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.

Drywall Lift

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Christian Holmes · Drywall Loaders

Day
$18
Week
$60
28 days
$177

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $72. On the week rate it is $60.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $324. On the 28-day rate it is $177.

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 Drywall Lift, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$18$18—day
2$36$36—day
3$54$54—day
4$72$60you save $12week
5$90$60you save $30week
6$108$60you save $48week
7$126$60you save $66week
8$144$78you save $66week
9$162$96you save $66week
10$180$114you save $66week
11$198$120you save $78week
12$216$120you save $96week
13$234$120you save $114week
14$252$120you save $132week
15$270$138you save $132week
16$288$156you save $132week
17$306$174you save $132week
18$324$177you save $14728-day
19$342$177you save $16528-day
20$360$177you save $18328-day
21$378$177you save $20128-day
22$396$177you save $21928-day
23$414$177you save $23728-day
24$432$177you save $25528-day
25$450$177you save $27328-day
26$468$177you save $29128-day
27$486$177you save $30928-day
28$504$177you save $32728-day
29$522$195you save $327day
30$540$213you save $327day
31$558$231you save $327day
32$576$237you save $339week
33$594$237you save $357week
34$612$237you save $375week
35$630$237you save $393week

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.