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.

Komatsu Hydraulic Excavator

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Morgan Street · Excavators - Mini

Day
$385
Week
$1,675
28 days
$4,995

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,925. On the week rate it is $1,675.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $7,315. On the 28-day rate it is $4,995.

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 Komatsu Hydraulic Excavator, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$385$385—day
2$770$770—day
3$1,155$1,155—day
4$1,540$1,540—day
5$1,925$1,675you save $250week
6$2,310$1,675you save $635week
7$2,695$1,675you save $1,020week
8$3,080$2,060you save $1,020week
9$3,465$2,445you save $1,020week
10$3,850$2,830you save $1,020week
11$4,235$3,215you save $1,020week
12$4,620$3,350you save $1,270week
13$5,005$3,350you save $1,655week
14$5,390$3,350you save $2,040week
15$5,775$3,735you save $2,040week
16$6,160$4,120you save $2,040week
17$6,545$4,505you save $2,040week
18$6,930$4,890you save $2,040week
19$7,315$4,995you save $2,32028-day
20$7,700$4,995you save $2,70528-day
21$8,085$4,995you save $3,09028-day
22$8,470$4,995you save $3,47528-day
23$8,855$4,995you save $3,86028-day
24$9,240$4,995you save $4,24528-day
25$9,625$4,995you save $4,63028-day
26$10,010$4,995you save $5,01528-day
27$10,395$4,995you save $5,40028-day
28$10,780$4,995you save $5,78528-day
29$11,165$5,380you save $5,785day
30$11,550$5,765you save $5,785day
31$11,935$6,150you save $5,785day
32$12,320$6,535you save $5,785day
33$12,705$6,670you save $6,035week
34$13,090$6,670you save $6,420week
35$13,475$6,670you save $6,805week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 19 days
$4,995
Rental protection (RPP)
$749.25
Service fee
$499.50
Estimated total
$6,243.75

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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.