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.
Hugrove 180nx Pressure Washer
See the listing →Tim Cayer · Pressure Washers
- Day
- $50.15
- Week
- $200.75
- 28 days
- $556.25
Daily stops winning on
day 5
5 days at the day rate would be $250.75. On the week rate it is $200.75.
Weekly stops winning on
day 18
18 days at the day rate would be $902.70. On the 28-day rate it is $556.25.
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.
| Days | At the day rate | On the ladder | Difference | Rate in play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50.15 | $50.15 | — | day |
| 2 | $100.30 | $100.30 | — | day |
| 3 | $150.45 | $150.45 | — | day |
| 4 | $200.60 | $200.60 | — | day |
| 5 | $250.75 | $200.75 | you save $50 | week |
| 6 | $300.90 | $200.75 | you save $100.15 | week |
| 7 | $351.05 | $200.75 | you save $150.30 | week |
| 8 | $401.20 | $250.90 | you save $150.30 | week |
| 9 | $451.35 | $301.05 | you save $150.30 | week |
| 10 | $501.50 | $351.20 | you save $150.30 | week |
| 11 | $551.65 | $401.35 | you save $150.30 | week |
| 12 | $601.80 | $401.50 | you save $200.30 | week |
| 13 | $651.95 | $401.50 | you save $250.45 | week |
| 14 | $702.10 | $401.50 | you save $300.60 | week |
| 15 | $752.25 | $451.65 | you save $300.60 | week |
| 16 | $802.40 | $501.80 | you save $300.60 | week |
| 17 | $852.55 | $551.95 | you save $300.60 | week |
| 18 | $902.70 | $556.25 | you save $346.45 | 28-day |
| 19 | $952.85 | $556.25 | you save $396.60 | 28-day |
| 20 | $1,003 | $556.25 | you save $446.75 | 28-day |
| 21 | $1,053.15 | $556.25 | you save $496.90 | 28-day |
| 22 | $1,103.30 | $556.25 | you save $547.05 | 28-day |
| 23 | $1,153.45 | $556.25 | you save $597.20 | 28-day |
| 24 | $1,203.60 | $556.25 | you save $647.35 | 28-day |
| 25 | $1,253.75 | $556.25 | you save $697.50 | 28-day |
| 26 | $1,303.90 | $556.25 | you save $747.65 | 28-day |
| 27 | $1,354.05 | $556.25 | you save $797.80 | 28-day |
| 28 | $1,404.20 | $556.25 | you save $847.95 | 28-day |
| 29 | $1,454.35 | $606.40 | you save $847.95 | day |
| 30 | $1,504.50 | $656.55 | you save $847.95 | day |
| 31 | $1,554.65 | $706.70 | you save $847.95 | day |
| 32 | $1,604.80 | $756.85 | you save $847.95 | day |
| 33 | $1,654.95 | $757 | you save $897.95 | week |
| 34 | $1,705.10 | $757 | you save $948.10 | week |
| 35 | $1,755.25 | $757 | you save $998.25 | 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 · 18 days
- $556.25
- Rental protection (RPP)
- $83.44
- Service fee
- $55.63
- Estimated total
- $695.32
Pick a listing
The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.
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1000 Gallon Water TrailerSimon Equipment Rentals · Simon Equipment Rentals · Monrovia, California$124/day · $372/wk · $1,116/mo
1000 lb. Capacity Engine Support BarIan Gardner · Ian Gardner · Pikeville, North Carolina$35/day · $125/wk · $390/mo
1000lb transmission jackRon Myers · Ron Myers · Chattanooga, Tennessee$65/day · $225/wk · $350/mo
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100kw propane generator portablezach miller · zach miller · mount Juliet, Tennessee$590/day · $1,400/wk · $2,850/mo
100 lb. Vinyl RollerJason Morris · Jason Morris · Abilene, Texas$25/day · $122/wk · $450/mo
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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.