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.

Milwaukee Air Gun for Drain Clearing

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Jake Gish · Air Tools - Blow Gun

Day
$30
Week
$40
28 days
$50

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $60. On the week rate it is $40.

Weekly stops winning on

day 8

8 days at the day rate would be $240. On the 28-day rate it is $50.

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 Air Gun for Drain Clearing, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$40you save $20week
3$90$40you save $50week
4$120$40you save $80week
5$150$40you save $110week
6$180$40you save $140week
7$210$40you save $170week
8$240$50you save $19028-day
9$270$50you save $22028-day
10$300$50you save $25028-day
11$330$50you save $28028-day
12$360$50you save $31028-day
13$390$50you save $34028-day
14$420$50you save $37028-day
15$450$50you save $40028-day
16$480$50you save $43028-day
17$510$50you save $46028-day
18$540$50you save $49028-day
19$570$50you save $52028-day
20$600$50you save $55028-day
21$630$50you save $58028-day
22$660$50you save $61028-day
23$690$50you save $64028-day
24$720$50you save $67028-day
25$750$50you save $70028-day
26$780$50you save $73028-day
27$810$50you save $76028-day
28$840$50you save $79028-day
29$870$80you save $790day
30$900$90you save $810week
31$930$90you save $840week
32$960$90you save $870week
33$990$90you save $900week
34$1,020$90you save $930week
35$1,050$90you save $960week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 8 days
$50
Rental protection (RPP)
$7.50
Service fee
$5
Estimated total
$62.50

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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.