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.

Miter Saw

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Zane Bolen · Saws - Mitre Saws

Day
$50
Week
$175
28 days
$550

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $200. On the week rate it is $175.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,100. On the 28-day rate it is $550.

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 Miter Saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$50$50—day
2$100$100—day
3$150$150—day
4$200$175you save $25week
5$250$175you save $75week
6$300$175you save $125week
7$350$175you save $175week
8$400$225you save $175week
9$450$275you save $175week
10$500$325you save $175week
11$550$350you save $200week
12$600$350you save $250week
13$650$350you save $300week
14$700$350you save $350week
15$750$400you save $350week
16$800$450you save $350week
17$850$500you save $350week
18$900$525you save $375week
19$950$525you save $425week
20$1,000$525you save $475week
21$1,050$525you save $525week
22$1,100$550you save $55028-day
23$1,150$550you save $60028-day
24$1,200$550you save $65028-day
25$1,250$550you save $70028-day
26$1,300$550you save $75028-day
27$1,350$550you save $80028-day
28$1,400$550you save $85028-day
29$1,450$600you save $850day
30$1,500$650you save $850day
31$1,550$700you save $850day
32$1,600$725you save $875week
33$1,650$725you save $925week
34$1,700$725you save $975week
35$1,750$725you save $1,025week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$550
Rental protection (RPP)
$82.50
Service fee
$55
Estimated total
$687.50

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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.