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.

1 Ton capacity Shop Crane

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Ahmed Showman · Cranes - Gantry

Day
$29
Week
$113
28 days
$339

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $116. On the week rate it is $113.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $522. On the 28-day rate it is $339.

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 1 Ton capacity Shop Crane, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$29$29—day
2$58$58—day
3$87$87—day
4$116$113you save $3week
5$145$113you save $32week
6$174$113you save $61week
7$203$113you save $90week
8$232$142you save $90week
9$261$171you save $90week
10$290$200you save $90week
11$319$226you save $93week
12$348$226you save $122week
13$377$226you save $151week
14$406$226you save $180week
15$435$255you save $180week
16$464$284you save $180week
17$493$313you save $180week
18$522$339you save $18328-day
19$551$339you save $21228-day
20$580$339you save $24128-day
21$609$339you save $27028-day
22$638$339you save $29928-day
23$667$339you save $32828-day
24$696$339you save $35728-day
25$725$339you save $38628-day
26$754$339you save $41528-day
27$783$339you save $44428-day
28$812$339you save $47328-day
29$841$368you save $473day
30$870$397you save $473day
31$899$426you save $473day
32$928$452you save $476week
33$957$452you save $505week
34$986$452you save $534week
35$1,015$452you save $563week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$339
Rental protection (RPP)
$50.85
Service fee
$33.90
Estimated total
$423.75

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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.