How to Get Rid of a Trampoline in Leeds (2026)

By Sandeep KV, Founder of Kruze

Five ways to get rid of a trampoline, ranked cheapest first:

1. Free, and it takes an evening. Give it away on Facebook Marketplace, if the mat and springs are sound. Decent trampolines go within hours.
2. Free. Dismantle it and take it to a Leeds tip yourself. The frame is scrap metal, the mat and net are general waste.
3. Free, possibly paid. Weigh the bare steel frame in at a scrap yard. It will not make you rich, but it will not cost you either.
4. Free, with a wait. Leeds City Council’s annual bulky collection, though a trampoline is not on the published accepted list, so ring and ask first.
5. £54. Kruze collects it, dismantles it, takes it away and recycles the metal.

Start at the top of that list. Genuinely. If your trampoline still bounces, the honest answer is that you should not be paying anybody, including us, and the next section explains why.

Try giving it away first. It works

Trampolines resell better than almost anything else we collect from a garden. There is always somebody two postcodes over whose kids have just hit the age where a trampoline is the only thing that will do, and who has looked at the price of a new 12ft with an enclosure and decided against it.

List it on Facebook Marketplace as free, collection only, buyer dismantles. That last clause is doing most of the work. It filters out anyone who is not serious, and it means you do not lift a spanner. In our experience the good ones are gone the same evening.

What makes one worth taking:

• The mat has no tears, and the stitching around the V-rings is intact.
• Most of the springs are there and are not badly rusted or stretched open.
• The frame is not bent, and the legs are not rotted through where they met the grass.
• You still have the enclosure net, even if it is grubby.

What makes one worthless: a torn mat, a rusted frame, missing springs, a snapped pole. The mat is the item that decides it. A replacement mat plus a full set of springs costs enough that nobody takes on a trampoline needing both. If yours has been out in three Yorkshire winters with the cover off, be realistic. It is scrap.

This is the point where we lose the job. That is fine. Selling a working trampoline to a neighbour beats us shredding it, and if you had a trampoline that could be saved and we took £54 for cutting it up instead, we would have done you a bad turn.

Dismantling it: the springs and the poles are the dangerous bit

If nobody wants it, it comes apart. This is a two-person job and it takes about an hour on a 12ft. Do it in this order, because doing it in the wrong order is how people get hurt.

1. Take the net and the poles off first. The enclosure poles are under compression and some designs are held by the net’s own tension. Undo the net at the top, then work the poles out one by one. Poles that spring loose catch people in the face.

2. Then the springs. This is the actual hazard. A 12ft trampoline has dozens of springs, and a big one can run to nearly a hundred. Every one of them is a loaded steel spring with a hook on each end. Released badly, one will take a chunk out of your hand or your eye.

• Use a proper spring puller, the T-shaped tool that came in the box. If it is long gone, a decent set of pliers is second best.
• Wear gloves and safety glasses. Not sunglasses. Actual glasses.
• Pull them in a pattern, going round the circle taking every fourth spring, then every fourth of what is left. Working round in sequence puts the whole remaining load on fewer and fewer springs and the last ten come out like bullets.
• Keep your face out of the arc, and pull towards yourself and down, not across your body.

3. Then the mat and the padding. They lift straight off once the springs are gone.

4. Then the frame. Rings first, then legs. Expect at least a few bolts to be seized solid. Some penetrating oil the night before saves an argument, and a hacksaw finishes the ones that will not shift.

You now have a pile of steel tube, a bag of springs, a mat, foam padding and a net. Those go to different places, which is the next bit.

Can the frame go to scrap?

Yes. A trampoline frame is steel tube, usually galvanised, and scrap yards take it. Bring it clean, meaning no mat, no foam, no plastic caps, just metal, and it goes in as light iron.

Manage your expectations on the money. Light iron scrap is priced per tonne and a 12ft trampoline frame is a small fraction of one. You will not pay for your diesel. What you get is free disposal of the heaviest part of the job, which is worth something on its own.

Take photo ID. Under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 a dealer must verify your full name and address from a reliable document before taking the metal, and it is an offence to buy scrap metal for cash, with no exemptions. Payment comes by bank transfer or a non-transferable cheque. Anyone offering you notes out of a pocket is breaking the law, which tells you what else they are relaxed about.

The springs go with the frame as metal. The mat, the foam padding and the net do not. They are woven polypropylene, PVC and foam, they are not recyclable in any normal kerbside sense, and they go in as general waste.

Best for: anyone who has already dismantled it and has a car with the seats down. Bad for: anyone hoping to make money.

The tip and the council

The tip. Leeds household waste recycling centres take scrap metal and general waste, and they are free if you live inside the Leeds boundary, so a dismantled trampoline splits across the two. They will not take it assembled, and you would not get it there anyway. Check the accepted materials on leeds.gov.uk before you go. A car, estate or SUV needs no permit. A van or trailer does, and you apply for it in advance rather than at the gate.

The frame tubes on a 14ft trampoline are long. Measure your boot before you assume this is free.

The council bulky collection. Leeds gives most households one free bulky item collection per financial year, up to five items. A trampoline is not on the council’s published accepted list, which runs to furniture, carpets, doors, electrical appliances and garden waste, so it is worth a phone call rather than an assumption. Nothing over 6ft x 4ft is taken either, so it would have to be dismantled regardless. If they do accept it, you still take it apart and carry every piece to the kerbside yourself before 7am, and you wait for a slot.

Best for: patient people with a free annual collection unused. Bad for: anyone who needs the garden clear this weekend.

What Kruze charges

Trampoline removal is £54. That covers dismantling it, carrying it out, and taking it away, with the steel frame going to metal recycling and a digital waste transfer note under our waste carrier licence CBDU597687.

If you have garden waste going at the same time, that starts from £24.99, and clearing a whole garden usually works out better on our quarter van load rate from £50 than as separate items. Details on the trampoline removal service page.

What you are buying for £54 is not cheapness. The tip is cheaper. You are buying not spending an hour pulling 90 springs, not owning a spring puller, not making two trips with tube sticking out of your back seat, and not discovering that the bolts are seized after you have already taken the net off.

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FAQs

How much does trampoline removal cost in Leeds?

Kruze charges £54 to dismantle a trampoline, carry it out and dispose of it, with the steel frame sent for metal recycling. Garden waste collected at the same time starts from £24.99. If you are clearing a whole garden, a quarter van load from £50 is usually better value.

Can I put a trampoline in the bin?

No. A dismantled trampoline is far too big for a kerbside bin, and the frame is scrap metal rather than general waste. Split it up instead. Steel tube and springs go to the metal container at the tip, and the mat, foam padding and net go in as general waste.

Is a trampoline frame worth anything as scrap?

A little. It is galvanised steel tube and scrap yards take it as light iron, priced per tonne, so a 12ft frame is worth a few pounds rather than a windfall. Strip all mat, foam and plastic off first, and take photo ID, because under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 dealers must verify who they buy from and cannot pay cash.

How do I take the springs off a trampoline safely?

Remove the net and enclosure poles first. Then use a spring puller, gloves and safety glasses, and take springs out in a spread pattern, every fourth one round the circle, rather than in sequence. Working round in order loads the last few springs heavily and they release with real force.

Should I sell my old trampoline instead of scrapping it?

If the mat is untorn, most springs are present, and the frame is straight, yes. List it free on Facebook Marketplace as collection only, buyer dismantles, and it will usually go the same evening. Only rusted, torn or bent trampolines are genuinely worth paying someone to take away.

Will the council collect a trampoline in Leeds?

A trampoline is not on the council’s published accepted list for the free annual bulky collection, so ring and check rather than assume. Nothing over 6ft x 4ft is taken, so it would need dismantling anyway. If they accept it, you still take it apart yourself, carry every piece to the kerbside, and wait for the next available slot.

How long does it take to dismantle a 12ft trampoline?

About an hour with two people and a spring puller. Net and poles first, then springs, then mat and padding, then the frame. Add time for seized bolts, which is most of them after a couple of Yorkshire winters. Penetrating oil the night before helps.

Need it gone this week? Call or WhatsApp Kruze on 07436 120271 for a fixed quote across Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Harrogate and Barnsley.