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.

3000 psi pressure washer

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Michael Gibson · Pressure Washers

Day
$30
Week
$100
28 days
$275

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $120. On the week rate it is $100.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $510. On the 28-day rate it is $275.

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 3000 psi pressure washer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$100you save $20week
5$150$100you save $50week
6$180$100you save $80week
7$210$100you save $110week
8$240$130you save $110week
9$270$160you save $110week
10$300$190you save $110week
11$330$200you save $130week
12$360$200you save $160week
13$390$200you save $190week
14$420$200you save $220week
15$450$230you save $220week
16$480$260you save $220week
17$510$275you save $23528-day
18$540$275you save $26528-day
19$570$275you save $29528-day
20$600$275you save $32528-day
21$630$275you save $35528-day
22$660$275you save $38528-day
23$690$275you save $41528-day
24$720$275you save $44528-day
25$750$275you save $47528-day
26$780$275you save $50528-day
27$810$275you save $53528-day
28$840$275you save $56528-day
29$870$305you save $565day
30$900$335you save $565day
31$930$365you save $565day
32$960$375you save $585week
33$990$375you save $615week
34$1,020$375you save $645week
35$1,050$375you save $675week

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.