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.

The Kracker Brick and Block Splitter

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Frank Damico · Concrete - Breakers

Day
$70
Week
$280
28 days
$840

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $350. On the week rate it is $280.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,260. 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 The Kracker Brick and Block Splitter, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$70$70—day
2$140$140—day
3$210$210—day
4$280$280—day
5$350$280you save $70week
6$420$280you save $140week
7$490$280you save $210week
8$560$350you save $210week
9$630$420you save $210week
10$700$490you save $210week
11$770$560you save $210week
12$840$560you save $280week
13$910$560you save $350week
14$980$560you save $420week
15$1,050$630you save $420week
16$1,120$700you save $420week
17$1,190$770you save $420week
18$1,260$840you save $42028-day
19$1,330$840you save $49028-day
20$1,400$840you save $56028-day
21$1,470$840you save $63028-day
22$1,540$840you save $70028-day
23$1,610$840you save $77028-day
24$1,680$840you save $84028-day
25$1,750$840you save $91028-day
26$1,820$840you save $98028-day
27$1,890$840you save $1,05028-day
28$1,960$840you save $1,12028-day
29$2,030$910you save $1,120day
30$2,100$980you save $1,120day
31$2,170$1,050you save $1,120day
32$2,240$1,120you save $1,120day
33$2,310$1,120you save $1,190week
34$2,380$1,120you save $1,260week
35$2,450$1,120you save $1,330week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$840
Rental protection (RPP)
$126
Service fee
$84
Estimated total
$1,050

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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.