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.

10'6" Aluminum Brake with Cutter & Measuring System

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Ralph Balagbagan

Day
$70
Week
$300
28 days
$950

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $350. On the week rate it is $300.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,540. On the 28-day rate it is $950.

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 10'6" Aluminum Brake with Cutter & Measuring System, 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$300you save $50week
6$420$300you save $120week
7$490$300you save $190week
8$560$370you save $190week
9$630$440you save $190week
10$700$510you save $190week
11$770$580you save $190week
12$840$600you save $240week
13$910$600you save $310week
14$980$600you save $380week
15$1,050$670you save $380week
16$1,120$740you save $380week
17$1,190$810you save $380week
18$1,260$880you save $380week
19$1,330$900you save $430week
20$1,400$900you save $500week
21$1,470$900you save $570week
22$1,540$950you save $59028-day
23$1,610$950you save $66028-day
24$1,680$950you save $73028-day
25$1,750$950you save $80028-day
26$1,820$950you save $87028-day
27$1,890$950you save $94028-day
28$1,960$950you save $1,01028-day
29$2,030$1,020you save $1,010day
30$2,100$1,090you save $1,010day
31$2,170$1,160you save $1,010day
32$2,240$1,230you save $1,010day
33$2,310$1,250you save $1,060week
34$2,380$1,250you save $1,130week
35$2,450$1,250you save $1,200week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$950
Rental protection (RPP)
$142.50
Service fee
$95
Estimated total
$1,187.50

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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.