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.
330 Gallon Offset Smoker with Warming Box on Gorilla Mobile Trailer
See the listing →Wilbert McPhail · Ovens / Stoves / Grills / Fryers
- Day
- $99.99
- Week
- $429
- 28 days
- $1,199
Daily stops winning on
day 5
5 days at the day rate would be $499.95. On the week rate it is $429.
Weekly stops winning on
day 18
18 days at the day rate would be $1,799.82. On the 28-day rate it is $1,199.
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.
| Days | At the day rate | On the ladder | Difference | Rate in play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $99.99 | $99.99 | — | day |
| 2 | $199.98 | $199.98 | — | day |
| 3 | $299.97 | $299.97 | — | day |
| 4 | $399.96 | $399.96 | — | day |
| 5 | $499.95 | $429 | you save $70.95 | week |
| 6 | $599.94 | $429 | you save $170.94 | week |
| 7 | $699.93 | $429 | you save $270.93 | week |
| 8 | $799.92 | $528.99 | you save $270.93 | week |
| 9 | $899.91 | $628.98 | you save $270.93 | week |
| 10 | $999.90 | $728.97 | you save $270.93 | week |
| 11 | $1,099.89 | $828.96 | you save $270.93 | week |
| 12 | $1,199.88 | $858 | you save $341.88 | week |
| 13 | $1,299.87 | $858 | you save $441.87 | week |
| 14 | $1,399.86 | $858 | you save $541.86 | week |
| 15 | $1,499.85 | $957.99 | you save $541.86 | week |
| 16 | $1,599.84 | $1,057.98 | you save $541.86 | week |
| 17 | $1,699.83 | $1,157.97 | you save $541.86 | week |
| 18 | $1,799.82 | $1,199 | you save $600.82 | 28-day |
| 19 | $1,899.81 | $1,199 | you save $700.81 | 28-day |
| 20 | $1,999.80 | $1,199 | you save $800.80 | 28-day |
| 21 | $2,099.79 | $1,199 | you save $900.79 | 28-day |
| 22 | $2,199.78 | $1,199 | you save $1,000.78 | 28-day |
| 23 | $2,299.77 | $1,199 | you save $1,100.77 | 28-day |
| 24 | $2,399.76 | $1,199 | you save $1,200.76 | 28-day |
| 25 | $2,499.75 | $1,199 | you save $1,300.75 | 28-day |
| 26 | $2,599.74 | $1,199 | you save $1,400.74 | 28-day |
| 27 | $2,699.73 | $1,199 | you save $1,500.73 | 28-day |
| 28 | $2,799.72 | $1,199 | you save $1,600.72 | 28-day |
| 29 | $2,899.71 | $1,298.99 | you save $1,600.72 | day |
| 30 | $2,999.70 | $1,398.98 | you save $1,600.72 | day |
| 31 | $3,099.69 | $1,498.97 | you save $1,600.72 | day |
| 32 | $3,199.68 | $1,598.96 | you save $1,600.72 | day |
| 33 | $3,299.67 | $1,628 | you save $1,671.67 | week |
| 34 | $3,399.66 | $1,628 | you save $1,771.66 | week |
| 35 | $3,499.65 | $1,628 | you save $1,871.65 | week |
Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.
What checkout will quote you
- Rental · 18 days
- $1,199
- Rental protection (RPP)
- $179.85
- Service fee
- $119.90
- Estimated total
- $1,498.75
Pick a listing
The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.
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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.