Break-even duration

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a Milwaukee Hackzall plus blade (for wood),charger and battery by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $20 day rate would be $120, but the weekly rate caps it at $100.

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a Milwaukee Hackzall plus blade (for wood),charger and battery on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $400 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

Milwaukee Hackzall plus blade (for wood),charger and battery

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Wilson Leung · Chain Saws - Electric

Day: $20
Week: $100
28 days: $400

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $120. On the week rate it is $100.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $520. 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 Milwaukee Hackzall plus blade (for wood),charger and battery, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$20	$20	—	day
2	$40	$40	—	day
3	$60	$60	—	day
4	$80	$80	—	day
5	$100	$100	—	day
6	$120	$100	you save $20	week
7	$140	$100	you save $40	week
8	$160	$120	you save $40	week
9	$180	$140	you save $40	week
10	$200	$160	you save $40	week
11	$220	$180	you save $40	week
12	$240	$200	you save $40	week
13	$260	$200	you save $60	week
14	$280	$200	you save $80	week
15	$300	$220	you save $80	week
16	$320	$240	you save $80	week
17	$340	$260	you save $80	week
18	$360	$280	you save $80	week
19	$380	$300	you save $80	week
20	$400	$300	you save $100	week
21	$420	$300	you save $120	week
22	$440	$320	you save $120	week
23	$460	$340	you save $120	week
24	$480	$360	you save $120	week
25	$500	$380	you save $120	week
26	$520	$400	you save $120	28-day
27	$540	$400	you save $140	28-day
28	$560	$400	you save $160	28-day
29	$580	$420	you save $160	day
30	$600	$440	you save $160	day
31	$620	$460	you save $160	day
32	$640	$480	you save $160	day
33	$660	$500	you save $160	day
34	$680	$500	you save $180	week
35	$700	$500	you save $200	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days: $400
Rental protection (RPP): $60
Service fee: $40
Estimated total: $500

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.