When is it cheaper to rent a Plate compactor by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $80 day rate would be $400, but the weekly rate caps it at $375.

When is it cheaper to rent a Plate compactor on the 28-day rate?

From day 19. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,100 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.

Plate compactor

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Nathan St Pierre · Compactors - Vibratory Plate

Day: $80
Week: $375
28 days: $1,100

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $400. On the week rate it is $375.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,520. On the 28-day rate it is $1,100.

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 Plate compactor, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$80	$80	—	day
2	$160	$160	—	day
3	$240	$240	—	day
4	$320	$320	—	day
5	$400	$375	you save $25	week
6	$480	$375	you save $105	week
7	$560	$375	you save $185	week
8	$640	$455	you save $185	week
9	$720	$535	you save $185	week
10	$800	$615	you save $185	week
11	$880	$695	you save $185	week
12	$960	$750	you save $210	week
13	$1,040	$750	you save $290	week
14	$1,120	$750	you save $370	week
15	$1,200	$830	you save $370	week
16	$1,280	$910	you save $370	week
17	$1,360	$990	you save $370	week
18	$1,440	$1,070	you save $370	week
19	$1,520	$1,100	you save $420	28-day
20	$1,600	$1,100	you save $500	28-day
21	$1,680	$1,100	you save $580	28-day
22	$1,760	$1,100	you save $660	28-day
23	$1,840	$1,100	you save $740	28-day
24	$1,920	$1,100	you save $820	28-day
25	$2,000	$1,100	you save $900	28-day
26	$2,080	$1,100	you save $980	28-day
27	$2,160	$1,100	you save $1,060	28-day
28	$2,240	$1,100	you save $1,140	28-day
29	$2,320	$1,180	you save $1,140	day
30	$2,400	$1,260	you save $1,140	day
31	$2,480	$1,340	you save $1,140	day
32	$2,560	$1,420	you save $1,140	day
33	$2,640	$1,475	you save $1,165	week
34	$2,720	$1,475	you save $1,245	week
35	$2,800	$1,475	you save $1,325	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 · 19 days: $1,100
Rental protection (RPP): $165
Service fee: $110
Estimated total: $1,375

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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.