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.

3-in-1 Air Framing Nailer

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Brian Behunin · Air Tools - Nailers

Day
$30
Week
$147
28 days
$588

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $150. On the week rate it is $147.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $780. On the 28-day rate it is $588.

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 3-in-1 Air Framing Nailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$120—day
5$150$147you save $3week
6$180$147you save $33week
7$210$147you save $63week
8$240$177you save $63week
9$270$207you save $63week
10$300$237you save $63week
11$330$267you save $63week
12$360$294you save $66week
13$390$294you save $96week
14$420$294you save $126week
15$450$324you save $126week
16$480$354you save $126week
17$510$384you save $126week
18$540$414you save $126week
19$570$441you save $129week
20$600$441you save $159week
21$630$441you save $189week
22$660$471you save $189week
23$690$501you save $189week
24$720$531you save $189week
25$750$561you save $189week
26$780$588you save $19228-day
27$810$588you save $22228-day
28$840$588you save $25228-day
29$870$618you save $252day
30$900$648you save $252day
31$930$678you save $252day
32$960$708you save $252day
33$990$735you save $255week
34$1,020$735you save $285week
35$1,050$735you save $315week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days
$588
Rental protection (RPP)
$88.20
Service fee
$58.80
Estimated total
$735

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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.