Camper and RV Removal in Plymouth, MN

What camper and RV removal in Plymouth, MN typically covers

Camper removal means taking a towable camper off the property for good: a pop-up, a travel trailer, a truck camper or a fifth wheel, plus whatever has been stored inside it. Most of the time it is not going anywhere under its own power, and that is usually why it is still there.

Four situations leave a Plymouth camper ready to go, and each one schedules differently:

• The camper that stopped camping. It has sat beside the garage or behind the shed for a few seasons. The roof seam let water in, the floor went soft, the canvas on the pop-up split, and the tires have been flat long enough to square off. It is still there because a camper is too big for a curbside pickup and too far gone for anyone to buy.
• A house sale or a closing date. A buyer, an agent or an inspection wants the side yard clear, and there is a date attached. Say the date on the first call, because the propane and paperwork steps below take a little time to line up.
• An estate. The camper belonged to a parent or a relative, it is one of many things on the property, and the family is working through all of it at once. When that is the situation, it can be booked as part of an estate cleanout instead of on its own.
• Storm or winter damage. A tree limb came through the roof, or a heavy snow load cracked it open. These arrive suddenly, and a camper that is already open to the weather comes apart differently from one that is still sealed.

All four are removal jobs, not resale jobs. If a camper still has real value, a private sale, a consignment lot or a dealer trade will serve you better than a haul-away.

What gets taken

• Pop-up and tent campers, including the canvas, the lift system and the frame underneath
• Travel trailers of the size a pickup or an SUV tows
• Truck campers, the slide-in kind that sits in a pickup bed, with or without the jacks
• Fifth wheels, where the access on your lot allows a vehicle to reach it
• Teardrops and small utility campers
• The contents: cushions, mattresses, bedding, dishes, camp chairs, awnings, hoses, cords and whatever else was stored in it once it stopped being used
• The pile around it: the old cover, the blocks and pads it sat on, and the spare tire leaning against the fence

Motorhomes need a separate conversation. A Class A, B or C motorhome is a titled motor vehicle, it is heavier, and it usually leaves on a wrecker rather than behind a pickup. Several Twin Cities outfits do take them, but it may be a different provider than the one who hauls a pop-up. Say it is a motorhome on the first call.

Minnesota paperwork, and why it depends on the camper’s weight

This is the part people ask about most, and Minnesota law answers it in two steps.

Whether there is a title at all depends partly on weight. Minnesota does not issue a certificate of title for a trailer with a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or less, unless a lender holds a security interest in it or it was titled before, in Minnesota or in any other state. Source: Minn. Stat. § 168A.03, subd. 1, read 22 September 2026. So a light pop-up that was bought new in Minnesota and never financed may never have had a title, while a heavier travel trailer or a fifth wheel usually will. Registration is a separate matter from the title, so keep whatever registration paperwork you have as well.

If there is a title and the camper changes hands, the owner has ten days. When an owner transfers their interest in a titled vehicle, other than by a sale to or by a licensed dealer, Minnesota requires the owner to return the Notice of Sale form on the certificate, or send the same information to the state electronically, within ten days of the date of sale. Source: Minn. Stat. § 168A.10, subd. 1, read 22 September 2026. That notice is yours to file, not ours. What the removal gives you is the date the camper left and who took it, which is the information the form asks for. If you are not sure how the rule applies to a camper handed over for scrap, Driver and Vehicle Services is the place to ask before the day, not after.

In practice: find the title, or the registration if there never was a title, before the camper goes, and expect to be asked who owns it. A camper that belonged to someone who has died is a question for whoever is handling the estate, and the paperwork usually has to follow that first.

The parts that are not just hauling

A camper is closer to a small house on wheels than to a trailer load, and most of the prep happens before anything moves.

• Propane. The cylinders come off first and do not travel with the rest of the load. Hennepin County’s household hazardous waste collection events accept propane cylinders less than 40 lbs from county households, and list propane greater than 40 lbs as not accepted. Source: Hennepin County, Household hazardous waste collection events, read 22 September 2026. If a cylinder is still usable, it can simply be kept for a grill.
• Batteries. The house battery comes out and goes to battery recycling. Hennepin County’s drop-off facilities accept batteries of all types from county households, and its collection events accept vehicle lead-acid batteries. Sources: the county drop-off page below and the collection events page above.
• The appliances inside it. A camper refrigerator, a furnace and a water heater are appliances, and they are handled as appliances rather than as general debris. Hennepin County’s two drop-off facilities, at 1400 West 96th Street in Bloomington and 8100 Jefferson Highway in Brooklyn Park, take refrigerators, furnaces, hot water heaters and gas-powered appliances for a per item fee, Tuesday through Saturday.
• Tires. The same facilities accept tires for a per item fee, with or without rims, if they are less than 4 feet in diameter, up to 16 tires per load and 32 per household per year. Source for this and the item above: Hennepin County, Drop-off household hazardous waste and recycling, read 22 September 2026.
• The holding tanks. If the camper has black or gray water tanks, they should be emptied at an RV dump station before it is moved, not drained onto the lawn or into a street drain. Plymouth’s storm drains feed the lakes its neighborhoods are named after. If the tanks cannot be emptied because the camper will not roll, say so when you call, because it changes how the job is done.
• Leftover fluids and cleaners. Antifreeze, cleaning products and the half-used cans that collect in a camper’s storage bays are household hazardous waste. The county drop-off facilities take automotive fluids and paint at no charge from county households.

Put together, a camper removal is normally several destinations rather than one. Ask your provider which of those they handle and which are left with you. The propane and the leftover chemicals are the two most often left with the homeowner.

What happens to the camper after it leaves

It gets taken apart by material, and how much of it can be recycled depends on how it was built. The metal parts, including a steel frame and axle and aluminum siding where the camper has it, have a scrap metal route. The wood framing, the insulation, the paneling, the upholstery and any fiberglass or composite walls generally do not, and they go to disposal. Which yard a given load goes to is the provider’s call, so ask them when they quote it. Anyone describing a whole camper as recycled is describing the frame, not the rest.

Access and staging around Plymouth

A camper is usually parked where it was easiest to back it in years ago, and the yard has often changed since. Tell whoever quotes the job three things:

• Where it sits. On the driveway, on a pad beside the garage, or in the back yard behind a fence or a gate. A side yard that was open when the camper arrived may now have a fence, a shed or a row of trees across it.
• Whether it rolls. Tires holding air, a working tongue jack and bearings that turn make it a hitch-and-go job. Flat or rotted tires, a seized jack, or a camper sitting on blocks with the wheels off means it is lifted, dragged onto a trailer, or taken apart where it stands.
• The ground. Soft spring ground and a lawn that has never carried a truck both matter. Frozen ground can help a heavy vehicle reach the back of a lot, while deep snow gets in the way. Plymouth’s older lots around Medicine Lake and Parkers Lake are often deeper and more built up than the plat suggests, which is exactly where this matters.

If a city notice, a homeowners association letter or a buyer’s request is what started this, have it in front of you when you call. It names the date you are working to.

What usually falls outside a camper removal

These normally need a different trade or a different kind of help:

• A camper with real value left. Selling it, consigning it or trading it in will return more than a removal. This is not the service for it.
• Mobile homes and manufactured homes. Those are structures, not campers, and taking one out is a demolition job with its own permits.
• Gas and electrical disconnection. A camper that has been hard plumbed to a gas line or wired to a building’s electrical service is disconnected by the relevant licensed trade first. Pickup happens after that.
• Repairing the ground afterwards. Once the camper is gone you may be left with a pad of gravel, a strip of dead grass or a set of ruts. Regrading and reseeding is landscaping.

How a camper removal normally runs

1. Tell us what you have. Call or submit the form. Say what kind of camper it is, its approximate length, and whether it is a pop-up, a travel trailer, a truck camper, a fifth wheel or a motorhome.
2. Describe the condition. Whether it rolls, whether the roof is intact, and whether it is still full of stored belongings.
3. Describe the access. Where it sits, what is between it and the street, and whether a truck can back up to it.
4. Sort the paperwork. Find the title or the registration, per the Minnesota rules above.
5. Ask for a flat rate quote in writing. Get the number before anything is disconnected or cut.
6. The prep comes first. Propane off, batteries out, tanks emptied where possible, contents cleared.
7. The camper leaves. Towed out whole where it rolls, or lifted or taken apart where it does not, and the load sorted by material afterwards.

How pricing works

We don’t set that price; the Plymouth provider doing the work quotes it. Camper removals here are normally quoted flat rate and in writing before any work starts, so ask for the number in writing first.

What moves it:

• Size and type. A pop-up is a much smaller job than a fifth wheel, and a motorhome is a different job again.
• Whether it rolls. A camper that can be hitched and towed is simpler than one that has to be lifted or taken apart on site.
• What is inside it. An empty camper is faster than one that has been used as a storage shed for years.
• Access. Driveway pickups are the easy case. A back yard behind a gate, across a soft lawn or down a slope adds people and time.
• Propane, batteries and appliances. Ask whether the provider handles them and whether their disposal is inside the number you are given.

Camper and RV removal FAQs, Plymouth, MN

How much does camper removal cost in Plymouth, MN? We don’t set the price. Ask the provider for a written flat rate quote before any work starts, and expect size, condition, contents and access to drive it.

Does the camper have to roll? No. A camper with flat tires, a seized jack or no wheels at all can still be removed. It changes how the job is done, and sometimes the equipment it needs, so say so on the first call.

Do I need the title? Have your paperwork ready either way. A towable camper with a gross weight of 4,000 pounds or less may never have been titled in Minnesota, unless a lender held an interest in it or it was titled before, while a heavier one usually was. If there is a title and the camper changes hands, Minnesota gives the owner ten days to report the sale to the state. See the paperwork section above for the statutes.

What do I do with the propane tank? Take it off before the camper goes. Hennepin County’s household hazardous waste collection events accept propane cylinders under 40 lbs from county households. A cylinder that still holds gas and is in good shape is also worth keeping for a grill.

Can you take a pop-up camper that is falling apart? Yes. A pop-up with torn canvas, a broken lift system or a rotted floor is still a removal job. It is often a smaller job than a hard-sided camper.

Do you take motorhomes? Say it is a motorhome on the first call. It is a titled motor vehicle, it is heavier, and it usually leaves on a wrecker, so it may go to a different provider than a towable camper would.

What about everything stored inside it? It can go in the same visit. Say roughly how full it is when you call, because a camper used as a storage shed can hold as much as a small room, and that belongs in the quote rather than in a surprise afterwards.

Plymouth neighborhoods covered

Camper and RV removal is covered across every Plymouth neighborhood:

• Bass Lake, larger lots along the Maple Grove border
• Medicine Lake, older lake basin homes with deep back yards
• Plymouth Creek, central corridor near the city center
• Parkers Lake, Wayzata district homes on the south side
• Hollydale, wooded and wetland adjacent lots
• Heritage Park, established mid-tier stock with mature yards

ZIP coverage: 55441, 55442, 55446, 55447.

Related services

• Boat removal in Plymouth, MN, for a boat and its trailer, which is the closest job to this one
• Estate cleanouts in Plymouth, MN, when the camper is one part of clearing a whole property
• Appliance removal in Plymouth, MN, for appliances elsewhere on the property
• Residential junk removal in Plymouth, MN, for the rest of what has collected around it