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.

Torino Black Jack 4 Ton Hydraulic Jack

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Mike Epling · Hydraulic Tools

Day
$17
Week
$60
28 days
$170

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $68. On the week rate it is $60.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $289. On the 28-day rate it is $170.

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 Torino Black Jack 4 Ton Hydraulic Jack, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$17$17—day
2$34$34—day
3$51$51—day
4$68$60you save $8week
5$85$60you save $25week
6$102$60you save $42week
7$119$60you save $59week
8$136$77you save $59week
9$153$94you save $59week
10$170$111you save $59week
11$187$120you save $67week
12$204$120you save $84week
13$221$120you save $101week
14$238$120you save $118week
15$255$137you save $118week
16$272$154you save $118week
17$289$170you save $11928-day
18$306$170you save $13628-day
19$323$170you save $15328-day
20$340$170you save $17028-day
21$357$170you save $18728-day
22$374$170you save $20428-day
23$391$170you save $22128-day
24$408$170you save $23828-day
25$425$170you save $25528-day
26$442$170you save $27228-day
27$459$170you save $28928-day
28$476$170you save $30628-day
29$493$187you save $306day
30$510$204you save $306day
31$527$221you save $306day
32$544$230you save $314week
33$561$230you save $331week
34$578$230you save $348week
35$595$230you save $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 · 17 days
$170
Rental protection (RPP)
$25.50
Service fee
$17
Estimated total
$212.50

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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.