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 IA 300 LB Capacity

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Michael Wright · Ladder - Multi-Purpose

Day
$60
Week
$200
28 days
$325

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $240. On the week rate it is $200.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $600. On the 28-day rate it is $325.

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 IA 300 LB Capacity, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$60$60—day
2$120$120—day
3$180$180—day
4$240$200you save $40week
5$300$200you save $100week
6$360$200you save $160week
7$420$200you save $220week
8$480$260you save $220week
9$540$320you save $220week
10$600$325you save $27528-day
11$660$325you save $33528-day
12$720$325you save $39528-day
13$780$325you save $45528-day
14$840$325you save $51528-day
15$900$325you save $57528-day
16$960$325you save $63528-day
17$1,020$325you save $69528-day
18$1,080$325you save $75528-day
19$1,140$325you save $81528-day
20$1,200$325you save $87528-day
21$1,260$325you save $93528-day
22$1,320$325you save $99528-day
23$1,380$325you save $1,05528-day
24$1,440$325you save $1,11528-day
25$1,500$325you save $1,17528-day
26$1,560$325you save $1,23528-day
27$1,620$325you save $1,29528-day
28$1,680$325you save $1,35528-day
29$1,740$385you save $1,355day
30$1,800$445you save $1,355day
31$1,860$505you save $1,355day
32$1,920$525you save $1,395week
33$1,980$525you save $1,455week
34$2,040$525you save $1,515week
35$2,100$525you save $1,575week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 10 days
$325
Rental protection (RPP)
$48.75
Service fee
$32.50
Estimated total
$406.25

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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.