When is it cheaper to rent a 10ft Scissor Lift by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $120 day rate would be $480, but the weekly rate caps it at $479.

When is it cheaper to rent a 10ft Scissor Lift on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,332 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.

10ft Scissor Lift

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2Quip Corp - DBA RME & 2QUIP.AI · Lifts - Scissor - Electric

Day: $120
Week: $479
28 days: $1,332

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $480. On the week rate it is $479.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $2,160. On the 28-day rate it is $1,332.

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 10ft Scissor Lift, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$120	$120	—	day
2	$240	$240	—	day
3	$360	$360	—	day
4	$480	$479	you save $1	week
5	$600	$479	you save $121	week
6	$720	$479	you save $241	week
7	$840	$479	you save $361	week
8	$960	$599	you save $361	week
9	$1,080	$719	you save $361	week
10	$1,200	$839	you save $361	week
11	$1,320	$958	you save $362	week
12	$1,440	$958	you save $482	week
13	$1,560	$958	you save $602	week
14	$1,680	$958	you save $722	week
15	$1,800	$1,078	you save $722	week
16	$1,920	$1,198	you save $722	week
17	$2,040	$1,318	you save $722	week
18	$2,160	$1,332	you save $828	28-day
19	$2,280	$1,332	you save $948	28-day
20	$2,400	$1,332	you save $1,068	28-day
21	$2,520	$1,332	you save $1,188	28-day
22	$2,640	$1,332	you save $1,308	28-day
23	$2,760	$1,332	you save $1,428	28-day
24	$2,880	$1,332	you save $1,548	28-day
25	$3,000	$1,332	you save $1,668	28-day
26	$3,120	$1,332	you save $1,788	28-day
27	$3,240	$1,332	you save $1,908	28-day
28	$3,360	$1,332	you save $2,028	28-day
29	$3,480	$1,452	you save $2,028	day
30	$3,600	$1,572	you save $2,028	day
31	$3,720	$1,692	you save $2,028	day
32	$3,840	$1,811	you save $2,029	week
33	$3,960	$1,811	you save $2,149	week
34	$4,080	$1,811	you save $2,269	week
35	$4,200	$1,811	you save $2,389	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: $1,332
Rental protection (RPP): $199.80
Estimated total: $1,531.80

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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.