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.

Ridgid 14 Gallon Shop Vac

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Thad Bowman · Concrete - Dust Vacuums

Day
$20
Week
$65
28 days
$125

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $80. On the week rate it is $65.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $200. On the 28-day rate it is $125.

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 Ridgid 14 Gallon Shop Vac, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$20$20—day
2$40$40—day
3$60$60—day
4$80$65you save $15week
5$100$65you save $35week
6$120$65you save $55week
7$140$65you save $75week
8$160$85you save $75week
9$180$105you save $75week
10$200$125you save $7528-day
11$220$125you save $9528-day
12$240$125you save $11528-day
13$260$125you save $13528-day
14$280$125you save $15528-day
15$300$125you save $17528-day
16$320$125you save $19528-day
17$340$125you save $21528-day
18$360$125you save $23528-day
19$380$125you save $25528-day
20$400$125you save $27528-day
21$420$125you save $29528-day
22$440$125you save $31528-day
23$460$125you save $33528-day
24$480$125you save $35528-day
25$500$125you save $37528-day
26$520$125you save $39528-day
27$540$125you save $41528-day
28$560$125you save $43528-day
29$580$145you save $435day
30$600$165you save $435day
31$620$185you save $435day
32$640$190you save $450week
33$660$190you save $470week
34$680$190you save $490week
35$700$190you save $510week

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.