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.

Ariens Snowblower

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Leo Chieco · Snow Blowers - Gasoline

Day
$60
Week
$336
28 days
$468

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $360. On the week rate it is $336.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $600. On the 28-day rate it is $468.

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 Ariens Snowblower, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$60$60—day
2$120$120—day
3$180$180—day
4$240$240—day
5$300$300—day
6$360$336you save $24week
7$420$336you save $84week
8$480$396you save $84week
9$540$456you save $84week
10$600$468you save $13228-day
11$660$468you save $19228-day
12$720$468you save $25228-day
13$780$468you save $31228-day
14$840$468you save $37228-day
15$900$468you save $43228-day
16$960$468you save $49228-day
17$1,020$468you save $55228-day
18$1,080$468you save $61228-day
19$1,140$468you save $67228-day
20$1,200$468you save $73228-day
21$1,260$468you save $79228-day
22$1,320$468you save $85228-day
23$1,380$468you save $91228-day
24$1,440$468you save $97228-day
25$1,500$468you save $1,03228-day
26$1,560$468you save $1,09228-day
27$1,620$468you save $1,15228-day
28$1,680$468you save $1,21228-day
29$1,740$528you save $1,212day
30$1,800$588you save $1,212day
31$1,860$648you save $1,212day
32$1,920$708you save $1,212day
33$1,980$768you save $1,212day
34$2,040$804you save $1,236week
35$2,100$804you save $1,296week

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.