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.

Trash pump

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J. Howard · Pumps - Submersible

Day
$86
Week
$255
28 days
$625

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $258. On the week rate it is $255.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $1,376. On the 28-day rate it is $625.

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 Trash pump, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$86$86—day
2$172$172—day
3$258$255you save $3week
4$344$255you save $89week
5$430$255you save $175week
6$516$255you save $261week
7$602$255you save $347week
8$688$341you save $347week
9$774$427you save $347week
10$860$510you save $350week
11$946$510you save $436week
12$1,032$510you save $522week
13$1,118$510you save $608week
14$1,204$510you save $694week
15$1,290$596you save $694week
16$1,376$625you save $75128-day
17$1,462$625you save $83728-day
18$1,548$625you save $92328-day
19$1,634$625you save $1,00928-day
20$1,720$625you save $1,09528-day
21$1,806$625you save $1,18128-day
22$1,892$625you save $1,26728-day
23$1,978$625you save $1,35328-day
24$2,064$625you save $1,43928-day
25$2,150$625you save $1,52528-day
26$2,236$625you save $1,61128-day
27$2,322$625you save $1,69728-day
28$2,408$625you save $1,78328-day
29$2,494$711you save $1,783day
30$2,580$797you save $1,783day
31$2,666$880you save $1,786week
32$2,752$880you save $1,872week
33$2,838$880you save $1,958week
34$2,924$880you save $2,044week
35$3,010$880you save $2,130week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$625
Rental protection (RPP)
$93.75
Service fee
$62.50
Estimated total
$781.25

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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.