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.

engine hoist

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Memphis Lee · Hoists - Construction

Day
$30
Week
$180
28 days
$580

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $210. On the week rate it is $180.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $690. On the 28-day rate it is $580.

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 engine hoist, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$120—day
5$150$150—day
6$180$180—day
7$210$180you save $30week
8$240$210you save $30week
9$270$240you save $30week
10$300$270you save $30week
11$330$300you save $30week
12$360$330you save $30week
13$390$360you save $30week
14$420$360you save $60week
15$450$390you save $60week
16$480$420you save $60week
17$510$450you save $60week
18$540$480you save $60week
19$570$510you save $60week
20$600$540you save $60week
21$630$540you save $90week
22$660$570you save $90week
23$690$580you save $11028-day
24$720$580you save $14028-day
25$750$580you save $17028-day
26$780$580you save $20028-day
27$810$580you save $23028-day
28$840$580you save $26028-day
29$870$610you save $260day
30$900$640you save $260day
31$930$670you save $260day
32$960$700you save $260day
33$990$730you save $260day
34$1,020$760you save $260day
35$1,050$760you save $290week

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.