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.

Scissor Lift 19ft

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Matt Miles · Lifts - Scissor - Electric

Day
$200
Week
$350
28 days
$490

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $400. On the week rate it is $350.

Weekly stops winning on

day 8

8 days at the day rate would be $1,600. On the 28-day rate it is $490.

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 Scissor Lift 19ft, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$200$200—day
2$400$350you save $50week
3$600$350you save $250week
4$800$350you save $450week
5$1,000$350you save $650week
6$1,200$350you save $850week
7$1,400$350you save $1,050week
8$1,600$490you save $1,11028-day
9$1,800$490you save $1,31028-day
10$2,000$490you save $1,51028-day
11$2,200$490you save $1,71028-day
12$2,400$490you save $1,91028-day
13$2,600$490you save $2,11028-day
14$2,800$490you save $2,31028-day
15$3,000$490you save $2,51028-day
16$3,200$490you save $2,71028-day
17$3,400$490you save $2,91028-day
18$3,600$490you save $3,11028-day
19$3,800$490you save $3,31028-day
20$4,000$490you save $3,51028-day
21$4,200$490you save $3,71028-day
22$4,400$490you save $3,91028-day
23$4,600$490you save $4,11028-day
24$4,800$490you save $4,31028-day
25$5,000$490you save $4,51028-day
26$5,200$490you save $4,71028-day
27$5,400$490you save $4,91028-day
28$5,600$490you save $5,11028-day
29$5,800$690you save $5,110day
30$6,000$840you save $5,160week
31$6,200$840you save $5,360week
32$6,400$840you save $5,560week
33$6,600$840you save $5,760week
34$6,800$840you save $5,960week
35$7,000$840you save $6,160week

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.