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.

28' multi purpose ladder

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Brendan Clark · Ladder - Multi-Purpose

Day
$32
Week
$125
28 days
$315

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $128. On the week rate it is $125.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $544. On the 28-day rate it is $315.

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 28' multi purpose ladder, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$32$32—day
2$64$64—day
3$96$96—day
4$128$125you save $3week
5$160$125you save $35week
6$192$125you save $67week
7$224$125you save $99week
8$256$157you save $99week
9$288$189you save $99week
10$320$221you save $99week
11$352$250you save $102week
12$384$250you save $134week
13$416$250you save $166week
14$448$250you save $198week
15$480$282you save $198week
16$512$314you save $198week
17$544$315you save $22928-day
18$576$315you save $26128-day
19$608$315you save $29328-day
20$640$315you save $32528-day
21$672$315you save $35728-day
22$704$315you save $38928-day
23$736$315you save $42128-day
24$768$315you save $45328-day
25$800$315you save $48528-day
26$832$315you save $51728-day
27$864$315you save $54928-day
28$896$315you save $58128-day
29$928$347you save $581day
30$960$379you save $581day
31$992$411you save $581day
32$1,024$440you save $584week
33$1,056$440you save $616week
34$1,088$440you save $648week
35$1,120$440you save $680week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$315
Rental protection (RPP)
$47.25
Service fee
$31.50
Estimated total
$393.75

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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.