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.

Table saw

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Tim Cayer · Saws - Table Saws

Day
$30
Week
$110
28 days
$342

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $120. On the week rate it is $110.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $660. On the 28-day rate it is $342.

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 Table saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$110you save $10week
5$150$110you save $40week
6$180$110you save $70week
7$210$110you save $100week
8$240$140you save $100week
9$270$170you save $100week
10$300$200you save $100week
11$330$220you save $110week
12$360$220you save $140week
13$390$220you save $170week
14$420$220you save $200week
15$450$250you save $200week
16$480$280you save $200week
17$510$310you save $200week
18$540$330you save $210week
19$570$330you save $240week
20$600$330you save $270week
21$630$330you save $300week
22$660$342you save $31828-day
23$690$342you save $34828-day
24$720$342you save $37828-day
25$750$342you save $40828-day
26$780$342you save $43828-day
27$810$342you save $46828-day
28$840$342you save $49828-day
29$870$372you save $498day
30$900$402you save $498day
31$930$432you save $498day
32$960$452you save $508week
33$990$452you save $538week
34$1,020$452you save $568week
35$1,050$452you save $598week

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
$342
Rental protection (RPP)
$51.30
Service fee
$34.20
Estimated total
$427.50

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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.