When is it cheaper to rent a multiple position ladder by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $60 day rate would be $180, but the weekly rate caps it at $120.

When is it cheaper to rent a multiple position ladder on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $280 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.

multiple position ladder

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colton bostic · Ladder - Multi-Purpose

Day: $60
Week: $120
28 days: $280

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $180. On the week rate it is $120.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $900. On the 28-day rate it is $280.

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 multiple position ladder, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$60	$60	—	day
2	$120	$120	—	day
3	$180	$120	you save $60	week
4	$240	$120	you save $120	week
5	$300	$120	you save $180	week
6	$360	$120	you save $240	week
7	$420	$120	you save $300	week
8	$480	$180	you save $300	week
9	$540	$240	you save $300	week
10	$600	$240	you save $360	week
11	$660	$240	you save $420	week
12	$720	$240	you save $480	week
13	$780	$240	you save $540	week
14	$840	$240	you save $600	week
15	$900	$280	you save $620	28-day
16	$960	$280	you save $680	28-day
17	$1,020	$280	you save $740	28-day
18	$1,080	$280	you save $800	28-day
19	$1,140	$280	you save $860	28-day
20	$1,200	$280	you save $920	28-day
21	$1,260	$280	you save $980	28-day
22	$1,320	$280	you save $1,040	28-day
23	$1,380	$280	you save $1,100	28-day
24	$1,440	$280	you save $1,160	28-day
25	$1,500	$280	you save $1,220	28-day
26	$1,560	$280	you save $1,280	28-day
27	$1,620	$280	you save $1,340	28-day
28	$1,680	$280	you save $1,400	28-day
29	$1,740	$340	you save $1,400	day
30	$1,800	$400	you save $1,400	day
31	$1,860	$400	you save $1,460	week
32	$1,920	$400	you save $1,520	week
33	$1,980	$400	you save $1,580	week
34	$2,040	$400	you save $1,640	week
35	$2,100	$400	you save $1,700	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 · 15 days: $280
Rental protection (RPP): $42
Service fee: $28
Estimated total: $350

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.