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.

Skid Steer Auger Attachment with 12" & 18" Bits

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SJV Equipment Rentals · Loaders - Skid Steers - Attachments

Day
$140
Week
$480
28 days
$1,260

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $560. On the week rate it is $480.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $2,380. On the 28-day rate it is $1,260.

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 Skid Steer Auger Attachment with 12" & 18" Bits, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$140$140—day
2$280$280—day
3$420$420—day
4$560$480you save $80week
5$700$480you save $220week
6$840$480you save $360week
7$980$480you save $500week
8$1,120$620you save $500week
9$1,260$760you save $500week
10$1,400$900you save $500week
11$1,540$960you save $580week
12$1,680$960you save $720week
13$1,820$960you save $860week
14$1,960$960you save $1,000week
15$2,100$1,100you save $1,000week
16$2,240$1,240you save $1,000week
17$2,380$1,260you save $1,12028-day
18$2,520$1,260you save $1,26028-day
19$2,660$1,260you save $1,40028-day
20$2,800$1,260you save $1,54028-day
21$2,940$1,260you save $1,68028-day
22$3,080$1,260you save $1,82028-day
23$3,220$1,260you save $1,96028-day
24$3,360$1,260you save $2,10028-day
25$3,500$1,260you save $2,24028-day
26$3,640$1,260you save $2,38028-day
27$3,780$1,260you save $2,52028-day
28$3,920$1,260you save $2,66028-day
29$4,060$1,400you save $2,660day
30$4,200$1,540you save $2,660day
31$4,340$1,680you save $2,660day
32$4,480$1,740you save $2,740week
33$4,620$1,740you save $2,880week
34$4,760$1,740you save $3,020week
35$4,900$1,740you save $3,160week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$1,260
Rental protection (RPP)
$189
Service fee
$126
Estimated total
$1,575

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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.