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.

Rear Rototiller

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Briana Meza · Tillers - Rear Tine Tillers - Gasoline

Day
$43
Week
$162
28 days
$468

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $172. On the week rate it is $162.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $774. On the 28-day rate it is $468.

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 Rear Rototiller, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$43$43—day
2$86$86—day
3$129$129—day
4$172$162you save $10week
5$215$162you save $53week
6$258$162you save $96week
7$301$162you save $139week
8$344$205you save $139week
9$387$248you save $139week
10$430$291you save $139week
11$473$324you save $149week
12$516$324you save $192week
13$559$324you save $235week
14$602$324you save $278week
15$645$367you save $278week
16$688$410you save $278week
17$731$453you save $278week
18$774$468you save $30628-day
19$817$468you save $34928-day
20$860$468you save $39228-day
21$903$468you save $43528-day
22$946$468you save $47828-day
23$989$468you save $52128-day
24$1,032$468you save $56428-day
25$1,075$468you save $60728-day
26$1,118$468you save $65028-day
27$1,161$468you save $69328-day
28$1,204$468you save $73628-day
29$1,247$511you save $736day
30$1,290$554you save $736day
31$1,333$597you save $736day
32$1,376$630you save $746week
33$1,419$630you save $789week
34$1,462$630you save $832week
35$1,505$630you save $875week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.