When is it cheaper to rent a 56KW Portable Generator MC14 by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $275 day rate would be $1,100, but the weekly rate caps it at $950.

When is it cheaper to rent a 56KW Portable Generator MC14 on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,975 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.

56KW Portable Generator MC14

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2Quip Corp - DBA RME & 2QUIP.AI · Generators - Diesel

Day: $275
Week: $950
28 days: $1,975

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,100. On the week rate it is $950.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $4,125. On the 28-day rate it is $1,975.

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 56KW Portable Generator MC14, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$275	$275	—	day
2	$550	$550	—	day
3	$825	$825	—	day
4	$1,100	$950	you save $150	week
5	$1,375	$950	you save $425	week
6	$1,650	$950	you save $700	week
7	$1,925	$950	you save $975	week
8	$2,200	$1,225	you save $975	week
9	$2,475	$1,500	you save $975	week
10	$2,750	$1,775	you save $975	week
11	$3,025	$1,900	you save $1,125	week
12	$3,300	$1,900	you save $1,400	week
13	$3,575	$1,900	you save $1,675	week
14	$3,850	$1,900	you save $1,950	week
15	$4,125	$1,975	you save $2,150	28-day
16	$4,400	$1,975	you save $2,425	28-day
17	$4,675	$1,975	you save $2,700	28-day
18	$4,950	$1,975	you save $2,975	28-day
19	$5,225	$1,975	you save $3,250	28-day
20	$5,500	$1,975	you save $3,525	28-day
21	$5,775	$1,975	you save $3,800	28-day
22	$6,050	$1,975	you save $4,075	28-day
23	$6,325	$1,975	you save $4,350	28-day
24	$6,600	$1,975	you save $4,625	28-day
25	$6,875	$1,975	you save $4,900	28-day
26	$7,150	$1,975	you save $5,175	28-day
27	$7,425	$1,975	you save $5,450	28-day
28	$7,700	$1,975	you save $5,725	28-day
29	$7,975	$2,250	you save $5,725	day
30	$8,250	$2,525	you save $5,725	day
31	$8,525	$2,800	you save $5,725	day
32	$8,800	$2,925	you save $5,875	week
33	$9,075	$2,925	you save $6,150	week
34	$9,350	$2,925	you save $6,425	week
35	$9,625	$2,925	you save $6,700	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.