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.

Small ShopVac 4.5 HP 5 GL

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Paul Brogan · Lawn Vacuums - Gasoline

Day
$18
Week
$25
28 days
$60

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $36. On the week rate it is $25.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $270. On the 28-day rate it is $60.

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 Small ShopVac 4.5 HP 5 GL, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$18$18—day
2$36$25you save $11week
3$54$25you save $29week
4$72$25you save $47week
5$90$25you save $65week
6$108$25you save $83week
7$126$25you save $101week
8$144$43you save $101week
9$162$50you save $112week
10$180$50you save $130week
11$198$50you save $148week
12$216$50you save $166week
13$234$50you save $184week
14$252$50you save $202week
15$270$60you save $21028-day
16$288$60you save $22828-day
17$306$60you save $24628-day
18$324$60you save $26428-day
19$342$60you save $28228-day
20$360$60you save $30028-day
21$378$60you save $31828-day
22$396$60you save $33628-day
23$414$60you save $35428-day
24$432$60you save $37228-day
25$450$60you save $39028-day
26$468$60you save $40828-day
27$486$60you save $42628-day
28$504$60you save $44428-day
29$522$78you save $444day
30$540$85you save $455week
31$558$85you save $473week
32$576$85you save $491week
33$594$85you save $509week
34$612$85you save $527week
35$630$85you save $545week

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.