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.

53cc 4-Cycle Gas Powered 1-Man Earth Auger with 8 in. Bit

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K&B Rentals LLC · Augers - Gasoline

Day
$65
Week
$223
28 days
$643

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $260. On the week rate it is $223.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,170. On the 28-day rate it is $643.

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 53cc 4-Cycle Gas Powered 1-Man Earth Auger with 8 in. Bit, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$65$65—day
2$130$130—day
3$195$195—day
4$260$223you save $37week
5$325$223you save $102week
6$390$223you save $167week
7$455$223you save $232week
8$520$288you save $232week
9$585$353you save $232week
10$650$418you save $232week
11$715$446you save $269week
12$780$446you save $334week
13$845$446you save $399week
14$910$446you save $464week
15$975$511you save $464week
16$1,040$576you save $464week
17$1,105$641you save $464week
18$1,170$643you save $52728-day
19$1,235$643you save $59228-day
20$1,300$643you save $65728-day
21$1,365$643you save $72228-day
22$1,430$643you save $78728-day
23$1,495$643you save $85228-day
24$1,560$643you save $91728-day
25$1,625$643you save $98228-day
26$1,690$643you save $1,04728-day
27$1,755$643you save $1,11228-day
28$1,820$643you save $1,17728-day
29$1,885$708you save $1,177day
30$1,950$773you save $1,177day
31$2,015$838you save $1,177day
32$2,080$866you save $1,214week
33$2,145$866you save $1,279week
34$2,210$866you save $1,344week
35$2,275$866you save $1,409week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$643
Rental protection (RPP)
$96.45
Service fee
$64.30
Estimated total
$803.75

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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.