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.

Allmand Bros Night Lite Pro Light Tower

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TG Equipment Rentals · Lighting - Light Towers

Day
$115
Week
$427
28 days
$1,070

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $460. On the week rate it is $427.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $1,840. On the 28-day rate it is $1,070.

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 Allmand Bros Night Lite Pro Light Tower, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$115$115—day
2$230$230—day
3$345$345—day
4$460$427you save $33week
5$575$427you save $148week
6$690$427you save $263week
7$805$427you save $378week
8$920$542you save $378week
9$1,035$657you save $378week
10$1,150$772you save $378week
11$1,265$854you save $411week
12$1,380$854you save $526week
13$1,495$854you save $641week
14$1,610$854you save $756week
15$1,725$969you save $756week
16$1,840$1,070you save $77028-day
17$1,955$1,070you save $88528-day
18$2,070$1,070you save $1,00028-day
19$2,185$1,070you save $1,11528-day
20$2,300$1,070you save $1,23028-day
21$2,415$1,070you save $1,34528-day
22$2,530$1,070you save $1,46028-day
23$2,645$1,070you save $1,57528-day
24$2,760$1,070you save $1,69028-day
25$2,875$1,070you save $1,80528-day
26$2,990$1,070you save $1,92028-day
27$3,105$1,070you save $2,03528-day
28$3,220$1,070you save $2,15028-day
29$3,335$1,185you save $2,150day
30$3,450$1,300you save $2,150day
31$3,565$1,415you save $2,150day
32$3,680$1,497you save $2,183week
33$3,795$1,497you save $2,298week
34$3,910$1,497you save $2,413week
35$4,025$1,497you save $2,528week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$1,070
Rental protection (RPP)
$160.50
Service fee
$107
Estimated total
$1,337.50

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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.