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.

Tree Cutting 10 inch Saw (M18 Milwaukee Pole Saw)

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justin michon · Saws - Tree Saws

Day
$90
Week
$160
28 days
$275

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $180. On the week rate it is $160.

Weekly stops winning on

day 9

9 days at the day rate would be $810. On the 28-day rate it is $275.

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 Tree Cutting 10 inch Saw (M18 Milwaukee Pole Saw), days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$90$90—day
2$180$160you save $20week
3$270$160you save $110week
4$360$160you save $200week
5$450$160you save $290week
6$540$160you save $380week
7$630$160you save $470week
8$720$250you save $470week
9$810$275you save $53528-day
10$900$275you save $62528-day
11$990$275you save $71528-day
12$1,080$275you save $80528-day
13$1,170$275you save $89528-day
14$1,260$275you save $98528-day
15$1,350$275you save $1,07528-day
16$1,440$275you save $1,16528-day
17$1,530$275you save $1,25528-day
18$1,620$275you save $1,34528-day
19$1,710$275you save $1,43528-day
20$1,800$275you save $1,52528-day
21$1,890$275you save $1,61528-day
22$1,980$275you save $1,70528-day
23$2,070$275you save $1,79528-day
24$2,160$275you save $1,88528-day
25$2,250$275you save $1,97528-day
26$2,340$275you save $2,06528-day
27$2,430$275you save $2,15528-day
28$2,520$275you save $2,24528-day
29$2,610$365you save $2,245day
30$2,700$435you save $2,265week
31$2,790$435you save $2,355week
32$2,880$435you save $2,445week
33$2,970$435you save $2,535week
34$3,060$435you save $2,625week
35$3,150$435you save $2,715week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 9 days
$275
Rental protection (RPP)
$41.25
Service fee
$27.50
Estimated total
$343.75

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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.