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.

High-Power Diesel Generator

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2Quip Corp - DBA RME & 2QUIP.AI · Generators - Diesel

Day
$615
Week
$1,875
28 days
$5,750

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $2,460. On the week rate it is $1,875.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $13,530. On the 28-day rate it is $5,750.

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 High-Power Diesel Generator, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$615$615—day
2$1,230$1,230—day
3$1,845$1,845—day
4$2,460$1,875you save $585week
5$3,075$1,875you save $1,200week
6$3,690$1,875you save $1,815week
7$4,305$1,875you save $2,430week
8$4,920$2,490you save $2,430week
9$5,535$3,105you save $2,430week
10$6,150$3,720you save $2,430week
11$6,765$3,750you save $3,015week
12$7,380$3,750you save $3,630week
13$7,995$3,750you save $4,245week
14$8,610$3,750you save $4,860week
15$9,225$4,365you save $4,860week
16$9,840$4,980you save $4,860week
17$10,455$5,595you save $4,860week
18$11,070$5,625you save $5,445week
19$11,685$5,625you save $6,060week
20$12,300$5,625you save $6,675week
21$12,915$5,625you save $7,290week
22$13,530$5,750you save $7,78028-day
23$14,145$5,750you save $8,39528-day
24$14,760$5,750you save $9,01028-day
25$15,375$5,750you save $9,62528-day
26$15,990$5,750you save $10,24028-day
27$16,605$5,750you save $10,85528-day
28$17,220$5,750you save $11,47028-day
29$17,835$6,365you save $11,470day
30$18,450$6,980you save $11,470day
31$19,065$7,595you save $11,470day
32$19,680$7,625you save $12,055week
33$20,295$7,625you save $12,670week
34$20,910$7,625you save $13,285week
35$21,525$7,625you save $13,900week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$5,750
Rental protection (RPP)
$862.50
Estimated total
$6,612.50

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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.