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.

CountyLine 30 Ton Gas Log Splitter

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Tasha Ives

Day
$55
Week
$289
28 days
$1,007

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $330. On the week rate it is $289.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $1,320. On the 28-day rate it is $1,007.

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 CountyLine 30 Ton Gas Log Splitter, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$55$55—day
2$110$110—day
3$165$165—day
4$220$220—day
5$275$275—day
6$330$289you save $41week
7$385$289you save $96week
8$440$344you save $96week
9$495$399you save $96week
10$550$454you save $96week
11$605$509you save $96week
12$660$564you save $96week
13$715$578you save $137week
14$770$578you save $192week
15$825$633you save $192week
16$880$688you save $192week
17$935$743you save $192week
18$990$798you save $192week
19$1,045$853you save $192week
20$1,100$867you save $233week
21$1,155$867you save $288week
22$1,210$922you save $288week
23$1,265$977you save $288week
24$1,320$1,007you save $31328-day
25$1,375$1,007you save $36828-day
26$1,430$1,007you save $42328-day
27$1,485$1,007you save $47828-day
28$1,540$1,007you save $53328-day
29$1,595$1,062you save $533day
30$1,650$1,117you save $533day
31$1,705$1,172you save $533day
32$1,760$1,227you save $533day
33$1,815$1,282you save $533day
34$1,870$1,296you save $574week
35$1,925$1,296you save $629week

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
$1,007
Rental protection (RPP)
$151.05
Service fee
$100.70
Estimated total
$1,258.75

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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.