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.

14 Foot Extension Ladder

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Luis Veron · Ladder - Extension

Day
$20
Week
$50
28 days
$110

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $60. On the week rate it is $50.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $300. On the 28-day rate it is $110.

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 14 Foot Extension Ladder, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$20$20—day
2$40$40—day
3$60$50you save $10week
4$80$50you save $30week
5$100$50you save $50week
6$120$50you save $70week
7$140$50you save $90week
8$160$70you save $90week
9$180$90you save $90week
10$200$100you save $100week
11$220$100you save $120week
12$240$100you save $140week
13$260$100you save $160week
14$280$100you save $180week
15$300$110you save $19028-day
16$320$110you save $21028-day
17$340$110you save $23028-day
18$360$110you save $25028-day
19$380$110you save $27028-day
20$400$110you save $29028-day
21$420$110you save $31028-day
22$440$110you save $33028-day
23$460$110you save $35028-day
24$480$110you save $37028-day
25$500$110you save $39028-day
26$520$110you save $41028-day
27$540$110you save $43028-day
28$560$110you save $45028-day
29$580$130you save $450day
30$600$150you save $450day
31$620$160you save $460week
32$640$160you save $480week
33$660$160you save $500week
34$680$160you save $520week
35$700$160you save $540week

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
$110
Rental protection (RPP)
$16.50
Service fee
$11
Estimated total
$137.50

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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.