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.

Mikasa plate compactor MVC-50H

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Frank Damico · Compactors - Vibratory Plate

Day
$45
Week
$180
28 days
$440

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $225. On the week rate it is $180.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $720. On the 28-day rate it is $440.

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 Mikasa plate compactor MVC-50H, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$45$45—day
2$90$90—day
3$135$135—day
4$180$180—day
5$225$180you save $45week
6$270$180you save $90week
7$315$180you save $135week
8$360$225you save $135week
9$405$270you save $135week
10$450$315you save $135week
11$495$360you save $135week
12$540$360you save $180week
13$585$360you save $225week
14$630$360you save $270week
15$675$405you save $270week
16$720$440you save $28028-day
17$765$440you save $32528-day
18$810$440you save $37028-day
19$855$440you save $41528-day
20$900$440you save $46028-day
21$945$440you save $50528-day
22$990$440you save $55028-day
23$1,035$440you save $59528-day
24$1,080$440you save $64028-day
25$1,125$440you save $68528-day
26$1,170$440you save $73028-day
27$1,215$440you save $77528-day
28$1,260$440you save $82028-day
29$1,305$485you save $820day
30$1,350$530you save $820day
31$1,395$575you save $820day
32$1,440$620you save $820day
33$1,485$620you save $865week
34$1,530$620you save $910week
35$1,575$620you save $955week

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.