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.

Wacker Plate Compactor Rubber Mat

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Frank Damico · Compactors - Vibratory Plate

Day
$30
Week
$120
28 days
$360

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $150. On the week rate it is $120.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $540. On the 28-day rate it is $360.

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 Wacker Plate Compactor Rubber Mat, 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$120you save $30week
6$180$120you save $60week
7$210$120you save $90week
8$240$150you save $90week
9$270$180you save $90week
10$300$210you save $90week
11$330$240you save $90week
12$360$240you save $120week
13$390$240you save $150week
14$420$240you save $180week
15$450$270you save $180week
16$480$300you save $180week
17$510$330you save $180week
18$540$360you save $18028-day
19$570$360you save $21028-day
20$600$360you save $24028-day
21$630$360you save $27028-day
22$660$360you save $30028-day
23$690$360you save $33028-day
24$720$360you save $36028-day
25$750$360you save $39028-day
26$780$360you save $42028-day
27$810$360you save $45028-day
28$840$360you save $48028-day
29$870$390you save $480day
30$900$420you save $480day
31$930$450you save $480day
32$960$480you save $480day
33$990$480you save $510week
34$1,020$480you save $540week
35$1,050$480you save $570week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$360
Rental protection (RPP)
$54
Service fee
$36
Estimated total
$450

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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.