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.

Stihl Gas Operated Chain Saw- #01

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Chain Saws

Day
$83
Week
$245
28 days
$733

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $249. On the week rate it is $245.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $1,411. On the 28-day rate it is $733.

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 Stihl Gas Operated Chain Saw- #01, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$83$83—day
2$166$166—day
3$249$245you save $4week
4$332$245you save $87week
5$415$245you save $170week
6$498$245you save $253week
7$581$245you save $336week
8$664$328you save $336week
9$747$411you save $336week
10$830$490you save $340week
11$913$490you save $423week
12$996$490you save $506week
13$1,079$490you save $589week
14$1,162$490you save $672week
15$1,245$573you save $672week
16$1,328$656you save $672week
17$1,411$733you save $67828-day
18$1,494$733you save $76128-day
19$1,577$733you save $84428-day
20$1,660$733you save $92728-day
21$1,743$733you save $1,01028-day
22$1,826$733you save $1,09328-day
23$1,909$733you save $1,17628-day
24$1,992$733you save $1,25928-day
25$2,075$733you save $1,34228-day
26$2,158$733you save $1,42528-day
27$2,241$733you save $1,50828-day
28$2,324$733you save $1,59128-day
29$2,407$816you save $1,591day
30$2,490$899you save $1,591day
31$2,573$978you save $1,595week
32$2,656$978you save $1,678week
33$2,739$978you save $1,761week
34$2,822$978you save $1,844week
35$2,905$978you save $1,927week

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
$733
Rental protection (RPP)
$109.95
Service fee
$73.30
Estimated total
$916.25

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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.