When is it cheaper to rent a 1850lb Plate Compactor by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $98 day rate would be $490, but the weekly rate caps it at $392.

When is it cheaper to rent a 1850lb Plate Compactor on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,174 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.

1850lb Plate Compactor

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Abigail Greenfield · Compactors - Vibratory Plate

Day: $98
Week: $392
28 days: $1,174

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $490. On the week rate it is $392.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,764. On the 28-day rate it is $1,174.

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 1850lb Plate Compactor, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$98	$98	—	day
2	$196	$196	—	day
3	$294	$294	—	day
4	$392	$392	—	day
5	$490	$392	you save $98	week
6	$588	$392	you save $196	week
7	$686	$392	you save $294	week
8	$784	$490	you save $294	week
9	$882	$588	you save $294	week
10	$980	$686	you save $294	week
11	$1,078	$784	you save $294	week
12	$1,176	$784	you save $392	week
13	$1,274	$784	you save $490	week
14	$1,372	$784	you save $588	week
15	$1,470	$882	you save $588	week
16	$1,568	$980	you save $588	week
17	$1,666	$1,078	you save $588	week
18	$1,764	$1,174	you save $590	28-day
19	$1,862	$1,174	you save $688	28-day
20	$1,960	$1,174	you save $786	28-day
21	$2,058	$1,174	you save $884	28-day
22	$2,156	$1,174	you save $982	28-day
23	$2,254	$1,174	you save $1,080	28-day
24	$2,352	$1,174	you save $1,178	28-day
25	$2,450	$1,174	you save $1,276	28-day
26	$2,548	$1,174	you save $1,374	28-day
27	$2,646	$1,174	you save $1,472	28-day
28	$2,744	$1,174	you save $1,570	28-day
29	$2,842	$1,272	you save $1,570	day
30	$2,940	$1,370	you save $1,570	day
31	$3,038	$1,468	you save $1,570	day
32	$3,136	$1,566	you save $1,570	day
33	$3,234	$1,566	you save $1,668	week
34	$3,332	$1,566	you save $1,766	week
35	$3,430	$1,566	you save $1,864	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.