When is it cheaper to rent a Max built by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $75 day rate would be $525, but the weekly rate caps it at $450.

When is it cheaper to rent a Max built on the 28-day rate?

From day 25. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,600 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.

Max built

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Dwayne Scott · Manlifts - Hybrid

Day: $75
Week: $450
28 days: $1,600

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $525. On the week rate it is $450.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $1,875. On the 28-day rate it is $1,600.

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 Max built, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$75	$75	—	day
2	$150	$150	—	day
3	$225	$225	—	day
4	$300	$300	—	day
5	$375	$375	—	day
6	$450	$450	—	day
7	$525	$450	you save $75	week
8	$600	$525	you save $75	week
9	$675	$600	you save $75	week
10	$750	$675	you save $75	week
11	$825	$750	you save $75	week
12	$900	$825	you save $75	week
13	$975	$900	you save $75	week
14	$1,050	$900	you save $150	week
15	$1,125	$975	you save $150	week
16	$1,200	$1,050	you save $150	week
17	$1,275	$1,125	you save $150	week
18	$1,350	$1,200	you save $150	week
19	$1,425	$1,275	you save $150	week
20	$1,500	$1,350	you save $150	week
21	$1,575	$1,350	you save $225	week
22	$1,650	$1,425	you save $225	week
23	$1,725	$1,500	you save $225	week
24	$1,800	$1,575	you save $225	week
25	$1,875	$1,600	you save $275	28-day
26	$1,950	$1,600	you save $350	28-day
27	$2,025	$1,600	you save $425	28-day
28	$2,100	$1,600	you save $500	28-day
29	$2,175	$1,675	you save $500	day
30	$2,250	$1,750	you save $500	day
31	$2,325	$1,825	you save $500	day
32	$2,400	$1,900	you save $500	day
33	$2,475	$1,975	you save $500	day
34	$2,550	$2,050	you save $500	day
35	$2,625	$2,050	you save $575	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 · 25 days: $1,600
Rental protection (RPP): $240
Service fee: $160
Estimated total: $2,000

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.