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.

Everun Ert1500 Mini Telescopic Wheel Loader, 4 Wheel Drive

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Lee Puffer · Loaders - Wheeled

Day
$225
Week
$600
28 days
$1,800

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $675. On the week rate it is $600.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $3,825. On the 28-day rate it is $1,800.

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 Everun Ert1500 Mini Telescopic Wheel Loader, 4 Wheel Drive, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$225$225—day
2$450$450—day
3$675$600you save $75week
4$900$600you save $300week
5$1,125$600you save $525week
6$1,350$600you save $750week
7$1,575$600you save $975week
8$1,800$825you save $975week
9$2,025$1,050you save $975week
10$2,250$1,200you save $1,050week
11$2,475$1,200you save $1,275week
12$2,700$1,200you save $1,500week
13$2,925$1,200you save $1,725week
14$3,150$1,200you save $1,950week
15$3,375$1,425you save $1,950week
16$3,600$1,650you save $1,950week
17$3,825$1,800you save $2,02528-day
18$4,050$1,800you save $2,25028-day
19$4,275$1,800you save $2,47528-day
20$4,500$1,800you save $2,70028-day
21$4,725$1,800you save $2,92528-day
22$4,950$1,800you save $3,15028-day
23$5,175$1,800you save $3,37528-day
24$5,400$1,800you save $3,60028-day
25$5,625$1,800you save $3,82528-day
26$5,850$1,800you save $4,05028-day
27$6,075$1,800you save $4,27528-day
28$6,300$1,800you save $4,50028-day
29$6,525$2,025you save $4,500day
30$6,750$2,250you save $4,500day
31$6,975$2,400you save $4,575week
32$7,200$2,400you save $4,800week
33$7,425$2,400you save $5,025week
34$7,650$2,400you save $5,250week
35$7,875$2,400you save $5,475week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.