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.

Mud Mixer Concrete Mixer

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Trey Furlow · Concrete - Mixers

Day
$90
Week
$359
28 days
$1,080

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $360. On the week rate it is $359.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,980. On the 28-day rate it is $1,080.

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 Mud Mixer Concrete Mixer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$90$90—day
2$180$180—day
3$270$270—day
4$360$359you save $1week
5$450$359you save $91week
6$540$359you save $181week
7$630$359you save $271week
8$720$449you save $271week
9$810$539you save $271week
10$900$629you save $271week
11$990$718you save $272week
12$1,080$718you save $362week
13$1,170$718you save $452week
14$1,260$718you save $542week
15$1,350$808you save $542week
16$1,440$898you save $542week
17$1,530$988you save $542week
18$1,620$1,077you save $543week
19$1,710$1,077you save $633week
20$1,800$1,077you save $723week
21$1,890$1,077you save $813week
22$1,980$1,080you save $90028-day
23$2,070$1,080you save $99028-day
24$2,160$1,080you save $1,08028-day
25$2,250$1,080you save $1,17028-day
26$2,340$1,080you save $1,26028-day
27$2,430$1,080you save $1,35028-day
28$2,520$1,080you save $1,44028-day
29$2,610$1,170you save $1,440day
30$2,700$1,260you save $1,440day
31$2,790$1,350you save $1,440day
32$2,880$1,439you save $1,441week
33$2,970$1,439you save $1,531week
34$3,060$1,439you save $1,621week
35$3,150$1,439you save $1,711week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$1,080
Rental protection (RPP)
$162
Service fee
$108
Estimated total
$1,350

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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.