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.

Generator

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Dylan Sharrock · Generators - Hybrid

Day
$39
Week
$255
28 days
$850

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $273. On the week rate it is $255.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $936. On the 28-day rate it is $850.

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 Generator, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$39$39—day
2$78$78—day
3$117$117—day
4$156$156—day
5$195$195—day
6$234$234—day
7$273$255you save $18week
8$312$294you save $18week
9$351$333you save $18week
10$390$372you save $18week
11$429$411you save $18week
12$468$450you save $18week
13$507$489you save $18week
14$546$510you save $36week
15$585$549you save $36week
16$624$588you save $36week
17$663$627you save $36week
18$702$666you save $36week
19$741$705you save $36week
20$780$744you save $36week
21$819$765you save $54week
22$858$804you save $54week
23$897$843you save $54week
24$936$850you save $8628-day
25$975$850you save $12528-day
26$1,014$850you save $16428-day
27$1,053$850you save $20328-day
28$1,092$850you save $24228-day
29$1,131$889you save $242day
30$1,170$928you save $242day
31$1,209$967you save $242day
32$1,248$1,006you save $242day
33$1,287$1,045you save $242day
34$1,326$1,084you save $242day
35$1,365$1,105you save $260week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 24 days
$850
Rental protection (RPP)
$127.50
Service fee
$85
Estimated total
$1,062.50

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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.