Pratt Trucking

Pratt Trucking is a family-run Oxford, Massachusetts trash and recycling hauler with deep roots — the company's own site says three generations of the Pratt family have worked the Webster area for more than 85 years, dating to 1933, and moved its base to Oxford in 2011. BBB rates it A+, though the business isn't BBB-accredited. Neighbors on Nextdoor across several south Worcester County towns describe Pratt as reliable: one customer says they've had every-other-week pickup for 28 years and calls the service 'reliable & reasonable,' with a senior discount and responsive phone support; others in Charlton and Sutton separately describe good service and reasonable pricing, and one says Pratt 'never misses a day.' A couple of customers have switched away, mostly over price rather than service quality — one left for a competitor charging $10 less a month (while noting that competitor keeps rescheduling pickups), another moved to a different hauler but called Pratt 'not too bad.' One thing worth asking about directly: a 2024 waste-industry trade report lists Pratt Trucking among smaller haulers whose assets were purchased as part of larger companies' roll-up acquisitions that year, even as the company's own site continues to describe itself as family-owned and family-run. It isn't clear from what's available whether that reflects a partial sale, a full acquisition still operating under the same name, or something else — worth confirming who actually owns and runs the route today. For routine residential trash and recycling pickup in the Webster/Oxford/Charlton area, neighbors' experience points toward a dependable, long-running local hauler — just compare current pricing against other options and ask about that 2024 ownership news before signing up.