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.
Ford F650 Dump Truck with Chipper 12XPC Combo
See the listing →Cristal Flawless · Dump Truck
- Day
- $383
- Week
- $1,662
- 28 days
- $4,941
Daily stops winning on
day 5
5 days at the day rate would be $1,915. On the week rate it is $1,662.
Weekly stops winning on
day 19
19 days at the day rate would be $7,277. On the 28-day rate it is $4,941.
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 | $383 | $383 | — | day |
| 2 | $766 | $766 | — | day |
| 3 | $1,149 | $1,149 | — | day |
| 4 | $1,532 | $1,532 | — | day |
| 5 | $1,915 | $1,662 | you save $253 | week |
| 6 | $2,298 | $1,662 | you save $636 | week |
| 7 | $2,681 | $1,662 | you save $1,019 | week |
| 8 | $3,064 | $2,045 | you save $1,019 | week |
| 9 | $3,447 | $2,428 | you save $1,019 | week |
| 10 | $3,830 | $2,811 | you save $1,019 | week |
| 11 | $4,213 | $3,194 | you save $1,019 | week |
| 12 | $4,596 | $3,324 | you save $1,272 | week |
| 13 | $4,979 | $3,324 | you save $1,655 | week |
| 14 | $5,362 | $3,324 | you save $2,038 | week |
| 15 | $5,745 | $3,707 | you save $2,038 | week |
| 16 | $6,128 | $4,090 | you save $2,038 | week |
| 17 | $6,511 | $4,473 | you save $2,038 | week |
| 18 | $6,894 | $4,856 | you save $2,038 | week |
| 19 | $7,277 | $4,941 | you save $2,336 | 28-day |
| 20 | $7,660 | $4,941 | you save $2,719 | 28-day |
| 21 | $8,043 | $4,941 | you save $3,102 | 28-day |
| 22 | $8,426 | $4,941 | you save $3,485 | 28-day |
| 23 | $8,809 | $4,941 | you save $3,868 | 28-day |
| 24 | $9,192 | $4,941 | you save $4,251 | 28-day |
| 25 | $9,575 | $4,941 | you save $4,634 | 28-day |
| 26 | $9,958 | $4,941 | you save $5,017 | 28-day |
| 27 | $10,341 | $4,941 | you save $5,400 | 28-day |
| 28 | $10,724 | $4,941 | you save $5,783 | 28-day |
| 29 | $11,107 | $5,324 | you save $5,783 | day |
| 30 | $11,490 | $5,707 | you save $5,783 | day |
| 31 | $11,873 | $6,090 | you save $5,783 | day |
| 32 | $12,256 | $6,473 | you save $5,783 | day |
| 33 | $12,639 | $6,603 | you save $6,036 | week |
| 34 | $13,022 | $6,603 | you save $6,419 | week |
| 35 | $13,405 | $6,603 | you save $6,802 | 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 · 19 days
- $4,941
- Rental protection (RPP)
- $741.15
- Service fee
- $494.10
- Estimated total
- $6,176.25
Pick a listing
The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.
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1000 Gallon Water TrailerSimon Equipment Rentals · Simon Equipment Rentals · Monrovia, California$124/day · $372/wk · $1,116/mo
1000 lb. Capacity Engine Support BarIan Gardner · Ian Gardner · Pikeville, North Carolina$35/day · $125/wk · $390/mo
1000lb transmission jackRon Myers · Ron Myers · Chattanooga, Tennessee$65/day · $225/wk · $350/mo
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100kw 150Amp 3ph 480vac Kohler Diesel GeneratorJames Moreda · James Moreda · sonora, California$1,560/day · $10,080/wk · $36,960/mo
100kW Diesel Generator MC82Quip Corp - DBA RME & 2QUIP.AI · RMERent · Louisburg, Kansas$191/day · $762/wk · $2,292/mo
100kw propane generator portablezach miller · zach miller · mount Juliet, Tennessee$590/day · $1,400/wk · $2,850/mo
100 lb. Vinyl RollerJason Morris · Jason Morris · Abilene, Texas$25/day · $122/wk · $450/mo
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10'×20' Canopy with detachable side wallsDwayne Costner · Dwayne Costner · Columbia, South Carolina$50/day · $200/wk · $400/mo
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.