Terms & Conditions

Effective date: August 9, 2026 · Last updated: September 1, 2026

These Terms of Service govern your use of the morsejunk.com website and the services provided by Morse Hauling & Junk Removal LLC. By using this website, requesting a quote, or hiring us, you agree to these Terms.

1. Our Services

We provide junk removal, light demolition, and roll-off dumpster rental in Elmira, Horseheads, Corning, Ithaca, and surrounding communities in New York’s Southern Tier. Service availability depends on location, schedule, equipment, and site conditions.

2. Quotes and Estimates

Quotes given over the phone, by text, by email, or from photographs or video you send us are estimates only. They are based entirely on the information you provide. The final price is determined on site, once our crew can see the actual volume, weight, material type, and access conditions.

If the job differs materially from what you described, we will tell you the revised price before we begin work. You may decline at that point. A dry run fee may apply (Section 6).

Quotes are valid for 30 days unless we state otherwise.

3. Scheduling, Access, and Your Responsibilities

You are responsible for:

• Providing safe, legal, and unobstructed access to the property and to the items being removed
• Ensuring you have the right to dispose of everything you ask us to take
• Obtaining any permit required to place a dumpster on a street, sidewalk, or public right of way
• Obtaining permission from your landlord, HOA, or property owner if you are not the owner
• Removing anything you want to keep before we arrive
• Accurately disclosing heavy materials at the time of booking (Section 5)

Arrival windows are estimates. Weather, traffic, landfill conditions, equipment failure, and preceding jobs can move a schedule. We will communicate delays as soon as we know about them.

4. Roll-Off Dumpster Rental Terms

Overage weight is calculated from certified scale tickets at the disposal facility and is invoiced after the container is dumped.

Loading rules. Material must be loaded level with the top rail of the bin. We cannot legally or safely transport an overloaded bin. If the bin is loaded above the rail, you must remove material before we can haul it, or a dry run fee will apply.

Bin placement and property damage. Roll-off containers are heavy, and delivery trucks are heavier. Damage to driveways, aprons, curbs, lawns, sidewalks, septic systems, sprinkler lines, and underground utilities is a normal risk of placing a container. You accept responsibility for surface and subsurface damage at the placement location you approve, and you agree to indicate the placement spot before delivery. We will use reasonable care and will advise you if a location looks risky, but we are not liable for damage to the placement area or the path to it. If you want plywood or other protection under the bin, tell us before delivery.

Care of the container. While the bin is on your property, you are responsible for it. Do not move it, modify it, overload it, set fires in it, or allow others to dump in it. You are responsible for material placed in your bin by anyone, including neighbors and passersby.

5. Heavy Materials — Advance Notice Required

Concrete, brick, block, asphalt, and roofing shingles are accepted, but you must tell us at the time of booking. These materials carry the same $450 base rate, the same 2-ton allowance, and the same $150 per ton overage — there is no separate pricing tier for heavy material. The disclosure requirement exists so we can send the right truck and plan for the right disposal facility.

Heavy material that was not disclosed at booking and is discovered at pickup incurs a $250 penalty plus all applicable overage charges.

6. Prohibited Materials

• Paint — wet or dry
• Dirt, soil, and fill — entirely prohibited, in any quantity
• Yard waste of all kinds — brush, leaves, grass, stumps, limbs
• Hazardous chemicals, solvents, and petroleum products
• Asbestos and any asbestos-containing material
• Medical waste and biohazardous material
• Propane tanks, fire extinguishers, lead-acid batteries, and explosives
• Any material prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by our disposal facilities

Penalties for prohibited material found in a load:

These are minimums. Where a disposal facility charges us more, or where special handling or remediation is required, you are responsible for our actual costs. We may refuse to haul a contaminated load, and may require you to remove the prohibited material at your own expense.

7. Cancellation and Dry Run Fees

• Cancellation — $150 if you cancel less than 24 hours before the scheduled service window.
• Dry run — $150 if we arrive as scheduled and cannot perform the work, because access is blocked, no one is present when presence is required, the container is overloaded, the material is prohibited, or conditions differ materially from what you described.

8. Payment

Payment is due on completion unless we have agreed otherwise in writing. We invoice electronically through our payment processor. Overage charges are billed after disposal, once scale tickets are available. You authorize us to charge the payment method on file for charges incurred under these Terms, including overage and penalty charges. Accounts unpaid after 30 days may be subject to collection costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.

9. Ownership of Removed Items

Once material is loaded onto our truck or into our container, ownership transfers to us, and we may dispose of, recycle, donate, or resell it at our discretion. We cannot retrieve items after removal. Check the load before we leave — we are not responsible for items you did not intend to discard, including anything of sentimental, monetary, or documentary value.

10. Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under New York law, including liability for gross negligence, willful misconduct, or personal injury caused by our negligence.

11. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Morse Hauling & Junk Removal LLC, its owners, employees, and contractors from any claim, damage, loss, fine, penalty, or expense (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising from: material you placed in our container or gave to our crew; your breach of these Terms; your failure to obtain a required permit or permission; inaccurate information you provided about the job; or damage at a placement location you selected or approved.

12. Website Use

The content on morsejunk.com — text, photographs, logos, and design — belongs to Morse Hauling & Junk Removal LLC and is protected by copyright and trademark law. You may not copy, republish, or use it commercially without our written permission.

You agree not to use this website to submit false or fraudulent inquiries, to transmit malicious code, to scrape or harvest data by automated means, or to interfere with the operation of the site. We use automated spam protection and reserve the right to block submissions and visitors.

13. Communications and Electronic Signatures

You consent to receive communications from us electronically, including by email and text message. You agree that electronic signatures, electronic approvals, and records of your acceptance have the same legal effect as handwritten signatures on paper, consistent with the federal E-SIGN Act and New York’s Electronic Signatures and Records Act.

See our Privacy Policy for how to stop text messages and how we handle call recording.

14. Governing Law and Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or our services shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Chemung County, New York, and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.

15. General

If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in full force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These Terms, together with any signed agreement for a specific job and our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between us. You may not assign your rights under these Terms without our written consent.

16. Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms at any time by posting an updated version with a new “Last updated” date. The version in effect when you booked your job governs that job.

17. Contact Us