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.

plate compactor

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Jake faytik · Compactors - Vibratory Plate

Day
$45
Week
$180
28 days
$350

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $225. On the week rate it is $180.

Weekly stops winning on

day 11

11 days at the day rate would be $495. On the 28-day rate it is $350.

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 plate compactor, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$45$45—day
2$90$90—day
3$135$135—day
4$180$180—day
5$225$180you save $45week
6$270$180you save $90week
7$315$180you save $135week
8$360$225you save $135week
9$405$270you save $135week
10$450$315you save $135week
11$495$350you save $14528-day
12$540$350you save $19028-day
13$585$350you save $23528-day
14$630$350you save $28028-day
15$675$350you save $32528-day
16$720$350you save $37028-day
17$765$350you save $41528-day
18$810$350you save $46028-day
19$855$350you save $50528-day
20$900$350you save $55028-day
21$945$350you save $59528-day
22$990$350you save $64028-day
23$1,035$350you save $68528-day
24$1,080$350you save $73028-day
25$1,125$350you save $77528-day
26$1,170$350you save $82028-day
27$1,215$350you save $86528-day
28$1,260$350you save $91028-day
29$1,305$395you save $910day
30$1,350$440you save $910day
31$1,395$485you save $910day
32$1,440$530you save $910day
33$1,485$530you save $955week
34$1,530$530you save $1,000week
35$1,575$530you save $1,045week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 11 days
$350
Rental protection (RPP)
$52.50
Service fee
$35
Estimated total
$437.50

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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.