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.
Genie S-65 4WD Diesel Telescopic Boom Lift
See the listing →Andrei Hazazup · Manlifts - Boom - Telescopic - Fuel
- Day
- $297.50
- Week
- $892.50
- 28 days
- $2,677.50
Daily stops winning on
day 4
4 days at the day rate would be $1,190. On the week rate it is $892.50.
Weekly stops winning on
day 17
17 days at the day rate would be $5,057.50. On the 28-day rate it is $2,677.50.
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.
| Days | At the day rate | On the ladder | Difference | Rate in play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $297.50 | $297.50 | — | day |
| 2 | $595 | $595 | — | day |
| 3 | $892.50 | $892.50 | — | day |
| 4 | $1,190 | $892.50 | you save $297.50 | week |
| 5 | $1,487.50 | $892.50 | you save $595 | week |
| 6 | $1,785 | $892.50 | you save $892.50 | week |
| 7 | $2,082.50 | $892.50 | you save $1,190 | week |
| 8 | $2,380 | $1,190 | you save $1,190 | week |
| 9 | $2,677.50 | $1,487.50 | you save $1,190 | week |
| 10 | $2,975 | $1,785 | you save $1,190 | week |
| 11 | $3,272.50 | $1,785 | you save $1,487.50 | week |
| 12 | $3,570 | $1,785 | you save $1,785 | week |
| 13 | $3,867.50 | $1,785 | you save $2,082.50 | week |
| 14 | $4,165 | $1,785 | you save $2,380 | week |
| 15 | $4,462.50 | $2,082.50 | you save $2,380 | week |
| 16 | $4,760 | $2,380 | you save $2,380 | week |
| 17 | $5,057.50 | $2,677.50 | you save $2,380 | 28-day |
| 18 | $5,355 | $2,677.50 | you save $2,677.50 | 28-day |
| 19 | $5,652.50 | $2,677.50 | you save $2,975 | 28-day |
| 20 | $5,950 | $2,677.50 | you save $3,272.50 | 28-day |
| 21 | $6,247.50 | $2,677.50 | you save $3,570 | 28-day |
| 22 | $6,545 | $2,677.50 | you save $3,867.50 | 28-day |
| 23 | $6,842.50 | $2,677.50 | you save $4,165 | 28-day |
| 24 | $7,140 | $2,677.50 | you save $4,462.50 | 28-day |
| 25 | $7,437.50 | $2,677.50 | you save $4,760 | 28-day |
| 26 | $7,735 | $2,677.50 | you save $5,057.50 | 28-day |
| 27 | $8,032.50 | $2,677.50 | you save $5,355 | 28-day |
| 28 | $8,330 | $2,677.50 | you save $5,652.50 | 28-day |
| 29 | $8,627.50 | $2,975 | you save $5,652.50 | day |
| 30 | $8,925 | $3,272.50 | you save $5,652.50 | day |
| 31 | $9,222.50 | $3,570 | you save $5,652.50 | day |
| 32 | $9,520 | $3,570 | you save $5,950 | week |
| 33 | $9,817.50 | $3,570 | you save $6,247.50 | week |
| 34 | $10,115 | $3,570 | you save $6,545 | week |
| 35 | $10,412.50 | $3,570 | you save $6,842.50 | 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 · 17 days
- $2,677.50
- Rental protection (RPP)
- $401.63
- Service fee
- $267.75
- Estimated total
- $3,346.88
Pick a listing
The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.
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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.