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.

Metal Chop Saw

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J. Howard · Saws - Chop Saws

Day
$41
Week
$115
28 days
$320

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $123. On the week rate it is $115.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $697. On the 28-day rate it is $320.

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 Metal Chop Saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$41$41—day
2$82$82—day
3$123$115you save $8week
4$164$115you save $49week
5$205$115you save $90week
6$246$115you save $131week
7$287$115you save $172week
8$328$156you save $172week
9$369$197you save $172week
10$410$230you save $180week
11$451$230you save $221week
12$492$230you save $262week
13$533$230you save $303week
14$574$230you save $344week
15$615$271you save $344week
16$656$312you save $344week
17$697$320you save $37728-day
18$738$320you save $41828-day
19$779$320you save $45928-day
20$820$320you save $50028-day
21$861$320you save $54128-day
22$902$320you save $58228-day
23$943$320you save $62328-day
24$984$320you save $66428-day
25$1,025$320you save $70528-day
26$1,066$320you save $74628-day
27$1,107$320you save $78728-day
28$1,148$320you save $82828-day
29$1,189$361you save $828day
30$1,230$402you save $828day
31$1,271$435you save $836week
32$1,312$435you save $877week
33$1,353$435you save $918week
34$1,394$435you save $959week
35$1,435$435you save $1,000week

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
$320
Rental protection (RPP)
$48
Service fee
$32
Estimated total
$400

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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.