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.

Tile Stripper

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Tile Strippers

Day
$66
Week
$197
28 days
$590

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $198. On the week rate it is $197.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $1,122. On the 28-day rate it is $590.

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 Tile Stripper, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$66$66—day
2$132$132—day
3$198$197you save $1week
4$264$197you save $67week
5$330$197you save $133week
6$396$197you save $199week
7$462$197you save $265week
8$528$263you save $265week
9$594$329you save $265week
10$660$394you save $266week
11$726$394you save $332week
12$792$394you save $398week
13$858$394you save $464week
14$924$394you save $530week
15$990$460you save $530week
16$1,056$526you save $530week
17$1,122$590you save $53228-day
18$1,188$590you save $59828-day
19$1,254$590you save $66428-day
20$1,320$590you save $73028-day
21$1,386$590you save $79628-day
22$1,452$590you save $86228-day
23$1,518$590you save $92828-day
24$1,584$590you save $99428-day
25$1,650$590you save $1,06028-day
26$1,716$590you save $1,12628-day
27$1,782$590you save $1,19228-day
28$1,848$590you save $1,25828-day
29$1,914$656you save $1,258day
30$1,980$722you save $1,258day
31$2,046$787you save $1,259week
32$2,112$787you save $1,325week
33$2,178$787you save $1,391week
34$2,244$787you save $1,457week
35$2,310$787you save $1,523week

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
$590
Rental protection (RPP)
$88.50
Service fee
$59
Estimated total
$737.50

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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.