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.

Dewalt Heavy Duty 4000 PSI Pressure Washer

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Coby Garcia · Pressure Washers

Day
$80
Week
$319
28 days
$960

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $320. On the week rate it is $319.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,760. On the 28-day rate it is $960.

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 Dewalt Heavy Duty 4000 PSI Pressure Washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$80$80—day
2$160$160—day
3$240$240—day
4$320$319you save $1week
5$400$319you save $81week
6$480$319you save $161week
7$560$319you save $241week
8$640$399you save $241week
9$720$479you save $241week
10$800$559you save $241week
11$880$638you save $242week
12$960$638you save $322week
13$1,040$638you save $402week
14$1,120$638you save $482week
15$1,200$718you save $482week
16$1,280$798you save $482week
17$1,360$878you save $482week
18$1,440$957you save $483week
19$1,520$957you save $563week
20$1,600$957you save $643week
21$1,680$957you save $723week
22$1,760$960you save $80028-day
23$1,840$960you save $88028-day
24$1,920$960you save $96028-day
25$2,000$960you save $1,04028-day
26$2,080$960you save $1,12028-day
27$2,160$960you save $1,20028-day
28$2,240$960you save $1,28028-day
29$2,320$1,040you save $1,280day
30$2,400$1,120you save $1,280day
31$2,480$1,200you save $1,280day
32$2,560$1,279you save $1,281week
33$2,640$1,279you save $1,361week
34$2,720$1,279you save $1,441week
35$2,800$1,279you save $1,521week

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.