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.

Concrete Mixer

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Jordan Lilley · Concrete - Mixers

Day
$15.99
Week
$75
28 days
$300

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $79.95. On the week rate it is $75.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $415.74. On the 28-day rate it is $300.

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 Concrete Mixer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$15.99$15.99—day
2$31.98$31.98—day
3$47.97$47.97—day
4$63.96$63.96—day
5$79.95$75you save $4.95week
6$95.94$75you save $20.94week
7$111.93$75you save $36.93week
8$127.92$90.99you save $36.93week
9$143.91$106.98you save $36.93week
10$159.90$122.97you save $36.93week
11$175.89$138.96you save $36.93week
12$191.88$150you save $41.88week
13$207.87$150you save $57.87week
14$223.86$150you save $73.86week
15$239.85$165.99you save $73.86week
16$255.84$181.98you save $73.86week
17$271.83$197.97you save $73.86week
18$287.82$213.96you save $73.86week
19$303.81$225you save $78.81week
20$319.80$225you save $94.80week
21$335.79$225you save $110.79week
22$351.78$240.99you save $110.79week
23$367.77$256.98you save $110.79week
24$383.76$272.97you save $110.79week
25$399.75$288.96you save $110.79week
26$415.74$300you save $115.7428-day
27$431.73$300you save $131.7328-day
28$447.72$300you save $147.7228-day
29$463.71$315.99you save $147.72day
30$479.70$331.98you save $147.72day
31$495.69$347.97you save $147.72day
32$511.68$363.96you save $147.72day
33$527.67$375you save $152.67week
34$543.66$375you save $168.66week
35$559.65$375you save $184.65week

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
$300
Rental protection (RPP)
$45
Service fee
$30
Estimated total
$375

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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.