When is it cheaper to rent a Werner 20-Foot Extension Ladder by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $19.09 day rate would be $95.45, but the weekly rate caps it at $78.

When is it cheaper to rent a Werner 20-Foot Extension Ladder on the 28-day rate?

From day 16. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $192 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.

Werner 20-Foot Extension Ladder

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Joshua Heath · Ladder - Extension

Day: $19.09
Week: $78
28 days: $192

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $95.45. On the week rate it is $78.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $305.44. On the 28-day rate it is $192.

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 Werner 20-Foot Extension Ladder, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$19.09	$19.09	—	day
2	$38.18	$38.18	—	day
3	$57.27	$57.27	—	day
4	$76.36	$76.36	—	day
5	$95.45	$78	you save $17.45	week
6	$114.54	$78	you save $36.54	week
7	$133.63	$78	you save $55.63	week
8	$152.72	$97.09	you save $55.63	week
9	$171.81	$116.18	you save $55.63	week
10	$190.90	$135.27	you save $55.63	week
11	$209.99	$154.36	you save $55.63	week
12	$229.08	$156	you save $73.08	week
13	$248.17	$156	you save $92.17	week
14	$267.26	$156	you save $111.26	week
15	$286.35	$175.09	you save $111.26	week
16	$305.44	$192	you save $113.44	28-day
17	$324.53	$192	you save $132.53	28-day
18	$343.62	$192	you save $151.62	28-day
19	$362.71	$192	you save $170.71	28-day
20	$381.80	$192	you save $189.80	28-day
21	$400.89	$192	you save $208.89	28-day
22	$419.98	$192	you save $227.98	28-day
23	$439.07	$192	you save $247.07	28-day
24	$458.16	$192	you save $266.16	28-day
25	$477.25	$192	you save $285.25	28-day
26	$496.34	$192	you save $304.34	28-day
27	$515.43	$192	you save $323.43	28-day
28	$534.52	$192	you save $342.52	28-day
29	$553.61	$211.09	you save $342.52	day
30	$572.70	$230.18	you save $342.52	day
31	$591.79	$249.27	you save $342.52	day
32	$610.88	$268.36	you save $342.52	day
33	$629.97	$270	you save $359.97	week
34	$649.06	$270	you save $379.06	week
35	$668.15	$270	you save $398.15	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 · 16 days: $192
Rental protection (RPP): $28.80
Service fee: $19.20
Estimated total: $240

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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.