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.

Sportsman 43cc Earth Auger with 6”x36” Auger Bit

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Nick Lemire · Augers - Gasoline

Day
$42
Week
$168
28 days
$517

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $210. On the week rate it is $168.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $924. On the 28-day rate it is $517.

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 Sportsman 43cc Earth Auger with 6”x36” Auger Bit, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$42$42—day
2$84$84—day
3$126$126—day
4$168$168—day
5$210$168you save $42week
6$252$168you save $84week
7$294$168you save $126week
8$336$210you save $126week
9$378$252you save $126week
10$420$294you save $126week
11$462$336you save $126week
12$504$336you save $168week
13$546$336you save $210week
14$588$336you save $252week
15$630$378you save $252week
16$672$420you save $252week
17$714$462you save $252week
18$756$504you save $252week
19$798$504you save $294week
20$840$504you save $336week
21$882$504you save $378week
22$924$517you save $40728-day
23$966$517you save $44928-day
24$1,008$517you save $49128-day
25$1,050$517you save $53328-day
26$1,092$517you save $57528-day
27$1,134$517you save $61728-day
28$1,176$517you save $65928-day
29$1,218$559you save $659day
30$1,260$601you save $659day
31$1,302$643you save $659day
32$1,344$685you save $659day
33$1,386$685you save $701week
34$1,428$685you save $743week
35$1,470$685you save $785week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$517
Rental protection (RPP)
$77.55
Service fee
$51.70
Estimated total
$646.25

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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.