When is it cheaper to rent a 6' Aluminium Step Ladder by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $35 day rate would be $210, but the weekly rate caps it at $175.

When is it cheaper to rent a 6' Aluminium Step Ladder on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $700 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

6' Aluminium Step Ladder

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Warhorse Metal · Ladder - Step

Day: $35
Week: $175
28 days: $700

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $210. On the week rate it is $175.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $910. On the 28-day rate it is $700.

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 6' Aluminium Step Ladder, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$35	$35	—	day
2	$70	$70	—	day
3	$105	$105	—	day
4	$140	$140	—	day
5	$175	$175	—	day
6	$210	$175	you save $35	week
7	$245	$175	you save $70	week
8	$280	$210	you save $70	week
9	$315	$245	you save $70	week
10	$350	$280	you save $70	week
11	$385	$315	you save $70	week
12	$420	$350	you save $70	week
13	$455	$350	you save $105	week
14	$490	$350	you save $140	week
15	$525	$385	you save $140	week
16	$560	$420	you save $140	week
17	$595	$455	you save $140	week
18	$630	$490	you save $140	week
19	$665	$525	you save $140	week
20	$700	$525	you save $175	week
21	$735	$525	you save $210	week
22	$770	$560	you save $210	week
23	$805	$595	you save $210	week
24	$840	$630	you save $210	week
25	$875	$665	you save $210	week
26	$910	$700	you save $210	28-day
27	$945	$700	you save $245	28-day
28	$980	$700	you save $280	28-day
29	$1,015	$735	you save $280	day
30	$1,050	$770	you save $280	day
31	$1,085	$805	you save $280	day
32	$1,120	$840	you save $280	day
33	$1,155	$875	you save $280	day
34	$1,190	$875	you save $315	week
35	$1,225	$875	you save $350	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 · 26 days: $700
Rental protection (RPP): $105
Service fee: $70
Estimated total: $875

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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.