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.

Predator 3200 PSI 2.8 GPM Pressure Washer

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Michael Pixler · Pressure Washers

Day
$85
Week
$375
28 days
$1,500

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $425. On the week rate it is $375.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $2,210. On the 28-day rate it is $1,500.

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 Predator 3200 PSI 2.8 GPM Pressure Washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$85$85—day
2$170$170—day
3$255$255—day
4$340$340—day
5$425$375you save $50week
6$510$375you save $135week
7$595$375you save $220week
8$680$460you save $220week
9$765$545you save $220week
10$850$630you save $220week
11$935$715you save $220week
12$1,020$750you save $270week
13$1,105$750you save $355week
14$1,190$750you save $440week
15$1,275$835you save $440week
16$1,360$920you save $440week
17$1,445$1,005you save $440week
18$1,530$1,090you save $440week
19$1,615$1,125you save $490week
20$1,700$1,125you save $575week
21$1,785$1,125you save $660week
22$1,870$1,210you save $660week
23$1,955$1,295you save $660week
24$2,040$1,380you save $660week
25$2,125$1,465you save $660week
26$2,210$1,500you save $71028-day
27$2,295$1,500you save $79528-day
28$2,380$1,500you save $88028-day
29$2,465$1,585you save $880day
30$2,550$1,670you save $880day
31$2,635$1,755you save $880day
32$2,720$1,840you save $880day
33$2,805$1,875you save $930week
34$2,890$1,875you save $1,015week
35$2,975$1,875you save $1,100week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days
$1,500
Rental protection (RPP)
$225
Service fee
$150
Estimated total
$1,875

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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.