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.

MK Diamond 10in. Tile Saw # 02

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Saws - Tile Saws

Day
$54
Week
$216
28 days
$648

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $270. On the week rate it is $216.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $972. On the 28-day rate it is $648.

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 MK Diamond 10in. Tile Saw # 02, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$54$54—day
2$108$108—day
3$162$162—day
4$216$216—day
5$270$216you save $54week
6$324$216you save $108week
7$378$216you save $162week
8$432$270you save $162week
9$486$324you save $162week
10$540$378you save $162week
11$594$432you save $162week
12$648$432you save $216week
13$702$432you save $270week
14$756$432you save $324week
15$810$486you save $324week
16$864$540you save $324week
17$918$594you save $324week
18$972$648you save $32428-day
19$1,026$648you save $37828-day
20$1,080$648you save $43228-day
21$1,134$648you save $48628-day
22$1,188$648you save $54028-day
23$1,242$648you save $59428-day
24$1,296$648you save $64828-day
25$1,350$648you save $70228-day
26$1,404$648you save $75628-day
27$1,458$648you save $81028-day
28$1,512$648you save $86428-day
29$1,566$702you save $864day
30$1,620$756you save $864day
31$1,674$810you save $864day
32$1,728$864you save $864day
33$1,782$864you save $918week
34$1,836$864you save $972week
35$1,890$864you save $1,026week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$648
Rental protection (RPP)
$97.20
Service fee
$64.80
Estimated total
$810

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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.