When is it cheaper to rent a 6.5HP Plate Compactor by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $55 day rate would be $220, but the weekly rate caps it at $219.

When is it cheaper to rent a 6.5HP Plate Compactor on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $660 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.

6.5HP Plate Compactor

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Travis Aho · Compactors - Vibratory Plate

Day: $55
Week: $219
28 days: $660

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $220. On the week rate it is $219.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,210. On the 28-day rate it is $660.

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 6.5HP Plate Compactor, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$55	$55	—	day
2	$110	$110	—	day
3	$165	$165	—	day
4	$220	$219	you save $1	week
5	$275	$219	you save $56	week
6	$330	$219	you save $111	week
7	$385	$219	you save $166	week
8	$440	$274	you save $166	week
9	$495	$329	you save $166	week
10	$550	$384	you save $166	week
11	$605	$438	you save $167	week
12	$660	$438	you save $222	week
13	$715	$438	you save $277	week
14	$770	$438	you save $332	week
15	$825	$493	you save $332	week
16	$880	$548	you save $332	week
17	$935	$603	you save $332	week
18	$990	$657	you save $333	week
19	$1,045	$657	you save $388	week
20	$1,100	$657	you save $443	week
21	$1,155	$657	you save $498	week
22	$1,210	$660	you save $550	28-day
23	$1,265	$660	you save $605	28-day
24	$1,320	$660	you save $660	28-day
25	$1,375	$660	you save $715	28-day
26	$1,430	$660	you save $770	28-day
27	$1,485	$660	you save $825	28-day
28	$1,540	$660	you save $880	28-day
29	$1,595	$715	you save $880	day
30	$1,650	$770	you save $880	day
31	$1,705	$825	you save $880	day
32	$1,760	$879	you save $881	week
33	$1,815	$879	you save $936	week
34	$1,870	$879	you save $991	week
35	$1,925	$879	you save $1,046	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 · 22 days: $660
Rental protection (RPP): $99
Service fee: $66
Estimated total: $825

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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.