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.

Compact Electric Scissor Lift

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Leonardo Bove · Lifts - Scissor - Electric

Day
$120
Week
$378
28 days
$864

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $480. On the week rate it is $378.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $1,800. On the 28-day rate it is $864.

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 Compact Electric Scissor Lift, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$120$120—day
2$240$240—day
3$360$360—day
4$480$378you save $102week
5$600$378you save $222week
6$720$378you save $342week
7$840$378you save $462week
8$960$498you save $462week
9$1,080$618you save $462week
10$1,200$738you save $462week
11$1,320$756you save $564week
12$1,440$756you save $684week
13$1,560$756you save $804week
14$1,680$756you save $924week
15$1,800$864you save $93628-day
16$1,920$864you save $1,05628-day
17$2,040$864you save $1,17628-day
18$2,160$864you save $1,29628-day
19$2,280$864you save $1,41628-day
20$2,400$864you save $1,53628-day
21$2,520$864you save $1,65628-day
22$2,640$864you save $1,77628-day
23$2,760$864you save $1,89628-day
24$2,880$864you save $2,01628-day
25$3,000$864you save $2,13628-day
26$3,120$864you save $2,25628-day
27$3,240$864you save $2,37628-day
28$3,360$864you save $2,49628-day
29$3,480$984you save $2,496day
30$3,600$1,104you save $2,496day
31$3,720$1,224you save $2,496day
32$3,840$1,242you save $2,598week
33$3,960$1,242you save $2,718week
34$4,080$1,242you save $2,838week
35$4,200$1,242you save $2,958week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 15 days
$864
Rental protection (RPP)
$129.60
Service fee
$86.40
Estimated total
$1,080

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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.