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.

Troy Bilt Straight-Shaft Weed Eater

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Gregory Domurat · Hedge Trimmers - Gasoline

Day
$20
Week
$82
28 days
$252

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $100. On the week rate it is $82.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $440. On the 28-day rate it is $252.

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 Troy Bilt Straight-Shaft Weed Eater, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$20$20—day
2$40$40—day
3$60$60—day
4$80$80—day
5$100$82you save $18week
6$120$82you save $38week
7$140$82you save $58week
8$160$102you save $58week
9$180$122you save $58week
10$200$142you save $58week
11$220$162you save $58week
12$240$164you save $76week
13$260$164you save $96week
14$280$164you save $116week
15$300$184you save $116week
16$320$204you save $116week
17$340$224you save $116week
18$360$244you save $116week
19$380$246you save $134week
20$400$246you save $154week
21$420$246you save $174week
22$440$252you save $18828-day
23$460$252you save $20828-day
24$480$252you save $22828-day
25$500$252you save $24828-day
26$520$252you save $26828-day
27$540$252you save $28828-day
28$560$252you save $30828-day
29$580$272you save $308day
30$600$292you save $308day
31$620$312you save $308day
32$640$332you save $308day
33$660$334you save $326week
34$680$334you save $346week
35$700$334you save $366week

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
$252
Rental protection (RPP)
$37.80
Service fee
$25.20
Estimated total
$315

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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.