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.

Werner Advanced Performance 6ft Ladder 250Lb Capacity

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Michael Wright · Ladder - Multi-Purpose

Day
$40
Week
$125
28 days
$350

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $160. On the week rate it is $125.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $680. On the 28-day rate it is $350.

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 Werner Advanced Performance 6ft Ladder 250Lb Capacity, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$40$40—day
2$80$80—day
3$120$120—day
4$160$125you save $35week
5$200$125you save $75week
6$240$125you save $115week
7$280$125you save $155week
8$320$165you save $155week
9$360$205you save $155week
10$400$245you save $155week
11$440$250you save $190week
12$480$250you save $230week
13$520$250you save $270week
14$560$250you save $310week
15$600$290you save $310week
16$640$330you save $310week
17$680$350you save $33028-day
18$720$350you save $37028-day
19$760$350you save $41028-day
20$800$350you save $45028-day
21$840$350you save $49028-day
22$880$350you save $53028-day
23$920$350you save $57028-day
24$960$350you save $61028-day
25$1,000$350you save $65028-day
26$1,040$350you save $69028-day
27$1,080$350you save $73028-day
28$1,120$350you save $77028-day
29$1,160$390you save $770day
30$1,200$430you save $770day
31$1,240$470you save $770day
32$1,280$475you save $805week
33$1,320$475you save $845week
34$1,360$475you save $885week
35$1,400$475you save $925week

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
$350
Rental protection (RPP)
$52.50
Service fee
$35
Estimated total
$437.50

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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.