When is it cheaper to rent a 8’ Werner Ladder by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $20 day rate would be $60, but the weekly rate caps it at $45.

When is it cheaper to rent a 8’ Werner Ladder on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $95 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.

8’ Werner Ladder

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John Freund · Ladder - Extension

Day: $20
Week: $45
28 days: $95

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $60. On the week rate it is $45.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $300. On the 28-day rate it is $95.

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 8’ Werner Ladder, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$20	$20	—	day
2	$40	$40	—	day
3	$60	$45	you save $15	week
4	$80	$45	you save $35	week
5	$100	$45	you save $55	week
6	$120	$45	you save $75	week
7	$140	$45	you save $95	week
8	$160	$65	you save $95	week
9	$180	$85	you save $95	week
10	$200	$90	you save $110	week
11	$220	$90	you save $130	week
12	$240	$90	you save $150	week
13	$260	$90	you save $170	week
14	$280	$90	you save $190	week
15	$300	$95	you save $205	28-day
16	$320	$95	you save $225	28-day
17	$340	$95	you save $245	28-day
18	$360	$95	you save $265	28-day
19	$380	$95	you save $285	28-day
20	$400	$95	you save $305	28-day
21	$420	$95	you save $325	28-day
22	$440	$95	you save $345	28-day
23	$460	$95	you save $365	28-day
24	$480	$95	you save $385	28-day
25	$500	$95	you save $405	28-day
26	$520	$95	you save $425	28-day
27	$540	$95	you save $445	28-day
28	$560	$95	you save $465	28-day
29	$580	$115	you save $465	day
30	$600	$135	you save $465	day
31	$620	$140	you save $480	week
32	$640	$140	you save $500	week
33	$660	$140	you save $520	week
34	$680	$140	you save $540	week
35	$700	$140	you save $560	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: $95
Rental protection (RPP): $14.25
Service fee: $9.50
Estimated total: $118.75

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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.