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.

GeoRipper MiniTrencher

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TG Equipment Rentals · Trencher - Gasoline

Day
$75
Week
$452
28 days
$1,350

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $525. On the week rate it is $452.

Weekly stops winning on

day 20

20 days at the day rate would be $1,500. On the 28-day rate it is $1,350.

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 GeoRipper MiniTrencher, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$75$75—day
2$150$150—day
3$225$225—day
4$300$300—day
5$375$375—day
6$450$450—day
7$525$452you save $73week
8$600$527you save $73week
9$675$602you save $73week
10$750$677you save $73week
11$825$752you save $73week
12$900$827you save $73week
13$975$902you save $73week
14$1,050$904you save $146week
15$1,125$979you save $146week
16$1,200$1,054you save $146week
17$1,275$1,129you save $146week
18$1,350$1,204you save $146week
19$1,425$1,279you save $146week
20$1,500$1,350you save $15028-day
21$1,575$1,350you save $22528-day
22$1,650$1,350you save $30028-day
23$1,725$1,350you save $37528-day
24$1,800$1,350you save $45028-day
25$1,875$1,350you save $52528-day
26$1,950$1,350you save $60028-day
27$2,025$1,350you save $67528-day
28$2,100$1,350you save $75028-day
29$2,175$1,425you save $750day
30$2,250$1,500you save $750day
31$2,325$1,575you save $750day
32$2,400$1,650you save $750day
33$2,475$1,725you save $750day
34$2,550$1,800you save $750day
35$2,625$1,802you save $823week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 20 days
$1,350
Rental protection (RPP)
$202.50
Service fee
$135
Estimated total
$1,687.50

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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.