 5.24 percent disposal cost refers to how much money Two Men and a Junk Truck – and by extension, you as a customer – are paying to fill up landfills.

“That essentially means, of the revenue we’re making, how much of that is going towards the dump,” Werling said. “Our goal was 9 percent. We came in way below that. Our goal this year is going to be 4.24 percent. We’re always trying to be creative on how we don’t take items to the landfill.”

According to Werling and Sterrett, Two Men and a Junk Truck has very competitive pricing relative to similar services in the area.

“We’re typically cheaper between $50 to $100 per full container,” Werling said. “For a full container, for us it’s $725, and we charge per eighth of a truck. Other companies do it by the quarter. We do it by the eighth. So every eighth is a tick on our pricing scale.”

If you need to get rid of your junk, Werling’s team can handle conquering your clutter in as little as one day.

“We show up with the truck to do the walkthrough and we’re ready to do the work the same day,” Werling said. “We give no obligation quotes, so it doesn’t cost a penny for us to come out to take a look at everything. We give them the price. If the price is good, we’ll take care of it then and there.”

They will take just about anything you want to get rid of, including junk cars if you have a clean title in hand. They also dispose of a surprising number of pianos.

“Most of the pianos that we have picked up, we have brought to different churches in the area,” Werling said. “So far this year we’re at 11 that we’ve picked up. There are a lot of pianos that need to go.”

One customer even asked them to remove an old RV, and while they would have taken care of it, cost was a factor.

“We do all the work,” Werling said. “You don’t have to get anything ready or prepared for us or take it out into the driveway. Our guys will go into the basement or the attic or wherever you have your item and get it out for you. So, you don’t have to lift a finger.”

If you want your stuff gone, Werling and his crew are ready to get the junk out of your life. Visit them online at tinyurl.com/TMJTnorthindy and look for their frequent online coupons.