When is it cheaper to rent a Extension ladder by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $35 day rate would be $175, but the weekly rate caps it at $140.

When is it cheaper to rent a Extension ladder on the 28-day rate?

From day 11. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $280 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.

Extension ladder

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Dusty Neil · Ladder - Extension

Day: $35
Week: $140
28 days: $280

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $175. On the week rate it is $140.

Weekly stops winning on

day 11

11 days at the day rate would be $385. On the 28-day rate it is $280.

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 Extension ladder, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$35	$35	—	day
2	$70	$70	—	day
3	$105	$105	—	day
4	$140	$140	—	day
5	$175	$140	you save $35	week
6	$210	$140	you save $70	week
7	$245	$140	you save $105	week
8	$280	$175	you save $105	week
9	$315	$210	you save $105	week
10	$350	$245	you save $105	week
11	$385	$280	you save $105	28-day
12	$420	$280	you save $140	28-day
13	$455	$280	you save $175	28-day
14	$490	$280	you save $210	28-day
15	$525	$280	you save $245	28-day
16	$560	$280	you save $280	28-day
17	$595	$280	you save $315	28-day
18	$630	$280	you save $350	28-day
19	$665	$280	you save $385	28-day
20	$700	$280	you save $420	28-day
21	$735	$280	you save $455	28-day
22	$770	$280	you save $490	28-day
23	$805	$280	you save $525	28-day
24	$840	$280	you save $560	28-day
25	$875	$280	you save $595	28-day
26	$910	$280	you save $630	28-day
27	$945	$280	you save $665	28-day
28	$980	$280	you save $700	28-day
29	$1,015	$315	you save $700	day
30	$1,050	$350	you save $700	day
31	$1,085	$385	you save $700	day
32	$1,120	$420	you save $700	day
33	$1,155	$420	you save $735	week
34	$1,190	$420	you save $770	week
35	$1,225	$420	you save $805	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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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.