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.

Mini Excavator Smooth Edge Bucket 23”

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K&B Rentals LLC · Excavators - Attachments

Day
$50
Week
$186
28 days
$630

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $200. On the week rate it is $186.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $1,150. On the 28-day rate it is $630.

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 Mini Excavator Smooth Edge Bucket 23”, 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$186you save $14week
5$250$186you save $64week
6$300$186you save $114week
7$350$186you save $164week
8$400$236you save $164week
9$450$286you save $164week
10$500$336you save $164week
11$550$372you save $178week
12$600$372you save $228week
13$650$372you save $278week
14$700$372you save $328week
15$750$422you save $328week
16$800$472you save $328week
17$850$522you save $328week
18$900$558you save $342week
19$950$558you save $392week
20$1,000$558you save $442week
21$1,050$558you save $492week
22$1,100$608you save $492week
23$1,150$630you save $52028-day
24$1,200$630you save $57028-day
25$1,250$630you save $62028-day
26$1,300$630you save $67028-day
27$1,350$630you save $72028-day
28$1,400$630you save $77028-day
29$1,450$680you save $770day
30$1,500$730you save $770day
31$1,550$780you save $770day
32$1,600$816you save $784week
33$1,650$816you save $834week
34$1,700$816you save $884week
35$1,750$816you save $934week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 23 days
$630
Rental protection (RPP)
$94.50
Service fee
$31.50
Estimated total
$756

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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.