When is it cheaper to rent a Coleman Diesel Generator by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $175 day rate would be $525, but the weekly rate caps it at $485.

When is it cheaper to rent a Coleman Diesel Generator on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,050 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.

Coleman Diesel Generator

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Brandon Poggi · Generators - Diesel

Day: $175
Week: $485
28 days: $1,050

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $525. On the week rate it is $485.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $2,625. On the 28-day rate it is $1,050.

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 Coleman Diesel Generator, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$175	$175	—	day
2	$350	$350	—	day
3	$525	$485	you save $40	week
4	$700	$485	you save $215	week
5	$875	$485	you save $390	week
6	$1,050	$485	you save $565	week
7	$1,225	$485	you save $740	week
8	$1,400	$660	you save $740	week
9	$1,575	$835	you save $740	week
10	$1,750	$970	you save $780	week
11	$1,925	$970	you save $955	week
12	$2,100	$970	you save $1,130	week
13	$2,275	$970	you save $1,305	week
14	$2,450	$970	you save $1,480	week
15	$2,625	$1,050	you save $1,575	28-day
16	$2,800	$1,050	you save $1,750	28-day
17	$2,975	$1,050	you save $1,925	28-day
18	$3,150	$1,050	you save $2,100	28-day
19	$3,325	$1,050	you save $2,275	28-day
20	$3,500	$1,050	you save $2,450	28-day
21	$3,675	$1,050	you save $2,625	28-day
22	$3,850	$1,050	you save $2,800	28-day
23	$4,025	$1,050	you save $2,975	28-day
24	$4,200	$1,050	you save $3,150	28-day
25	$4,375	$1,050	you save $3,325	28-day
26	$4,550	$1,050	you save $3,500	28-day
27	$4,725	$1,050	you save $3,675	28-day
28	$4,900	$1,050	you save $3,850	28-day
29	$5,075	$1,225	you save $3,850	day
30	$5,250	$1,400	you save $3,850	day
31	$5,425	$1,535	you save $3,890	week
32	$5,600	$1,535	you save $4,065	week
33	$5,775	$1,535	you save $4,240	week
34	$5,950	$1,535	you save $4,415	week
35	$6,125	$1,535	you save $4,590	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 15 days: $1,050
Rental protection (RPP): $157.50
Service fee: $105
Estimated total: $1,312.50

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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.