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.

Scissor Lift

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Bulb Daddy · Lifts - Scissor - Electric

Day
$200
Week
$448
28 days
$960

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $600. On the week rate it is $448.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $3,000. On the 28-day rate it is $960.

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 Scissor Lift, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$200$200—day
2$400$400—day
3$600$448you save $152week
4$800$448you save $352week
5$1,000$448you save $552week
6$1,200$448you save $752week
7$1,400$448you save $952week
8$1,600$648you save $952week
9$1,800$848you save $952week
10$2,000$896you save $1,104week
11$2,200$896you save $1,304week
12$2,400$896you save $1,504week
13$2,600$896you save $1,704week
14$2,800$896you save $1,904week
15$3,000$960you save $2,04028-day
16$3,200$960you save $2,24028-day
17$3,400$960you save $2,44028-day
18$3,600$960you save $2,64028-day
19$3,800$960you save $2,84028-day
20$4,000$960you save $3,04028-day
21$4,200$960you save $3,24028-day
22$4,400$960you save $3,44028-day
23$4,600$960you save $3,64028-day
24$4,800$960you save $3,84028-day
25$5,000$960you save $4,04028-day
26$5,200$960you save $4,24028-day
27$5,400$960you save $4,44028-day
28$5,600$960you save $4,64028-day
29$5,800$1,160you save $4,640day
30$6,000$1,360you save $4,640day
31$6,200$1,408you save $4,792week
32$6,400$1,408you save $4,992week
33$6,600$1,408you save $5,192week
34$6,800$1,408you save $5,392week
35$7,000$1,408you save $5,592week

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
$960
Rental protection (RPP)
$144
Service fee
$96
Estimated total
$1,200

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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.