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.

3-1/2 Cubic Ft. Cement Mixer

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Christopher Tolen · Concrete - Mixers

Day
$30
Week
$110
28 days
$238

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $120. On the week rate it is $110.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $450. On the 28-day rate it is $238.

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 3-1/2 Cubic Ft. Cement Mixer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$110you save $10week
5$150$110you save $40week
6$180$110you save $70week
7$210$110you save $100week
8$240$140you save $100week
9$270$170you save $100week
10$300$200you save $100week
11$330$220you save $110week
12$360$220you save $140week
13$390$220you save $170week
14$420$220you save $200week
15$450$238you save $21228-day
16$480$238you save $24228-day
17$510$238you save $27228-day
18$540$238you save $30228-day
19$570$238you save $33228-day
20$600$238you save $36228-day
21$630$238you save $39228-day
22$660$238you save $42228-day
23$690$238you save $45228-day
24$720$238you save $48228-day
25$750$238you save $51228-day
26$780$238you save $54228-day
27$810$238you save $57228-day
28$840$238you save $60228-day
29$870$268you save $602day
30$900$298you save $602day
31$930$328you save $602day
32$960$348you save $612week
33$990$348you save $642week
34$1,020$348you save $672week
35$1,050$348you save $702week

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.