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.

Plumbing Snake Drain Cleaner

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Jason Cacioppo · Plumbing and Electrical - Fish Tape

Day
$20
Week
$78
28 days
$234

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $80. On the week rate it is $78.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $360. On the 28-day rate it is $234.

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 Plumbing Snake Drain Cleaner, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$20$20—day
2$40$40—day
3$60$60—day
4$80$78you save $2week
5$100$78you save $22week
6$120$78you save $42week
7$140$78you save $62week
8$160$98you save $62week
9$180$118you save $62week
10$200$138you save $62week
11$220$156you save $64week
12$240$156you save $84week
13$260$156you save $104week
14$280$156you save $124week
15$300$176you save $124week
16$320$196you save $124week
17$340$216you save $124week
18$360$234you save $12628-day
19$380$234you save $14628-day
20$400$234you save $16628-day
21$420$234you save $18628-day
22$440$234you save $20628-day
23$460$234you save $22628-day
24$480$234you save $24628-day
25$500$234you save $26628-day
26$520$234you save $28628-day
27$540$234you save $30628-day
28$560$234you save $32628-day
29$580$254you save $326day
30$600$274you save $326day
31$620$294you save $326day
32$640$312you save $328week
33$660$312you save $348week
34$680$312you save $368week
35$700$312you save $388week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.