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.

Bosch Bulldog Xtreme Rotary Hammer

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Caples rental · Hammers - Rotary

Day
$29.75
Week
$167
28 days
$536

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $178.50. On the week rate it is $167.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $684.25. On the 28-day rate it is $536.

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 Bosch Bulldog Xtreme Rotary Hammer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$29.75$29.75—day
2$59.50$59.50—day
3$89.25$89.25—day
4$119$119—day
5$148.75$148.75—day
6$178.50$167you save $11.50week
7$208.25$167you save $41.25week
8$238$196.75you save $41.25week
9$267.75$226.50you save $41.25week
10$297.50$256.25you save $41.25week
11$327.25$286you save $41.25week
12$357$315.75you save $41.25week
13$386.75$334you save $52.75week
14$416.50$334you save $82.50week
15$446.25$363.75you save $82.50week
16$476$393.50you save $82.50week
17$505.75$423.25you save $82.50week
18$535.50$453you save $82.50week
19$565.25$482.75you save $82.50week
20$595$501you save $94week
21$624.75$501you save $123.75week
22$654.50$530.75you save $123.75week
23$684.25$536you save $148.2528-day
24$714$536you save $17828-day
25$743.75$536you save $207.7528-day
26$773.50$536you save $237.5028-day
27$803.25$536you save $267.2528-day
28$833$536you save $29728-day
29$862.75$565.75you save $297day
30$892.50$595.50you save $297day
31$922.25$625.25you save $297day
32$952$655you save $297day
33$981.75$684.75you save $297day
34$1,011.50$703you save $308.50week
35$1,041.25$703you save $338.25week

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.