When is it cheaper to rent a Light Tower by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $145 day rate would be $870, but the weekly rate caps it at $725.

When is it cheaper to rent a Light Tower on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,900 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Light Tower

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Chase Lauzon · Lighting - Light Towers

Day: $145
Week: $725
28 days: $2,900

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $870. On the week rate it is $725.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $3,770. On the 28-day rate it is $2,900.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Light Tower, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$145	$145	—	day
2	$290	$290	—	day
3	$435	$435	—	day
4	$580	$580	—	day
5	$725	$725	—	day
6	$870	$725	you save $145	week
7	$1,015	$725	you save $290	week
8	$1,160	$870	you save $290	week
9	$1,305	$1,015	you save $290	week
10	$1,450	$1,160	you save $290	week
11	$1,595	$1,305	you save $290	week
12	$1,740	$1,450	you save $290	week
13	$1,885	$1,450	you save $435	week
14	$2,030	$1,450	you save $580	week
15	$2,175	$1,595	you save $580	week
16	$2,320	$1,740	you save $580	week
17	$2,465	$1,885	you save $580	week
18	$2,610	$2,030	you save $580	week
19	$2,755	$2,175	you save $580	week
20	$2,900	$2,175	you save $725	week
21	$3,045	$2,175	you save $870	week
22	$3,190	$2,320	you save $870	week
23	$3,335	$2,465	you save $870	week
24	$3,480	$2,610	you save $870	week
25	$3,625	$2,755	you save $870	week
26	$3,770	$2,900	you save $870	28-day
27	$3,915	$2,900	you save $1,015	28-day
28	$4,060	$2,900	you save $1,160	28-day
29	$4,205	$3,045	you save $1,160	day
30	$4,350	$3,190	you save $1,160	day
31	$4,495	$3,335	you save $1,160	day
32	$4,640	$3,480	you save $1,160	day
33	$4,785	$3,625	you save $1,160	day
34	$4,930	$3,625	you save $1,305	week
35	$5,075	$3,625	you save $1,450	week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days: $2,900
Rental protection (RPP): $435
Service fee: $290
Estimated total: $3,625

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Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.