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.

Generator

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Carter Sloots · Generators - Hybrid

Day
$65
Week
$240
28 days
$575

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $260. On the week rate it is $240.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $1,040. On the 28-day rate it is $575.

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 Generator, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$65$65—day
2$130$130—day
3$195$195—day
4$260$240you save $20week
5$325$240you save $85week
6$390$240you save $150week
7$455$240you save $215week
8$520$305you save $215week
9$585$370you save $215week
10$650$435you save $215week
11$715$480you save $235week
12$780$480you save $300week
13$845$480you save $365week
14$910$480you save $430week
15$975$545you save $430week
16$1,040$575you save $46528-day
17$1,105$575you save $53028-day
18$1,170$575you save $59528-day
19$1,235$575you save $66028-day
20$1,300$575you save $72528-day
21$1,365$575you save $79028-day
22$1,430$575you save $85528-day
23$1,495$575you save $92028-day
24$1,560$575you save $98528-day
25$1,625$575you save $1,05028-day
26$1,690$575you save $1,11528-day
27$1,755$575you save $1,18028-day
28$1,820$575you save $1,24528-day
29$1,885$640you save $1,245day
30$1,950$705you save $1,245day
31$2,015$770you save $1,245day
32$2,080$815you save $1,265week
33$2,145$815you save $1,330week
34$2,210$815you save $1,395week
35$2,275$815you save $1,460week

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
$575
Rental protection (RPP)
$86.25
Service fee
$57.50
Estimated total
$718.75

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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.