When is it cheaper to rent a Tile Saw on the 28-day rate?

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $800 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.

Tile Saw

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Brandon Blount · Saws - Tile Saws

Day: $35
Week: $250
28 days: $800

Daily stops winning on

Never, on this card

Seven days at the day rate still cost less than the week rate on this card.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $805. On the 28-day rate it is $800.

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 Tile Saw, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$35	$35	—	day
2	$70	$70	—	day
3	$105	$105	—	day
4	$140	$140	—	day
5	$175	$175	—	day
6	$210	$210	—	day
7	$245	$250	costs $5 more	week
8	$280	$285	costs $5 more	week
9	$315	$320	costs $5 more	week
10	$350	$355	costs $5 more	week
11	$385	$390	costs $5 more	week
12	$420	$425	costs $5 more	week
13	$455	$460	costs $5 more	week
14	$490	$500	costs $10 more	week
15	$525	$535	costs $10 more	week
16	$560	$570	costs $10 more	week
17	$595	$605	costs $10 more	week
18	$630	$640	costs $10 more	week
19	$665	$675	costs $10 more	week
20	$700	$710	costs $10 more	week
21	$735	$750	costs $15 more	week
22	$770	$785	costs $15 more	week
23	$805	$800	you save $5	28-day
24	$840	$800	you save $40	28-day
25	$875	$800	you save $75	28-day
26	$910	$800	you save $110	28-day
27	$945	$800	you save $145	28-day
28	$980	$800	you save $180	28-day
29	$1,015	$835	you save $180	day
30	$1,050	$870	you save $180	day
31	$1,085	$905	you save $180	day
32	$1,120	$940	you save $180	day
33	$1,155	$975	you save $180	day
34	$1,190	$1,010	you save $180	day
35	$1,225	$1,050	you save $175	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 · 23 days: $800
Rental protection (RPP): $120
Service fee: $80
Estimated total: $1,000

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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.