When is it cheaper to rent a 20' Little Giant Ladder by the week than by the day?

From day 2. 2 days at the $35 day rate would be $70, but the weekly rate caps it at $65.

When is it cheaper to rent a 20' Little Giant Ladder on the 28-day rate?

From day 8. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $95 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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' Little Giant Ladder

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Peculiar Rentals · Ladder - Extension

Day: $35
Week: $65
28 days: $95

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $70. On the week rate it is $65.

Weekly stops winning on

day 8

8 days at the day rate would be $280. On the 28-day rate it is $95.

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' Little Giant Ladder, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$35	$35	—	day
2	$70	$65	you save $5	week
3	$105	$65	you save $40	week
4	$140	$65	you save $75	week
5	$175	$65	you save $110	week
6	$210	$65	you save $145	week
7	$245	$65	you save $180	week
8	$280	$95	you save $185	28-day
9	$315	$95	you save $220	28-day
10	$350	$95	you save $255	28-day
11	$385	$95	you save $290	28-day
12	$420	$95	you save $325	28-day
13	$455	$95	you save $360	28-day
14	$490	$95	you save $395	28-day
15	$525	$95	you save $430	28-day
16	$560	$95	you save $465	28-day
17	$595	$95	you save $500	28-day
18	$630	$95	you save $535	28-day
19	$665	$95	you save $570	28-day
20	$700	$95	you save $605	28-day
21	$735	$95	you save $640	28-day
22	$770	$95	you save $675	28-day
23	$805	$95	you save $710	28-day
24	$840	$95	you save $745	28-day
25	$875	$95	you save $780	28-day
26	$910	$95	you save $815	28-day
27	$945	$95	you save $850	28-day
28	$980	$95	you save $885	28-day
29	$1,015	$130	you save $885	day
30	$1,050	$160	you save $890	week
31	$1,085	$160	you save $925	week
32	$1,120	$160	you save $960	week
33	$1,155	$160	you save $995	week
34	$1,190	$160	you save $1,030	week
35	$1,225	$160	you save $1,065	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 · 8 days: $95
Rental protection (RPP): $14.25
Service fee: $9.50
Estimated total: $118.75

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.