When is it cheaper to rent a Swisher 24" Brush Cutter by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $98 day rate would be $294, but the weekly rate caps it at $280.

When is it cheaper to rent a Swisher 24" Brush Cutter on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $860 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

Swisher 24" Brush Cutter

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Renferd Koehn · Brush Mower

Day: $98
Week: $280
28 days: $860

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $294. On the week rate it is $280.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,156. On the 28-day rate it is $860.

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 Swisher 24" Brush Cutter, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$98	$98	—	day
2	$196	$196	—	day
3	$294	$280	you save $14	week
4	$392	$280	you save $112	week
5	$490	$280	you save $210	week
6	$588	$280	you save $308	week
7	$686	$280	you save $406	week
8	$784	$378	you save $406	week
9	$882	$476	you save $406	week
10	$980	$560	you save $420	week
11	$1,078	$560	you save $518	week
12	$1,176	$560	you save $616	week
13	$1,274	$560	you save $714	week
14	$1,372	$560	you save $812	week
15	$1,470	$658	you save $812	week
16	$1,568	$756	you save $812	week
17	$1,666	$840	you save $826	week
18	$1,764	$840	you save $924	week
19	$1,862	$840	you save $1,022	week
20	$1,960	$840	you save $1,120	week
21	$2,058	$840	you save $1,218	week
22	$2,156	$860	you save $1,296	28-day
23	$2,254	$860	you save $1,394	28-day
24	$2,352	$860	you save $1,492	28-day
25	$2,450	$860	you save $1,590	28-day
26	$2,548	$860	you save $1,688	28-day
27	$2,646	$860	you save $1,786	28-day
28	$2,744	$860	you save $1,884	28-day
29	$2,842	$958	you save $1,884	day
30	$2,940	$1,056	you save $1,884	day
31	$3,038	$1,140	you save $1,898	week
32	$3,136	$1,140	you save $1,996	week
33	$3,234	$1,140	you save $2,094	week
34	$3,332	$1,140	you save $2,192	week
35	$3,430	$1,140	you save $2,290	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days: $860
Rental protection (RPP): $129
Service fee: $86
Estimated total: $1,075

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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.