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.

Cajun Seafood Boiler, 100 Quart

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Michael Lockwood · Ovens / Stoves / Grills / Fryers

Day
$55
Week
$169
28 days
$489

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $220. On the week rate it is $169.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $935. On the 28-day rate it is $489.

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 Cajun Seafood Boiler, 100 Quart, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$55$55—day
2$110$110—day
3$165$165—day
4$220$169you save $51week
5$275$169you save $106week
6$330$169you save $161week
7$385$169you save $216week
8$440$224you save $216week
9$495$279you save $216week
10$550$334you save $216week
11$605$338you save $267week
12$660$338you save $322week
13$715$338you save $377week
14$770$338you save $432week
15$825$393you save $432week
16$880$448you save $432week
17$935$489you save $44628-day
18$990$489you save $50128-day
19$1,045$489you save $55628-day
20$1,100$489you save $61128-day
21$1,155$489you save $66628-day
22$1,210$489you save $72128-day
23$1,265$489you save $77628-day
24$1,320$489you save $83128-day
25$1,375$489you save $88628-day
26$1,430$489you save $94128-day
27$1,485$489you save $99628-day
28$1,540$489you save $1,05128-day
29$1,595$544you save $1,051day
30$1,650$599you save $1,051day
31$1,705$654you save $1,051day
32$1,760$658you save $1,102week
33$1,815$658you save $1,157week
34$1,870$658you save $1,212week
35$1,925$658you save $1,267week

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

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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.