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.

9.5 Foot Platform Fiberglass Ladder

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Christina Hall · Ladder - Step

Day
$15
Week
$50
28 days
$135

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $60. On the week rate it is $50.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $255. On the 28-day rate it is $135.

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 9.5 Foot Platform Fiberglass Ladder, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$15$15—day
2$30$30—day
3$45$45—day
4$60$50you save $10week
5$75$50you save $25week
6$90$50you save $40week
7$105$50you save $55week
8$120$65you save $55week
9$135$80you save $55week
10$150$95you save $55week
11$165$100you save $65week
12$180$100you save $80week
13$195$100you save $95week
14$210$100you save $110week
15$225$115you save $110week
16$240$130you save $110week
17$255$135you save $12028-day
18$270$135you save $13528-day
19$285$135you save $15028-day
20$300$135you save $16528-day
21$315$135you save $18028-day
22$330$135you save $19528-day
23$345$135you save $21028-day
24$360$135you save $22528-day
25$375$135you save $24028-day
26$390$135you save $25528-day
27$405$135you save $27028-day
28$420$135you save $28528-day
29$435$150you save $285day
30$450$165you save $285day
31$465$180you save $285day
32$480$185you save $295week
33$495$185you save $310week
34$510$185you save $325week
35$525$185you save $340week

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.