Break-even duration

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a 2-Story Rolling Scaffolding Tower w/ 1,000lb load capacity by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $51 day rate would be $204, but the weekly rate caps it at $170.

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a 2-Story Rolling Scaffolding Tower w/ 1,000lb load capacity on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $510 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

2-Story Rolling Scaffolding Tower w/ 1,000lb load capacity

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Garrett Stevens · Scaffolding - Interior - Tower - No Stairs - Rolling

Day: $51
Week: $170
28 days: $510

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $204. On the week rate it is $170.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $918. On the 28-day rate it is $510.

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 2-Story Rolling Scaffolding Tower w/ 1,000lb load capacity, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$51	$51	—	day
2	$102	$102	—	day
3	$153	$153	—	day
4	$204	$170	you save $34	week
5	$255	$170	you save $85	week
6	$306	$170	you save $136	week
7	$357	$170	you save $187	week
8	$408	$221	you save $187	week
9	$459	$272	you save $187	week
10	$510	$323	you save $187	week
11	$561	$340	you save $221	week
12	$612	$340	you save $272	week
13	$663	$340	you save $323	week
14	$714	$340	you save $374	week
15	$765	$391	you save $374	week
16	$816	$442	you save $374	week
17	$867	$493	you save $374	week
18	$918	$510	you save $408	28-day
19	$969	$510	you save $459	28-day
20	$1,020	$510	you save $510	28-day
21	$1,071	$510	you save $561	28-day
22	$1,122	$510	you save $612	28-day
23	$1,173	$510	you save $663	28-day
24	$1,224	$510	you save $714	28-day
25	$1,275	$510	you save $765	28-day
26	$1,326	$510	you save $816	28-day
27	$1,377	$510	you save $867	28-day
28	$1,428	$510	you save $918	28-day
29	$1,479	$561	you save $918	day
30	$1,530	$612	you save $918	day
31	$1,581	$663	you save $918	day
32	$1,632	$680	you save $952	week
33	$1,683	$680	you save $1,003	week
34	$1,734	$680	you save $1,054	week
35	$1,785	$680	you save $1,105	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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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.