When is it cheaper to rent a 1/2" M18 Black Iron Press Jaw by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $17 day rate would be $68, but the weekly rate caps it at $65.

When is it cheaper to rent a 1/2" M18 Black Iron Press Jaw on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $194 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.

1/2" M18 Black Iron Press Jaw

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Edgar Mendoza · Wrenches - Pipe

Day: $17
Week: $65
28 days: $194

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $68. On the week rate it is $65.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $306. On the 28-day rate it is $194.

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 1/2" M18 Black Iron Press Jaw, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$17	$17	—	day
2	$34	$34	—	day
3	$51	$51	—	day
4	$68	$65	you save $3	week
5	$85	$65	you save $20	week
6	$102	$65	you save $37	week
7	$119	$65	you save $54	week
8	$136	$82	you save $54	week
9	$153	$99	you save $54	week
10	$170	$116	you save $54	week
11	$187	$130	you save $57	week
12	$204	$130	you save $74	week
13	$221	$130	you save $91	week
14	$238	$130	you save $108	week
15	$255	$147	you save $108	week
16	$272	$164	you save $108	week
17	$289	$181	you save $108	week
18	$306	$194	you save $112	28-day
19	$323	$194	you save $129	28-day
20	$340	$194	you save $146	28-day
21	$357	$194	you save $163	28-day
22	$374	$194	you save $180	28-day
23	$391	$194	you save $197	28-day
24	$408	$194	you save $214	28-day
25	$425	$194	you save $231	28-day
26	$442	$194	you save $248	28-day
27	$459	$194	you save $265	28-day
28	$476	$194	you save $282	28-day
29	$493	$211	you save $282	day
30	$510	$228	you save $282	day
31	$527	$245	you save $282	day
32	$544	$259	you save $285	week
33	$561	$259	you save $302	week
34	$578	$259	you save $319	week
35	$595	$259	you save $336	week

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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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.