When is it cheaper to rent a Sany 225CLC Excavator by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $1,550 day rate would be $6,200, but the weekly rate caps it at $6,185.

When is it cheaper to rent a Sany 225CLC Excavator on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $17,205 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.

Sany 225CLC Excavator

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Kevin Jones · Excavators - Crawler

Day: $1,550
Week: $6,185
28 days: $17,205

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $6,200. On the week rate it is $6,185.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $27,900. On the 28-day rate it is $17,205.

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 Sany 225CLC Excavator, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$1,550	$1,550	—	day
2	$3,100	$3,100	—	day
3	$4,650	$4,650	—	day
4	$6,200	$6,185	you save $15	week
5	$7,750	$6,185	you save $1,565	week
6	$9,300	$6,185	you save $3,115	week
7	$10,850	$6,185	you save $4,665	week
8	$12,400	$7,735	you save $4,665	week
9	$13,950	$9,285	you save $4,665	week
10	$15,500	$10,835	you save $4,665	week
11	$17,050	$12,370	you save $4,680	week
12	$18,600	$12,370	you save $6,230	week
13	$20,150	$12,370	you save $7,780	week
14	$21,700	$12,370	you save $9,330	week
15	$23,250	$13,920	you save $9,330	week
16	$24,800	$15,470	you save $9,330	week
17	$26,350	$17,020	you save $9,330	week
18	$27,900	$17,205	you save $10,695	28-day
19	$29,450	$17,205	you save $12,245	28-day
20	$31,000	$17,205	you save $13,795	28-day
21	$32,550	$17,205	you save $15,345	28-day
22	$34,100	$17,205	you save $16,895	28-day
23	$35,650	$17,205	you save $18,445	28-day
24	$37,200	$17,205	you save $19,995	28-day
25	$38,750	$17,205	you save $21,545	28-day
26	$40,300	$17,205	you save $23,095	28-day
27	$41,850	$17,205	you save $24,645	28-day
28	$43,400	$17,205	you save $26,195	28-day
29	$44,950	$18,755	you save $26,195	day
30	$46,500	$20,305	you save $26,195	day
31	$48,050	$21,855	you save $26,195	day
32	$49,600	$23,390	you save $26,210	week
33	$51,150	$23,390	you save $27,760	week
34	$52,700	$23,390	you save $29,310	week
35	$54,250	$23,390	you save $30,860	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 · 18 days: $17,205
Rental protection (RPP): $2,580.75
Service fee: $1,720.50
Estimated total: $21,506.25

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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.