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 30 degree framing nailer

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Evan Tarwater · Air Tools - Nailers

Day
$55
Week
$275
28 days
$1,100

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $330. On the week rate it is $275.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $1,430. On the 28-day rate it is $1,100.

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 30 degree framing nailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$55$55—day
2$110$110—day
3$165$165—day
4$220$220—day
5$275$275—day
6$330$275you save $55week
7$385$275you save $110week
8$440$330you save $110week
9$495$385you save $110week
10$550$440you save $110week
11$605$495you save $110week
12$660$550you save $110week
13$715$550you save $165week
14$770$550you save $220week
15$825$605you save $220week
16$880$660you save $220week
17$935$715you save $220week
18$990$770you save $220week
19$1,045$825you save $220week
20$1,100$825you save $275week
21$1,155$825you save $330week
22$1,210$880you save $330week
23$1,265$935you save $330week
24$1,320$990you save $330week
25$1,375$1,045you save $330week
26$1,430$1,100you save $33028-day
27$1,485$1,100you save $38528-day
28$1,540$1,100you save $44028-day
29$1,595$1,155you save $440day
30$1,650$1,210you save $440day
31$1,705$1,265you save $440day
32$1,760$1,320you save $440day
33$1,815$1,375you save $440day
34$1,870$1,375you save $495week
35$1,925$1,375you save $550week

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.