When is it cheaper to rent a 160 gallon smoker/grill by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $75 day rate would be $450, but the weekly rate caps it at $394.

When is it cheaper to rent a 160 gallon smoker/grill on the 28-day rate?

From day 25. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,463 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.

160 gallon smoker/grill

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Gregory Fields · Tanks - Propane

Day: $75
Week: $394
28 days: $1,463

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $450. On the week rate it is $394.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $1,875. On the 28-day rate it is $1,463.

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 160 gallon smoker/grill, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$75	$75	—	day
2	$150	$150	—	day
3	$225	$225	—	day
4	$300	$300	—	day
5	$375	$375	—	day
6	$450	$394	you save $56	week
7	$525	$394	you save $131	week
8	$600	$469	you save $131	week
9	$675	$544	you save $131	week
10	$750	$619	you save $131	week
11	$825	$694	you save $131	week
12	$900	$769	you save $131	week
13	$975	$788	you save $187	week
14	$1,050	$788	you save $262	week
15	$1,125	$863	you save $262	week
16	$1,200	$938	you save $262	week
17	$1,275	$1,013	you save $262	week
18	$1,350	$1,088	you save $262	week
19	$1,425	$1,163	you save $262	week
20	$1,500	$1,182	you save $318	week
21	$1,575	$1,182	you save $393	week
22	$1,650	$1,257	you save $393	week
23	$1,725	$1,332	you save $393	week
24	$1,800	$1,407	you save $393	week
25	$1,875	$1,463	you save $412	28-day
26	$1,950	$1,463	you save $487	28-day
27	$2,025	$1,463	you save $562	28-day
28	$2,100	$1,463	you save $637	28-day
29	$2,175	$1,538	you save $637	day
30	$2,250	$1,613	you save $637	day
31	$2,325	$1,688	you save $637	day
32	$2,400	$1,763	you save $637	day
33	$2,475	$1,838	you save $637	day
34	$2,550	$1,857	you save $693	week
35	$2,625	$1,857	you save $768	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 · 25 days: $1,463
Rental protection (RPP): $219.45
Service fee: $146.30
Estimated total: $1,828.75

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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.