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.

24ft extension ladder with leveling legs

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fred stone · Ladder - Extension

Day
$50
Week
$155
28 days
$475

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $200. On the week rate it is $155.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,100. On the 28-day rate it is $475.

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 24ft extension ladder with leveling legs, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$50$50—day
2$100$100—day
3$150$150—day
4$200$155you save $45week
5$250$155you save $95week
6$300$155you save $145week
7$350$155you save $195week
8$400$205you save $195week
9$450$255you save $195week
10$500$305you save $195week
11$550$310you save $240week
12$600$310you save $290week
13$650$310you save $340week
14$700$310you save $390week
15$750$360you save $390week
16$800$410you save $390week
17$850$460you save $390week
18$900$465you save $435week
19$950$465you save $485week
20$1,000$465you save $535week
21$1,050$465you save $585week
22$1,100$475you save $62528-day
23$1,150$475you save $67528-day
24$1,200$475you save $72528-day
25$1,250$475you save $77528-day
26$1,300$475you save $82528-day
27$1,350$475you save $87528-day
28$1,400$475you save $92528-day
29$1,450$525you save $925day
30$1,500$575you save $925day
31$1,550$625you save $925day
32$1,600$630you save $970week
33$1,650$630you save $1,020week
34$1,700$630you save $1,070week
35$1,750$630you save $1,120week

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.