When is it cheaper to rent a Skyjack Scissor Lift by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $110 day rate would be $440, but the weekly rate caps it at $439.

When is it cheaper to rent a Skyjack Scissor Lift on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,320 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.

Skyjack Scissor Lift

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Anastasios Liangis · Lifts - Scissor - Electric

Day: $110
Week: $439
28 days: $1,320

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $440. On the week rate it is $439.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,420. On the 28-day rate it is $1,320.

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 Skyjack Scissor Lift, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$110	$110	—	day
2	$220	$220	—	day
3	$330	$330	—	day
4	$440	$439	you save $1	week
5	$550	$439	you save $111	week
6	$660	$439	you save $221	week
7	$770	$439	you save $331	week
8	$880	$549	you save $331	week
9	$990	$659	you save $331	week
10	$1,100	$769	you save $331	week
11	$1,210	$878	you save $332	week
12	$1,320	$878	you save $442	week
13	$1,430	$878	you save $552	week
14	$1,540	$878	you save $662	week
15	$1,650	$988	you save $662	week
16	$1,760	$1,098	you save $662	week
17	$1,870	$1,208	you save $662	week
18	$1,980	$1,317	you save $663	week
19	$2,090	$1,317	you save $773	week
20	$2,200	$1,317	you save $883	week
21	$2,310	$1,317	you save $993	week
22	$2,420	$1,320	you save $1,100	28-day
23	$2,530	$1,320	you save $1,210	28-day
24	$2,640	$1,320	you save $1,320	28-day
25	$2,750	$1,320	you save $1,430	28-day
26	$2,860	$1,320	you save $1,540	28-day
27	$2,970	$1,320	you save $1,650	28-day
28	$3,080	$1,320	you save $1,760	28-day
29	$3,190	$1,430	you save $1,760	day
30	$3,300	$1,540	you save $1,760	day
31	$3,410	$1,650	you save $1,760	day
32	$3,520	$1,759	you save $1,761	week
33	$3,630	$1,759	you save $1,871	week
34	$3,740	$1,759	you save $1,981	week
35	$3,850	$1,759	you save $2,091	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days: $1,320
Rental protection (RPP): $198
Service fee: $132
Estimated total: $1,650

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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.