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.

Craftsman V20 Weedwacker

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Charlena Smith · Lawn Edgers - Gasoline

Day
$10
Week
$12
28 days
$30

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $20. On the week rate it is $12.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $150. On the 28-day rate it is $30.

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 Craftsman V20 Weedwacker, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$10$10—day
2$20$12you save $8week
3$30$12you save $18week
4$40$12you save $28week
5$50$12you save $38week
6$60$12you save $48week
7$70$12you save $58week
8$80$22you save $58week
9$90$24you save $66week
10$100$24you save $76week
11$110$24you save $86week
12$120$24you save $96week
13$130$24you save $106week
14$140$24you save $116week
15$150$30you save $12028-day
16$160$30you save $13028-day
17$170$30you save $14028-day
18$180$30you save $15028-day
19$190$30you save $16028-day
20$200$30you save $17028-day
21$210$30you save $18028-day
22$220$30you save $19028-day
23$230$30you save $20028-day
24$240$30you save $21028-day
25$250$30you save $22028-day
26$260$30you save $23028-day
27$270$30you save $24028-day
28$280$30you save $25028-day
29$290$40you save $250day
30$300$42you save $258week
31$310$42you save $268week
32$320$42you save $278week
33$330$42you save $288week
34$340$42you save $298week
35$350$42you save $308week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 15 days
$30
Rental protection (RPP)
$4.50
Service fee
$3
Estimated total
$37.50

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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.