When is it cheaper to rent a Poulan chainsaw by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $85 day rate would be $255, but the weekly rate caps it at $210.

When is it cheaper to rent a Poulan chainsaw on the 28-day rate?

From day 24. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $840 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.

Poulan chainsaw

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Ronald Jackman · Chain Saws

Day: $85
Week: $210
28 days: $840

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $255. On the week rate it is $210.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $2,040. On the 28-day rate it is $840.

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 Poulan chainsaw, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$85	$85	—	day
2	$170	$170	—	day
3	$255	$210	you save $45	week
4	$340	$210	you save $130	week
5	$425	$210	you save $215	week
6	$510	$210	you save $300	week
7	$595	$210	you save $385	week
8	$680	$295	you save $385	week
9	$765	$380	you save $385	week
10	$850	$420	you save $430	week
11	$935	$420	you save $515	week
12	$1,020	$420	you save $600	week
13	$1,105	$420	you save $685	week
14	$1,190	$420	you save $770	week
15	$1,275	$505	you save $770	week
16	$1,360	$590	you save $770	week
17	$1,445	$630	you save $815	week
18	$1,530	$630	you save $900	week
19	$1,615	$630	you save $985	week
20	$1,700	$630	you save $1,070	week
21	$1,785	$630	you save $1,155	week
22	$1,870	$715	you save $1,155	week
23	$1,955	$800	you save $1,155	week
24	$2,040	$840	you save $1,200	28-day
25	$2,125	$840	you save $1,285	28-day
26	$2,210	$840	you save $1,370	28-day
27	$2,295	$840	you save $1,455	28-day
28	$2,380	$840	you save $1,540	28-day
29	$2,465	$925	you save $1,540	day
30	$2,550	$1,010	you save $1,540	day
31	$2,635	$1,050	you save $1,585	week
32	$2,720	$1,050	you save $1,670	week
33	$2,805	$1,050	you save $1,755	week
34	$2,890	$1,050	you save $1,840	week
35	$2,975	$1,050	you save $1,925	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.