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.

Terex RL4 6 kW Light Tower

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James Taylor · Lighting - Light Towers

Day
$110
Week
$330
28 days
$625

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $440. On the week rate it is $330.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $1,100. On the 28-day rate it is $625.

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 Terex RL4 6 kW Light Tower, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$110$110—day
2$220$220—day
3$330$330—day
4$440$330you save $110week
5$550$330you save $220week
6$660$330you save $330week
7$770$330you save $440week
8$880$440you save $440week
9$990$550you save $440week
10$1,100$625you save $47528-day
11$1,210$625you save $58528-day
12$1,320$625you save $69528-day
13$1,430$625you save $80528-day
14$1,540$625you save $91528-day
15$1,650$625you save $1,02528-day
16$1,760$625you save $1,13528-day
17$1,870$625you save $1,24528-day
18$1,980$625you save $1,35528-day
19$2,090$625you save $1,46528-day
20$2,200$625you save $1,57528-day
21$2,310$625you save $1,68528-day
22$2,420$625you save $1,79528-day
23$2,530$625you save $1,90528-day
24$2,640$625you save $2,01528-day
25$2,750$625you save $2,12528-day
26$2,860$625you save $2,23528-day
27$2,970$625you save $2,34528-day
28$3,080$625you save $2,45528-day
29$3,190$735you save $2,455day
30$3,300$845you save $2,455day
31$3,410$955you save $2,455day
32$3,520$955you save $2,565week
33$3,630$955you save $2,675week
34$3,740$955you save $2,785week
35$3,850$955you save $2,895week

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.