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.

Ford F-450 Super Duty Truck

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eqiper · Pickup

Day
$995
Week
$5,293
28 days
$18,209

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $5,970. On the week rate it is $5,293.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $23,880. On the 28-day rate it is $18,209.

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 Ford F-450 Super Duty Truck, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$995$995—day
2$1,990$1,990—day
3$2,985$2,985—day
4$3,980$3,980—day
5$4,975$4,975—day
6$5,970$5,293you save $677week
7$6,965$5,293you save $1,672week
8$7,960$6,288you save $1,672week
9$8,955$7,283you save $1,672week
10$9,950$8,278you save $1,672week
11$10,945$9,273you save $1,672week
12$11,940$10,268you save $1,672week
13$12,935$10,586you save $2,349week
14$13,930$10,586you save $3,344week
15$14,925$11,581you save $3,344week
16$15,920$12,576you save $3,344week
17$16,915$13,571you save $3,344week
18$17,910$14,566you save $3,344week
19$18,905$15,561you save $3,344week
20$19,900$15,879you save $4,021week
21$20,895$15,879you save $5,016week
22$21,890$16,874you save $5,016week
23$22,885$17,869you save $5,016week
24$23,880$18,209you save $5,67128-day
25$24,875$18,209you save $6,66628-day
26$25,870$18,209you save $7,66128-day
27$26,865$18,209you save $8,65628-day
28$27,860$18,209you save $9,65128-day
29$28,855$19,204you save $9,651day
30$29,850$20,199you save $9,651day
31$30,845$21,194you save $9,651day
32$31,840$22,189you save $9,651day
33$32,835$23,184you save $9,651day
34$33,830$23,502you save $10,328week
35$34,825$23,502you save $11,323week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 24 days
$18,209
Rental protection (RPP)
$2,731.35
Service fee
$1,820.90
Estimated total
$22,761.25

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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.