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.

Light Tower

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Denise Houghtaling · Lighting - Light Towers

Day
$140
Week
$350
28 days
$700

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $420. On the week rate it is $350.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $1,400. On the 28-day rate it is $700.

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 Light Tower, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$140$140—day
2$280$280—day
3$420$350you save $70week
4$560$350you save $210week
5$700$350you save $350week
6$840$350you save $490week
7$980$350you save $630week
8$1,120$490you save $630week
9$1,260$630you save $630week
10$1,400$700you save $70028-day
11$1,540$700you save $84028-day
12$1,680$700you save $98028-day
13$1,820$700you save $1,12028-day
14$1,960$700you save $1,26028-day
15$2,100$700you save $1,40028-day
16$2,240$700you save $1,54028-day
17$2,380$700you save $1,68028-day
18$2,520$700you save $1,82028-day
19$2,660$700you save $1,96028-day
20$2,800$700you save $2,10028-day
21$2,940$700you save $2,24028-day
22$3,080$700you save $2,38028-day
23$3,220$700you save $2,52028-day
24$3,360$700you save $2,66028-day
25$3,500$700you save $2,80028-day
26$3,640$700you save $2,94028-day
27$3,780$700you save $3,08028-day
28$3,920$700you save $3,22028-day
29$4,060$840you save $3,220day
30$4,200$980you save $3,220day
31$4,340$1,050you save $3,290week
32$4,480$1,050you save $3,430week
33$4,620$1,050you save $3,570week
34$4,760$1,050you save $3,710week
35$4,900$1,050you save $3,850week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 10 days
$700
Rental protection (RPP)
$105
Service fee
$70
Estimated total
$875

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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.