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.

7 1/4 Inch Worm Drive Circular Saw

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Joshua Heath · Saws - Circular Saws

Day
$19
Week
$76
28 days
$211

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $95. On the week rate it is $76.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $342. On the 28-day rate it is $211.

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 7 1/4 Inch Worm Drive Circular Saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$19$19—day
2$38$38—day
3$57$57—day
4$76$76—day
5$95$76you save $19week
6$114$76you save $38week
7$133$76you save $57week
8$152$95you save $57week
9$171$114you save $57week
10$190$133you save $57week
11$209$152you save $57week
12$228$152you save $76week
13$247$152you save $95week
14$266$152you save $114week
15$285$171you save $114week
16$304$190you save $114week
17$323$209you save $114week
18$342$211you save $13128-day
19$361$211you save $15028-day
20$380$211you save $16928-day
21$399$211you save $18828-day
22$418$211you save $20728-day
23$437$211you save $22628-day
24$456$211you save $24528-day
25$475$211you save $26428-day
26$494$211you save $28328-day
27$513$211you save $30228-day
28$532$211you save $32128-day
29$551$230you save $321day
30$570$249you save $321day
31$589$268you save $321day
32$608$287you save $321day
33$627$287you save $340week
34$646$287you save $359week
35$665$287you save $378week

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.