When is it cheaper to rent a Indirect Fired 500K BTU Heater by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $215 day rate would be $645, but the weekly rate caps it at $600.

When is it cheaper to rent a Indirect Fired 500K BTU Heater on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,800 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.

Indirect Fired 500K BTU Heater

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2Quip Corp - DBA RME & 2QUIP.AI · Heaters - Direct Fired

Day: $215
Week: $600
28 days: $1,800

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $645. On the week rate it is $600.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $3,655. On the 28-day rate it is $1,800.

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 Indirect Fired 500K BTU Heater, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$215	$215	—	day
2	$430	$430	—	day
3	$645	$600	you save $45	week
4	$860	$600	you save $260	week
5	$1,075	$600	you save $475	week
6	$1,290	$600	you save $690	week
7	$1,505	$600	you save $905	week
8	$1,720	$815	you save $905	week
9	$1,935	$1,030	you save $905	week
10	$2,150	$1,200	you save $950	week
11	$2,365	$1,200	you save $1,165	week
12	$2,580	$1,200	you save $1,380	week
13	$2,795	$1,200	you save $1,595	week
14	$3,010	$1,200	you save $1,810	week
15	$3,225	$1,415	you save $1,810	week
16	$3,440	$1,630	you save $1,810	week
17	$3,655	$1,800	you save $1,855	28-day
18	$3,870	$1,800	you save $2,070	28-day
19	$4,085	$1,800	you save $2,285	28-day
20	$4,300	$1,800	you save $2,500	28-day
21	$4,515	$1,800	you save $2,715	28-day
22	$4,730	$1,800	you save $2,930	28-day
23	$4,945	$1,800	you save $3,145	28-day
24	$5,160	$1,800	you save $3,360	28-day
25	$5,375	$1,800	you save $3,575	28-day
26	$5,590	$1,800	you save $3,790	28-day
27	$5,805	$1,800	you save $4,005	28-day
28	$6,020	$1,800	you save $4,220	28-day
29	$6,235	$2,015	you save $4,220	day
30	$6,450	$2,230	you save $4,220	day
31	$6,665	$2,400	you save $4,265	week
32	$6,880	$2,400	you save $4,480	week
33	$7,095	$2,400	you save $4,695	week
34	$7,310	$2,400	you save $4,910	week
35	$7,525	$2,400	you save $5,125	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 · 17 days: $1,800
Rental protection (RPP): $270
Estimated total: $2,070

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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.