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.

Werner 32 ft. H Aluminum Extension Ladder Type II 250 lb. ca

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Jamie Boyd · Ladder - Extension

Day
$48
Week
$180
28 days
$550

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $192. On the week rate it is $180.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,056. On the 28-day rate it is $550.

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 Werner 32 ft. H Aluminum Extension Ladder Type II 250 lb. ca, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$48$48—day
2$96$96—day
3$144$144—day
4$192$180you save $12week
5$240$180you save $60week
6$288$180you save $108week
7$336$180you save $156week
8$384$228you save $156week
9$432$276you save $156week
10$480$324you save $156week
11$528$360you save $168week
12$576$360you save $216week
13$624$360you save $264week
14$672$360you save $312week
15$720$408you save $312week
16$768$456you save $312week
17$816$504you save $312week
18$864$540you save $324week
19$912$540you save $372week
20$960$540you save $420week
21$1,008$540you save $468week
22$1,056$550you save $50628-day
23$1,104$550you save $55428-day
24$1,152$550you save $60228-day
25$1,200$550you save $65028-day
26$1,248$550you save $69828-day
27$1,296$550you save $74628-day
28$1,344$550you save $79428-day
29$1,392$598you save $794day
30$1,440$646you save $794day
31$1,488$694you save $794day
32$1,536$730you save $806week
33$1,584$730you save $854week
34$1,632$730you save $902week
35$1,680$730you save $950week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$550
Rental protection (RPP)
$82.50
Service fee
$55
Estimated total
$687.50

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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.