Heavy equipment ship-by-weight, barbells, bumper plates, racks, how?

The pricing reality: a pair of 45-lb bumper plates is 90 lb in one box (UPS Ground hates it). A full barbell + plate set is 350+ lb on a pallet (LTL). Customer experience needs to handle both cleanly.

The stack:

• ShipperHQ + Easyship rate per weight band + dimensions + freight class (NMFC code).
• UPS / FedEx Ground for individual items <150 lb (single bumper plate, single barbell, weight rack components).
• LTL freight (R+L, Old Dominion) for orders >150 lb (full plate sets, complete racks, multi-item orders).
• Pickup option for local gyms / customers willing to pick up at the warehouse, toggled on PDP. Saves $80, $300 on freight.
• Freight-class break for commercial accounts, B2B buyers ordering 10+ bumper plate pairs often qualify for a freight-class break the LCM rep needs to flag in the cart. B2B custom-rate-override extension handles that.

The Rogue Fitness playbook: show the customer the all-in landed price before add-to-cart, with the freight charge broken out. Don’t hide $80 freight at checkout, that’s the #1 reason customers abandon. Rogue does this perfectly; copy the pattern.