When is it cheaper to rent a 920 lb Lawn Roller by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $60 day rate would be $300, but the weekly rate caps it at $240.

When is it cheaper to rent a 920 lb Lawn Roller on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $720 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

920 lb Lawn Roller

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K&B Rentals LLC · Compactors - Pneumatic Rollers

Day: $60
Week: $240
28 days: $720

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $300. On the week rate it is $240.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,080. On the 28-day rate it is $720.

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 920 lb Lawn Roller, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$60	$60	—	day
2	$120	$120	—	day
3	$180	$180	—	day
4	$240	$240	—	day
5	$300	$240	you save $60	week
6	$360	$240	you save $120	week
7	$420	$240	you save $180	week
8	$480	$300	you save $180	week
9	$540	$360	you save $180	week
10	$600	$420	you save $180	week
11	$660	$480	you save $180	week
12	$720	$480	you save $240	week
13	$780	$480	you save $300	week
14	$840	$480	you save $360	week
15	$900	$540	you save $360	week
16	$960	$600	you save $360	week
17	$1,020	$660	you save $360	week
18	$1,080	$720	you save $360	28-day
19	$1,140	$720	you save $420	28-day
20	$1,200	$720	you save $480	28-day
21	$1,260	$720	you save $540	28-day
22	$1,320	$720	you save $600	28-day
23	$1,380	$720	you save $660	28-day
24	$1,440	$720	you save $720	28-day
25	$1,500	$720	you save $780	28-day
26	$1,560	$720	you save $840	28-day
27	$1,620	$720	you save $900	28-day
28	$1,680	$720	you save $960	28-day
29	$1,740	$780	you save $960	day
30	$1,800	$840	you save $960	day
31	$1,860	$900	you save $960	day
32	$1,920	$960	you save $960	day
33	$1,980	$960	you save $1,020	week
34	$2,040	$960	you save $1,080	week
35	$2,100	$960	you save $1,140	week

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.