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.
Concrete Breaker #2
See the listing →BB Rental Equipment, LLC · Loaders - Skid Steers - Attachments
- Day
- $260
- Week
- $800
- 28 days
- $2,000
Daily stops winning on
day 4
4 days at the day rate would be $1,040. On the week rate it is $800.
Weekly stops winning on
day 16
16 days at the day rate would be $4,160. On the 28-day rate it is $2,000.
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.
| Days | At the day rate | On the ladder | Difference | Rate in play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $260 | $260 | — | day |
| 2 | $520 | $520 | — | day |
| 3 | $780 | $780 | — | day |
| 4 | $1,040 | $800 | you save $240 | week |
| 5 | $1,300 | $800 | you save $500 | week |
| 6 | $1,560 | $800 | you save $760 | week |
| 7 | $1,820 | $800 | you save $1,020 | week |
| 8 | $2,080 | $1,060 | you save $1,020 | week |
| 9 | $2,340 | $1,320 | you save $1,020 | week |
| 10 | $2,600 | $1,580 | you save $1,020 | week |
| 11 | $2,860 | $1,600 | you save $1,260 | week |
| 12 | $3,120 | $1,600 | you save $1,520 | week |
| 13 | $3,380 | $1,600 | you save $1,780 | week |
| 14 | $3,640 | $1,600 | you save $2,040 | week |
| 15 | $3,900 | $1,860 | you save $2,040 | week |
| 16 | $4,160 | $2,000 | you save $2,160 | 28-day |
| 17 | $4,420 | $2,000 | you save $2,420 | 28-day |
| 18 | $4,680 | $2,000 | you save $2,680 | 28-day |
| 19 | $4,940 | $2,000 | you save $2,940 | 28-day |
| 20 | $5,200 | $2,000 | you save $3,200 | 28-day |
| 21 | $5,460 | $2,000 | you save $3,460 | 28-day |
| 22 | $5,720 | $2,000 | you save $3,720 | 28-day |
| 23 | $5,980 | $2,000 | you save $3,980 | 28-day |
| 24 | $6,240 | $2,000 | you save $4,240 | 28-day |
| 25 | $6,500 | $2,000 | you save $4,500 | 28-day |
| 26 | $6,760 | $2,000 | you save $4,760 | 28-day |
| 27 | $7,020 | $2,000 | you save $5,020 | 28-day |
| 28 | $7,280 | $2,000 | you save $5,280 | 28-day |
| 29 | $7,540 | $2,260 | you save $5,280 | day |
| 30 | $7,800 | $2,520 | you save $5,280 | day |
| 31 | $8,060 | $2,780 | you save $5,280 | day |
| 32 | $8,320 | $2,800 | you save $5,520 | week |
| 33 | $8,580 | $2,800 | you save $5,780 | week |
| 34 | $8,840 | $2,800 | you save $6,040 | week |
| 35 | $9,100 | $2,800 | you save $6,300 | week |
Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.
What checkout will quote you
- Rental · 16 days
- $2,000
- Rental protection (RPP)
- $300
- Service fee
- $200
- Estimated total
- $2,500
Pick a listing
The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.
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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.