When is it cheaper to rent a Demolition hammer by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $78 day rate would be $468, but the weekly rate caps it at $400.

When is it cheaper to rent a Demolition hammer on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $850 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.

Demolition hammer

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Petr Sidlo · Hammers - Demolition

Day: $78
Week: $400
28 days: $850

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $468. On the week rate it is $400.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $1,170. 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 Demolition hammer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$78	$78	—	day
2	$156	$156	—	day
3	$234	$234	—	day
4	$312	$312	—	day
5	$390	$390	—	day
6	$468	$400	you save $68	week
7	$546	$400	you save $146	week
8	$624	$478	you save $146	week
9	$702	$556	you save $146	week
10	$780	$634	you save $146	week
11	$858	$712	you save $146	week
12	$936	$790	you save $146	week
13	$1,014	$800	you save $214	week
14	$1,092	$800	you save $292	week
15	$1,170	$850	you save $320	28-day
16	$1,248	$850	you save $398	28-day
17	$1,326	$850	you save $476	28-day
18	$1,404	$850	you save $554	28-day
19	$1,482	$850	you save $632	28-day
20	$1,560	$850	you save $710	28-day
21	$1,638	$850	you save $788	28-day
22	$1,716	$850	you save $866	28-day
23	$1,794	$850	you save $944	28-day
24	$1,872	$850	you save $1,022	28-day
25	$1,950	$850	you save $1,100	28-day
26	$2,028	$850	you save $1,178	28-day
27	$2,106	$850	you save $1,256	28-day
28	$2,184	$850	you save $1,334	28-day
29	$2,262	$928	you save $1,334	day
30	$2,340	$1,006	you save $1,334	day
31	$2,418	$1,084	you save $1,334	day
32	$2,496	$1,162	you save $1,334	day
33	$2,574	$1,240	you save $1,334	day
34	$2,652	$1,250	you save $1,402	week
35	$2,730	$1,250	you save $1,480	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 · 15 days: $850
Rental protection (RPP): $127.50
Service fee: $85
Estimated total: $1,062.50

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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.