When is it cheaper to rent a Roller-Vibratory by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $175 day rate would be $700, but the weekly rate caps it at $550.

When is it cheaper to rent a Roller-Vibratory on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,700 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.

Roller-Vibratory

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Scott DeMario · Compactors - Vibratory Plate

Day: $175
Week: $550
28 days: $1,700

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $700. On the week rate it is $550.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $3,850. On the 28-day rate it is $1,700.

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 Roller-Vibratory, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$175	$175	—	day
2	$350	$350	—	day
3	$525	$525	—	day
4	$700	$550	you save $150	week
5	$875	$550	you save $325	week
6	$1,050	$550	you save $500	week
7	$1,225	$550	you save $675	week
8	$1,400	$725	you save $675	week
9	$1,575	$900	you save $675	week
10	$1,750	$1,075	you save $675	week
11	$1,925	$1,100	you save $825	week
12	$2,100	$1,100	you save $1,000	week
13	$2,275	$1,100	you save $1,175	week
14	$2,450	$1,100	you save $1,350	week
15	$2,625	$1,275	you save $1,350	week
16	$2,800	$1,450	you save $1,350	week
17	$2,975	$1,625	you save $1,350	week
18	$3,150	$1,650	you save $1,500	week
19	$3,325	$1,650	you save $1,675	week
20	$3,500	$1,650	you save $1,850	week
21	$3,675	$1,650	you save $2,025	week
22	$3,850	$1,700	you save $2,150	28-day
23	$4,025	$1,700	you save $2,325	28-day
24	$4,200	$1,700	you save $2,500	28-day
25	$4,375	$1,700	you save $2,675	28-day
26	$4,550	$1,700	you save $2,850	28-day
27	$4,725	$1,700	you save $3,025	28-day
28	$4,900	$1,700	you save $3,200	28-day
29	$5,075	$1,875	you save $3,200	day
30	$5,250	$2,050	you save $3,200	day
31	$5,425	$2,225	you save $3,200	day
32	$5,600	$2,250	you save $3,350	week
33	$5,775	$2,250	you save $3,525	week
34	$5,950	$2,250	you save $3,700	week
35	$6,125	$2,250	you save $3,875	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 · 22 days: $1,700
Rental protection (RPP): $255
Service fee: $170
Estimated total: $2,125

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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.