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.
CradlePoint IBR 1100 LP6 Router with Embedded Cat6 LTE Advanced Modem
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- Day
- $28.05
- Week
- $168.30
- 28 days
- $504.15
Daily stops winning on
day 7
7 days at the day rate would be $196.35. On the week rate it is $168.30.
Weekly stops winning on
day 20
20 days at the day rate would be $561. On the 28-day rate it is $504.15.
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 | $28.05 | $28.05 | — | day |
| 2 | $56.10 | $56.10 | — | day |
| 3 | $84.15 | $84.15 | — | day |
| 4 | $112.20 | $112.20 | — | day |
| 5 | $140.25 | $140.25 | — | day |
| 6 | $168.30 | $168.30 | — | day |
| 7 | $196.35 | $168.30 | you save $28.05 | week |
| 8 | $224.40 | $196.35 | you save $28.05 | week |
| 9 | $252.45 | $224.40 | you save $28.05 | week |
| 10 | $280.50 | $252.45 | you save $28.05 | week |
| 11 | $308.55 | $280.50 | you save $28.05 | week |
| 12 | $336.60 | $308.55 | you save $28.05 | week |
| 13 | $364.65 | $336.60 | you save $28.05 | week |
| 14 | $392.70 | $336.60 | you save $56.10 | week |
| 15 | $420.75 | $364.65 | you save $56.10 | week |
| 16 | $448.80 | $392.70 | you save $56.10 | week |
| 17 | $476.85 | $420.75 | you save $56.10 | week |
| 18 | $504.90 | $448.80 | you save $56.10 | week |
| 19 | $532.95 | $476.85 | you save $56.10 | week |
| 20 | $561 | $504.15 | you save $56.85 | 28-day |
| 21 | $589.05 | $504.15 | you save $84.90 | 28-day |
| 22 | $617.10 | $504.15 | you save $112.95 | 28-day |
| 23 | $645.15 | $504.15 | you save $141 | 28-day |
| 24 | $673.20 | $504.15 | you save $169.05 | 28-day |
| 25 | $701.25 | $504.15 | you save $197.10 | 28-day |
| 26 | $729.30 | $504.15 | you save $225.15 | 28-day |
| 27 | $757.35 | $504.15 | you save $253.20 | 28-day |
| 28 | $785.40 | $504.15 | you save $281.25 | 28-day |
| 29 | $813.45 | $532.20 | you save $281.25 | day |
| 30 | $841.50 | $560.25 | you save $281.25 | day |
| 31 | $869.55 | $588.30 | you save $281.25 | day |
| 32 | $897.60 | $616.35 | you save $281.25 | day |
| 33 | $925.65 | $644.40 | you save $281.25 | day |
| 34 | $953.70 | $672.45 | you save $281.25 | day |
| 35 | $981.75 | $672.45 | you save $309.30 | 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 · 20 days
- $504.15
- Rental protection (RPP)
- $75.62
- Service fee
- $50.42
- Estimated total
- $630.19
Pick a listing
The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.
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1000 Gallon Water TrailerSimon Equipment Rentals · Simon Equipment Rentals · Monrovia, California$124/day · $372/wk · $1,116/mo
1000 lb. Capacity Engine Support BarIan Gardner · Ian Gardner · Pikeville, North Carolina$35/day · $125/wk · $390/mo
1000lb transmission jackRon Myers · Ron Myers · Chattanooga, Tennessee$65/day · $225/wk · $350/mo
1000lb Wesco Battery Powered ForkliftDavid Nemec · David Nemec · tulsa, Oklahoma$130/day · $540/wk · $1,530/mo
100kw 150Amp 3ph 480vac Kohler Diesel GeneratorJames Moreda · James Moreda · sonora, California$1,560/day · $10,080/wk · $36,960/mo
100kW Diesel Generator MC82Quip Corp - DBA RME & 2QUIP.AI · RMERent · Louisburg, Kansas$191/day · $762/wk · $2,292/mo
100kw propane generator portablezach miller · zach miller · mount Juliet, Tennessee$590/day · $1,400/wk · $2,850/mo
100 lb. Vinyl RollerJason Morris · Jason Morris · Abilene, Texas$25/day · $122/wk · $450/mo
10" 15-Amp Ryobi Table SawMark Petrashishin · Mark Petrashishin · Clackamas, Oregon$90/day · $500/wk · $1,000/mo
10'×20' Canopy with detachable side wallsDwayne Costner · Dwayne Costner · Columbia, South Carolina$50/day · $200/wk · $400/mo
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.