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.

Chainsaw

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J. Howard · Chain Saws

Day
$75
Week
$225
28 days
$500

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $300. On the week rate it is $225.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $1,125. On the 28-day rate it is $500.

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 Chainsaw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$75$75—day
2$150$150—day
3$225$225—day
4$300$225you save $75week
5$375$225you save $150week
6$450$225you save $225week
7$525$225you save $300week
8$600$300you save $300week
9$675$375you save $300week
10$750$450you save $300week
11$825$450you save $375week
12$900$450you save $450week
13$975$450you save $525week
14$1,050$450you save $600week
15$1,125$500you save $62528-day
16$1,200$500you save $70028-day
17$1,275$500you save $77528-day
18$1,350$500you save $85028-day
19$1,425$500you save $92528-day
20$1,500$500you save $1,00028-day
21$1,575$500you save $1,07528-day
22$1,650$500you save $1,15028-day
23$1,725$500you save $1,22528-day
24$1,800$500you save $1,30028-day
25$1,875$500you save $1,37528-day
26$1,950$500you save $1,45028-day
27$2,025$500you save $1,52528-day
28$2,100$500you save $1,60028-day
29$2,175$575you save $1,600day
30$2,250$650you save $1,600day
31$2,325$725you save $1,600day
32$2,400$725you save $1,675week
33$2,475$725you save $1,750week
34$2,550$725you save $1,825week
35$2,625$725you save $1,900week

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
$500
Rental protection (RPP)
$75
Service fee
$50
Estimated total
$625

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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.