Day, week or month: picking the period that costs least
A week rate is not seven day rates. Knowing where the lines sit is worth real money on a long job.
We rent by the day, the week, and the month. Most people ask for the day rate and work from there. On anything longer than a few days, that is the expensive way round.
The rates are not multiples of each other
A week rate is less than seven day rates. A month rate is less than four week rates. That is not a discount we are being generous with — it reflects what the machine costs us to turn around. A unit that goes out once and comes back in a month has one delivery, one pickup, and one inspection cycle. A unit that goes out seven times has seven of each.
The practical consequence: there is a crossover point where the longer period is simply cheaper than the shorter one, even if you do not use all of it.
Find your crossover
- Ask for all three ratesDay, week, month, on the unit you want. We will send all three.
- Divide the week by the dayThat tells you how many days it takes before the week is cheaper. Past that day, the week costs less than the days would have.
- Do the same for the monthSame arithmetic, one period up.
- Then be honest about the jobJobs run long. If you are near the line, you are almost certainly over it.
The mistake that costs the most
Booking short to look cheap on paper, then extending. Extensions are fine — call us and we will sort it — but a job that rolls day-by-day for three weeks has usually paid well past the month rate, one day at a time, without anyone noticing.
If the honest answer to "how long?" is "probably three weeks, maybe five," price the month.
When short is genuinely right
- A defined, short task with a hard end. Two days of demolition is two days.
- A peak on top of iron you already own. You need the second machine for the pour, not the quarter.
- A trial. You are deciding whether this class suits your work at all — and that is a good reason to rent before you buy.
And what is in the rate
Every rental ships delivered, fuelled and inspected across the Lower Mainland. The quote states the rate. Ask the coordinator about fuel top-ups and operating hours so there is nothing to discover later.
