Posted by: ReductiMat
Rows, shrugs, farmers walk, deads... you'd be surprised how fast you need to go heavy on those once you start training them.
Go take a look at the 5-150lb DB set here:
https://www.roguecanada.ca/rogue-urethane-dumbbells-new
I can get 650 pounds of calibrated steel plates, a rack, bars, tons of attachments, a bench and other misc stuff for half of that.
All depends on your goals. If you have a step in the house and a few diff sized plates kicking around - calf raises, squats are easy peasy. 45lb plates do have handles for walks while shrugging up and the down that one step. You can get weight harnesses at mec. Sizeable gains will take longer without a full set of machines and free weights but your foundation should technically last longer.