When is it cheaper to rent a 21in Craftsman EZ walk self propelled mower by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $85 day rate would be $340, but the weekly rate caps it at $320.

When is it cheaper to rent a 21in Craftsman EZ walk self propelled mower on the 28-day rate?

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,050 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

21in Craftsman EZ walk self propelled mower

See the listing →

Joel Valls Sr · Compressors - Air Manifolds

Day: $85
Week: $320
28 days: $1,050

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $340. On the week rate it is $320.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $1,955. On the 28-day rate it is $1,050.

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 21in Craftsman EZ walk self propelled mower, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$85	$85	—	day
2	$170	$170	—	day
3	$255	$255	—	day
4	$340	$320	you save $20	week
5	$425	$320	you save $105	week
6	$510	$320	you save $190	week
7	$595	$320	you save $275	week
8	$680	$405	you save $275	week
9	$765	$490	you save $275	week
10	$850	$575	you save $275	week
11	$935	$640	you save $295	week
12	$1,020	$640	you save $380	week
13	$1,105	$640	you save $465	week
14	$1,190	$640	you save $550	week
15	$1,275	$725	you save $550	week
16	$1,360	$810	you save $550	week
17	$1,445	$895	you save $550	week
18	$1,530	$960	you save $570	week
19	$1,615	$960	you save $655	week
20	$1,700	$960	you save $740	week
21	$1,785	$960	you save $825	week
22	$1,870	$1,045	you save $825	week
23	$1,955	$1,050	you save $905	28-day
24	$2,040	$1,050	you save $990	28-day
25	$2,125	$1,050	you save $1,075	28-day
26	$2,210	$1,050	you save $1,160	28-day
27	$2,295	$1,050	you save $1,245	28-day
28	$2,380	$1,050	you save $1,330	28-day
29	$2,465	$1,135	you save $1,330	day
30	$2,550	$1,220	you save $1,330	day
31	$2,635	$1,305	you save $1,330	day
32	$2,720	$1,370	you save $1,350	week
33	$2,805	$1,370	you save $1,435	week
34	$2,890	$1,370	you save $1,520	week
35	$2,975	$1,370	you save $1,605	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 23 days: $1,050
Rental protection (RPP): $157.50
Service fee: $105
Estimated total: $1,312.50

Pick a listing

The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.