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.

Gorilla Ladder 4-14 step

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Tyler Nelson · Ladder - Multi-Purpose

Day
$45
Week
$60
28 days
$150

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $90. On the week rate it is $60.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $675. On the 28-day rate it is $150.

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 Gorilla Ladder 4-14 step, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$45$45—day
2$90$60you save $30week
3$135$60you save $75week
4$180$60you save $120week
5$225$60you save $165week
6$270$60you save $210week
7$315$60you save $255week
8$360$105you save $255week
9$405$120you save $285week
10$450$120you save $330week
11$495$120you save $375week
12$540$120you save $420week
13$585$120you save $465week
14$630$120you save $510week
15$675$150you save $52528-day
16$720$150you save $57028-day
17$765$150you save $61528-day
18$810$150you save $66028-day
19$855$150you save $70528-day
20$900$150you save $75028-day
21$945$150you save $79528-day
22$990$150you save $84028-day
23$1,035$150you save $88528-day
24$1,080$150you save $93028-day
25$1,125$150you save $97528-day
26$1,170$150you save $1,02028-day
27$1,215$150you save $1,06528-day
28$1,260$150you save $1,11028-day
29$1,305$195you save $1,110day
30$1,350$210you save $1,140week
31$1,395$210you save $1,185week
32$1,440$210you save $1,230week
33$1,485$210you save $1,275week
34$1,530$210you save $1,320week
35$1,575$210you save $1,365week

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
$150
Rental protection (RPP)
$22.50
Service fee
$15
Estimated total
$187.50

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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.