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.

Electric Scissor Lift

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Juan Carlos Hoyos · Lifts - Scissor - Electric

Day
$115
Week
$386
28 days
$1,138

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $460. On the week rate it is $386.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $2,070. On the 28-day rate it is $1,138.

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 Electric Scissor Lift, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$115$115—day
2$230$230—day
3$345$345—day
4$460$386you save $74week
5$575$386you save $189week
6$690$386you save $304week
7$805$386you save $419week
8$920$501you save $419week
9$1,035$616you save $419week
10$1,150$731you save $419week
11$1,265$772you save $493week
12$1,380$772you save $608week
13$1,495$772you save $723week
14$1,610$772you save $838week
15$1,725$887you save $838week
16$1,840$1,002you save $838week
17$1,955$1,117you save $838week
18$2,070$1,138you save $93228-day
19$2,185$1,138you save $1,04728-day
20$2,300$1,138you save $1,16228-day
21$2,415$1,138you save $1,27728-day
22$2,530$1,138you save $1,39228-day
23$2,645$1,138you save $1,50728-day
24$2,760$1,138you save $1,62228-day
25$2,875$1,138you save $1,73728-day
26$2,990$1,138you save $1,85228-day
27$3,105$1,138you save $1,96728-day
28$3,220$1,138you save $2,08228-day
29$3,335$1,253you save $2,082day
30$3,450$1,368you save $2,082day
31$3,565$1,483you save $2,082day
32$3,680$1,524you save $2,156week
33$3,795$1,524you save $2,271week
34$3,910$1,524you save $2,386week
35$4,025$1,524you save $2,501week

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.