When is it cheaper to rent a Multi Fold Ladder up to 20’ by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $50 day rate would be $200, but the weekly rate caps it at $180.

When is it cheaper to rent a Multi Fold Ladder up to 20’ on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $580 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.

Multi Fold Ladder up to 20’

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Zachary Reichelt · Ladder - Multi-Purpose

Day: $50
Week: $180
28 days: $580

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $200. On the week rate it is $180.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,100. On the 28-day rate it is $580.

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 Multi Fold Ladder up to 20’, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$50	$50	—	day
2	$100	$100	—	day
3	$150	$150	—	day
4	$200	$180	you save $20	week
5	$250	$180	you save $70	week
6	$300	$180	you save $120	week
7	$350	$180	you save $170	week
8	$400	$230	you save $170	week
9	$450	$280	you save $170	week
10	$500	$330	you save $170	week
11	$550	$360	you save $190	week
12	$600	$360	you save $240	week
13	$650	$360	you save $290	week
14	$700	$360	you save $340	week
15	$750	$410	you save $340	week
16	$800	$460	you save $340	week
17	$850	$510	you save $340	week
18	$900	$540	you save $360	week
19	$950	$540	you save $410	week
20	$1,000	$540	you save $460	week
21	$1,050	$540	you save $510	week
22	$1,100	$580	you save $520	28-day
23	$1,150	$580	you save $570	28-day
24	$1,200	$580	you save $620	28-day
25	$1,250	$580	you save $670	28-day
26	$1,300	$580	you save $720	28-day
27	$1,350	$580	you save $770	28-day
28	$1,400	$580	you save $820	28-day
29	$1,450	$630	you save $820	day
30	$1,500	$680	you save $820	day
31	$1,550	$730	you save $820	day
32	$1,600	$760	you save $840	week
33	$1,650	$760	you save $890	week
34	$1,700	$760	you save $940	week
35	$1,750	$760	you save $990	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 · 22 days: $580
Rental protection (RPP): $87
Service fee: $58
Estimated total: $725

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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.