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.

Portable Gas Generator 7500/9375 watt - Remote start

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Robert Bratz · Generators - Gas

Day
$75
Week
$260
28 days
$425

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $300. On the week rate it is $260.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $750. On the 28-day rate it is $425.

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 Portable Gas Generator 7500/9375 watt - Remote start, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$75$75—day
2$150$150—day
3$225$225—day
4$300$260you save $40week
5$375$260you save $115week
6$450$260you save $190week
7$525$260you save $265week
8$600$335you save $265week
9$675$410you save $265week
10$750$425you save $32528-day
11$825$425you save $40028-day
12$900$425you save $47528-day
13$975$425you save $55028-day
14$1,050$425you save $62528-day
15$1,125$425you save $70028-day
16$1,200$425you save $77528-day
17$1,275$425you save $85028-day
18$1,350$425you save $92528-day
19$1,425$425you save $1,00028-day
20$1,500$425you save $1,07528-day
21$1,575$425you save $1,15028-day
22$1,650$425you save $1,22528-day
23$1,725$425you save $1,30028-day
24$1,800$425you save $1,37528-day
25$1,875$425you save $1,45028-day
26$1,950$425you save $1,52528-day
27$2,025$425you save $1,60028-day
28$2,100$425you save $1,67528-day
29$2,175$500you save $1,675day
30$2,250$575you save $1,675day
31$2,325$650you save $1,675day
32$2,400$685you save $1,715week
33$2,475$685you save $1,790week
34$2,550$685you save $1,865week
35$2,625$685you save $1,940week

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
$425
Rental protection (RPP)
$63.75
Service fee
$42.50
Estimated total
$531.25

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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.