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.

Brick or Paver Saw

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Barrett Johnson · Saws - Masonry Saws

Day
$65
Week
$195
28 days
$400

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $260. On the week rate it is $195.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $975. On the 28-day rate it is $400.

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 Brick or Paver Saw, 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$195you save $65week
5$325$195you save $130week
6$390$195you save $195week
7$455$195you save $260week
8$520$260you save $260week
9$585$325you save $260week
10$650$390you save $260week
11$715$390you save $325week
12$780$390you save $390week
13$845$390you save $455week
14$910$390you save $520week
15$975$400you save $57528-day
16$1,040$400you save $64028-day
17$1,105$400you save $70528-day
18$1,170$400you save $77028-day
19$1,235$400you save $83528-day
20$1,300$400you save $90028-day
21$1,365$400you save $96528-day
22$1,430$400you save $1,03028-day
23$1,495$400you save $1,09528-day
24$1,560$400you save $1,16028-day
25$1,625$400you save $1,22528-day
26$1,690$400you save $1,29028-day
27$1,755$400you save $1,35528-day
28$1,820$400you save $1,42028-day
29$1,885$465you save $1,420day
30$1,950$530you save $1,420day
31$2,015$595you save $1,420day
32$2,080$595you save $1,485week
33$2,145$595you save $1,550week
34$2,210$595you save $1,615week
35$2,275$595you save $1,680week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.