When is it cheaper to rent a 45-Foot Articulating Lift by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $275 day rate would be $1,100, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,097.

When is it cheaper to rent a 45-Foot Articulating Lift on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,300 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.

45-Foot Articulating Lift

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Paul Michael · Manlifts - Boom - Articulating - Electric

Day: $275
Week: $1,097
28 days: $3,300

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,100. On the week rate it is $1,097.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $6,050. On the 28-day rate it is $3,300.

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 45-Foot Articulating Lift, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$275	$275	—	day
2	$550	$550	—	day
3	$825	$825	—	day
4	$1,100	$1,097	you save $3	week
5	$1,375	$1,097	you save $278	week
6	$1,650	$1,097	you save $553	week
7	$1,925	$1,097	you save $828	week
8	$2,200	$1,372	you save $828	week
9	$2,475	$1,647	you save $828	week
10	$2,750	$1,922	you save $828	week
11	$3,025	$2,194	you save $831	week
12	$3,300	$2,194	you save $1,106	week
13	$3,575	$2,194	you save $1,381	week
14	$3,850	$2,194	you save $1,656	week
15	$4,125	$2,469	you save $1,656	week
16	$4,400	$2,744	you save $1,656	week
17	$4,675	$3,019	you save $1,656	week
18	$4,950	$3,291	you save $1,659	week
19	$5,225	$3,291	you save $1,934	week
20	$5,500	$3,291	you save $2,209	week
21	$5,775	$3,291	you save $2,484	week
22	$6,050	$3,300	you save $2,750	28-day
23	$6,325	$3,300	you save $3,025	28-day
24	$6,600	$3,300	you save $3,300	28-day
25	$6,875	$3,300	you save $3,575	28-day
26	$7,150	$3,300	you save $3,850	28-day
27	$7,425	$3,300	you save $4,125	28-day
28	$7,700	$3,300	you save $4,400	28-day
29	$7,975	$3,575	you save $4,400	day
30	$8,250	$3,850	you save $4,400	day
31	$8,525	$4,125	you save $4,400	day
32	$8,800	$4,397	you save $4,403	week
33	$9,075	$4,397	you save $4,678	week
34	$9,350	$4,397	you save $4,953	week
35	$9,625	$4,397	you save $5,228	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 · 22 days: $3,300
Rental protection (RPP): $495
Service fee: $330
Estimated total: $4,125

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.