I've peaked with what I have. I bought my 'collection' online but want to try and avoid that this time round because of shipping costs associated with mailing hundreds of pounds of weights through some obscure random freight carrier.
I have 1-50 lb adjustable dumbbells and 60-80 lb regular dumbells. I need to add to these somehow as cost effectively as possible. Anyone have any advice or estimates to how much it would cost to buy sets of 100-150 lb dumbbells? I live in the Bay Area so I figure there has to be an easy way to do this. The local sports shops here are kind of pathetic though.
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02-08-2008, 07:11 AM #1
Best way to buy 100+ lb dumbells?
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03-27-2009, 12:40 PM #3
craigslist, you can save a ton of money on this, otherwise it's about $1.00/lb for cast hex db's
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03-27-2009, 04:16 PM #7
Keep looking because usually that area is a hotbed for stuff. Are you using craigsliissthelper.com or just craigslist.com ?
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03-27-2009, 07:17 PM #9
They might not match your hexes, but have you considered building some prostyles?
You can watch on CL for the standard plates you'd need, then get the handles off eBay. I'd then go with the plate mates already suggested and make sets in 10 lb increments. The plate mates let you work the interim pairs.
A set like this would be 1500 lbs for pairs from 100 to 150. You could probably do this for around or maybe even under $1000. As long as you can find the plates for less or around fifty cents a pound.
The reality is there is no "cheap" way to buy 1500 lbs of plates unless you get lucky.
The heavy ironmasters up to 165 is a good idea too. But if you use them past 120 you void the warranty.Last edited by Keetman; 03-27-2009 at 07:20 PM.
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03-27-2009, 08:12 PM #11
I didn't say build spinlocks. Why would I suggest you buy 1500 lbs of plates to use with spinlocks? I said build prostyle dumbbells with standard plates that are on fixed dumbbell handles. Prostyles ARE fixed dumbbells, nice ones at that.
Like this:
Or these (This is my entire set of prostyles; 5-85lbs right now and soon to be up to 110 lbers....all in 5 lb increments):
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03-27-2009, 08:25 PM #12
http://longisland.craigslist.org/spo/1078074946.html
A couple of heavy sets here if you want to travel and make a day out of it .
Seriously tho..the Tri-State area had alot of bodybuilders per square mile than most places.
If you wait it out they will show up as I've seen them from time to time.
I also seen hexes tonight somewhere but can't find it now..They were very heavy ones too."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."~~~Benjamin Franklin
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03-28-2009, 09:50 PM #15
It's worth checking around on freight quotes. They can vary a lot depending on the company and where it's shipping from. A lot of companies are hurting for customers and may be more willing to get you a custom freight quote, or even eat some of the cost, than in the past.
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03-29-2009, 12:16 PM #23
im having trouble using that searchtempest. im looking for 110-140 pounds dbs. i search dumbells and a lot of 40 pound ones come up si put 110 dumbells and i get nothing..like not even no listings just that my search terms werent good. what do you guys put? when i put in heavy dumbells i got heavy duty trucks and tools!
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It won't save you from having to look through a lot of useless listings. It will just help you find all of them close to you. It can only serch the words the writer puts in. If they put in "Dumbbells for sale", "two 140 two 200" it won't find anything for heavy at all.
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Sometimes the local paper has a listing. I saw that Centrex in Middletown is auctioning off some extra equipment. Instead of doing it themselves the owners hired a firm. The auction is next Saturday in the morning:
http://www.theauctioneersgroup.com/a...l.php?id=40437
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