When is it cheaper to rent a 2022 PJ 40' 24k hydraulic dovetail lowboy by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $199 day rate would be $995, but the weekly rate caps it at $800.

When is it cheaper to rent a 2022 PJ 40' 24k hydraulic dovetail lowboy on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,100 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.

2022 PJ 40' 24k hydraulic dovetail lowboy

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Grant Wollam · Lowboy / RGN

Day: $199
Week: $800
28 days: $2,100

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $995. On the week rate it is $800.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $3,383. On the 28-day rate it is $2,100.

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 2022 PJ 40' 24k hydraulic dovetail lowboy, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$199	$199	—	day
2	$398	$398	—	day
3	$597	$597	—	day
4	$796	$796	—	day
5	$995	$800	you save $195	week
6	$1,194	$800	you save $394	week
7	$1,393	$800	you save $593	week
8	$1,592	$999	you save $593	week
9	$1,791	$1,198	you save $593	week
10	$1,990	$1,397	you save $593	week
11	$2,189	$1,596	you save $593	week
12	$2,388	$1,600	you save $788	week
13	$2,587	$1,600	you save $987	week
14	$2,786	$1,600	you save $1,186	week
15	$2,985	$1,799	you save $1,186	week
16	$3,184	$1,998	you save $1,186	week
17	$3,383	$2,100	you save $1,283	28-day
18	$3,582	$2,100	you save $1,482	28-day
19	$3,781	$2,100	you save $1,681	28-day
20	$3,980	$2,100	you save $1,880	28-day
21	$4,179	$2,100	you save $2,079	28-day
22	$4,378	$2,100	you save $2,278	28-day
23	$4,577	$2,100	you save $2,477	28-day
24	$4,776	$2,100	you save $2,676	28-day
25	$4,975	$2,100	you save $2,875	28-day
26	$5,174	$2,100	you save $3,074	28-day
27	$5,373	$2,100	you save $3,273	28-day
28	$5,572	$2,100	you save $3,472	28-day
29	$5,771	$2,299	you save $3,472	day
30	$5,970	$2,498	you save $3,472	day
31	$6,169	$2,697	you save $3,472	day
32	$6,368	$2,896	you save $3,472	day
33	$6,567	$2,900	you save $3,667	week
34	$6,766	$2,900	you save $3,866	week
35	$6,965	$2,900	you save $4,065	week

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.