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.

20” Plate Compactor with Water Tank

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Matthew McQuinn · Compactors - Vibratory Plate

Day
$50
Week
$201
28 days
$720

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $250. On the week rate it is $201.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $1,200. On the 28-day rate it is $720.

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 20” Plate Compactor with Water Tank, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$50$50—day
2$100$100—day
3$150$150—day
4$200$200—day
5$250$201you save $49week
6$300$201you save $99week
7$350$201you save $149week
8$400$251you save $149week
9$450$301you save $149week
10$500$351you save $149week
11$550$401you save $149week
12$600$402you save $198week
13$650$402you save $248week
14$700$402you save $298week
15$750$452you save $298week
16$800$502you save $298week
17$850$552you save $298week
18$900$602you save $298week
19$950$603you save $347week
20$1,000$603you save $397week
21$1,050$603you save $447week
22$1,100$653you save $447week
23$1,150$703you save $447week
24$1,200$720you save $48028-day
25$1,250$720you save $53028-day
26$1,300$720you save $58028-day
27$1,350$720you save $63028-day
28$1,400$720you save $68028-day
29$1,450$770you save $680day
30$1,500$820you save $680day
31$1,550$870you save $680day
32$1,600$920you save $680day
33$1,650$921you save $729week
34$1,700$921you save $779week
35$1,750$921you save $829week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 24 days
$720
Rental protection (RPP)
$108
Service fee
$72
Estimated total
$900

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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.