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.

5' Step Ladder

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Mark Williams · Ladder - Step

Day
$10
Week
$28
28 days
$75

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $30. On the week rate it is $28.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $160. On the 28-day rate it is $75.

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 5' Step Ladder, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$10$10—day
2$20$20—day
3$30$28you save $2week
4$40$28you save $12week
5$50$28you save $22week
6$60$28you save $32week
7$70$28you save $42week
8$80$38you save $42week
9$90$48you save $42week
10$100$56you save $44week
11$110$56you save $54week
12$120$56you save $64week
13$130$56you save $74week
14$140$56you save $84week
15$150$66you save $84week
16$160$75you save $8528-day
17$170$75you save $9528-day
18$180$75you save $10528-day
19$190$75you save $11528-day
20$200$75you save $12528-day
21$210$75you save $13528-day
22$220$75you save $14528-day
23$230$75you save $15528-day
24$240$75you save $16528-day
25$250$75you save $17528-day
26$260$75you save $18528-day
27$270$75you save $19528-day
28$280$75you save $20528-day
29$290$85you save $205day
30$300$95you save $205day
31$310$103you save $207week
32$320$103you save $217week
33$330$103you save $227week
34$340$103you save $237week
35$350$103you save $247week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$75
Rental protection (RPP)
$11.25
Service fee
$7.50
Estimated total
$93.75

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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.