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.

Plate tamper/compactor

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Eldon Martin · Compactors - Hand Held Rammers

Day
$80
Week
$200
28 days
$650

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $240. On the week rate it is $200.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,760. On the 28-day rate it is $650.

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 Plate tamper/compactor, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$80$80—day
2$160$160—day
3$240$200you save $40week
4$320$200you save $120week
5$400$200you save $200week
6$480$200you save $280week
7$560$200you save $360week
8$640$280you save $360week
9$720$360you save $360week
10$800$400you save $400week
11$880$400you save $480week
12$960$400you save $560week
13$1,040$400you save $640week
14$1,120$400you save $720week
15$1,200$480you save $720week
16$1,280$560you save $720week
17$1,360$600you save $760week
18$1,440$600you save $840week
19$1,520$600you save $920week
20$1,600$600you save $1,000week
21$1,680$600you save $1,080week
22$1,760$650you save $1,11028-day
23$1,840$650you save $1,19028-day
24$1,920$650you save $1,27028-day
25$2,000$650you save $1,35028-day
26$2,080$650you save $1,43028-day
27$2,160$650you save $1,51028-day
28$2,240$650you save $1,59028-day
29$2,320$730you save $1,590day
30$2,400$810you save $1,590day
31$2,480$850you save $1,630week
32$2,560$850you save $1,710week
33$2,640$850you save $1,790week
34$2,720$850you save $1,870week
35$2,800$850you save $1,950week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.