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.

Circular Saw

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Zane Bolen · Saws - Circular Saws

Day
$25
Week
$88
28 days
$250

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $100. On the week rate it is $88.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $425. On the 28-day rate it is $250.

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 Circular Saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$25$25—day
2$50$50—day
3$75$75—day
4$100$88you save $12week
5$125$88you save $37week
6$150$88you save $62week
7$175$88you save $87week
8$200$113you save $87week
9$225$138you save $87week
10$250$163you save $87week
11$275$176you save $99week
12$300$176you save $124week
13$325$176you save $149week
14$350$176you save $174week
15$375$201you save $174week
16$400$226you save $174week
17$425$250you save $17528-day
18$450$250you save $20028-day
19$475$250you save $22528-day
20$500$250you save $25028-day
21$525$250you save $27528-day
22$550$250you save $30028-day
23$575$250you save $32528-day
24$600$250you save $35028-day
25$625$250you save $37528-day
26$650$250you save $40028-day
27$675$250you save $42528-day
28$700$250you save $45028-day
29$725$275you save $450day
30$750$300you save $450day
31$775$325you save $450day
32$800$338you save $462week
33$825$338you save $487week
34$850$338you save $512week
35$875$338you save $537week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$250
Rental protection (RPP)
$37.50
Service fee
$25
Estimated total
$312.50

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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.