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.

8000 Watt Generator

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Andy Ceh · Generators - Gas

Day
$69
Week
$199
28 days
$599

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $207. On the week rate it is $199.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,518. On the 28-day rate it is $599.

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 8000 Watt Generator, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$69$69—day
2$138$138—day
3$207$199you save $8week
4$276$199you save $77week
5$345$199you save $146week
6$414$199you save $215week
7$483$199you save $284week
8$552$268you save $284week
9$621$337you save $284week
10$690$398you save $292week
11$759$398you save $361week
12$828$398you save $430week
13$897$398you save $499week
14$966$398you save $568week
15$1,035$467you save $568week
16$1,104$536you save $568week
17$1,173$597you save $576week
18$1,242$597you save $645week
19$1,311$597you save $714week
20$1,380$597you save $783week
21$1,449$597you save $852week
22$1,518$599you save $91928-day
23$1,587$599you save $98828-day
24$1,656$599you save $1,05728-day
25$1,725$599you save $1,12628-day
26$1,794$599you save $1,19528-day
27$1,863$599you save $1,26428-day
28$1,932$599you save $1,33328-day
29$2,001$668you save $1,333day
30$2,070$737you save $1,333day
31$2,139$798you save $1,341week
32$2,208$798you save $1,410week
33$2,277$798you save $1,479week
34$2,346$798you save $1,548week
35$2,415$798you save $1,617week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$599
Rental protection (RPP)
$89.85
Service fee
$59.90
Estimated total
$748.75

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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.